Launceston Elliot (9 June 1874 – 8 August 1930) was a British weightlifter, and the first athlete representing the United Kingdom to become an Olympic...

known as the "clean and jerk". Two competitors stood out: Scotsman Launceston Elliot and Viggo Jensen of Denmark. Both of them lifted the same weight,...

Royal Australian Navy HMAS Launceston (J179), one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II Launceston Elliot (1874–1930), a Scottish...

Commons has media related to Great Britain at the 1896 Summer Olympics. Launceston Elliot competed in athletics, gymnastics, weightlifting and wrestling while...

two-handed lift, in a style now known as the clean and jerk. Jensen and Launceston Elliot of Great Britain and Ireland finished the competition tied at 111...

event, was able to lift only enough to earn a silver medal while Launceston Elliot far surpassed all of the other athletes in the field on his way to...

East India Company College; weightlifter Launceston Elliot was his son by his third marriage. Frederick Eden Elliot (1837–1916); Bengal Civil Service; married...

event on 7 April. Six athletes took part. Viggo Jensen of Denmark and Launceston Elliot of the United Kingdom both lifted 111.5 kilograms, and the tie was...

and weight. The winner of the 'one hand' competition in 1896 was Launceston Elliot of Scotland, while the winner of the 'two hands' event was Viggo Jensen...

a Dane, and a Hungarian." Mallon & Widlund list Curtis, Chalkokondylis, Elliot, Schmidt, and Marshall. Megede places Alexandre Tuffère as the French competitor...

bronze medal, while the weightlifting champions Viggo Jensen and Launceston Elliot finished fourth and fifth. This was the first appearance of the event...

competed in gymnastics in the inaugural 1896 Olympics, with wrestler Launceston Elliot entering the rope climbing event and finishing last. Great Britain's...

Launceston Elliot  Great Britain Viggo Jensen  Denmark Alexandros Nikolopoulos  Greece Two hand lift details Viggo Jensen  Denmark Launceston Elliot  Great...

medals at the Olympic Games". News in 24. Retrieved 7 August 2021. "Launceston ELLIOT". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 August...

posing)[citation needed], Frank Saldo, Monte Saldo, William Bankier, Launceston Elliot, Sig Klein, Sgt. Alfred Moss, Joe Nordquist, Lionel Strongfort ("Strongfortism")...

Games Gold Silver Bronze 1896 Athens details Launceston Elliot  Great Britain Viggo Jensen  Denmark Alexandros Nikolopoulos  Greece...

Olympics. Viggo Jensen from Denmark, Carl Schuhmann from Germany and Launceston Elliot from the United Kingdom are the only athletes to compete in four different...

gymnastics at the Olympic Games since its inauguration in 1896 where Launceston Elliot placed fifth in rope climbing. Walter Tysall won Great Britain its...

Medal Name Sport Event  Gold Launceston Elliot Weightlifting Men's one hand lift  Silver Launceston Elliot Weightlifting Men's two hand lift...

smaller than most of the other combatants. In the first round, he faced Launceston Elliot of Great Britain and Ireland, who had won the weightlifting competition...

Launceston Elliot  Great Britain Viggo Jensen  Denmark Alexandros Nikolopoulos  Greece Two hand lift details Viggo Jensen  Denmark Launceston Elliot  Great...

two medals and took 5th place of 16 in the third event. Jensen tied Launceston Elliot for weight lifted in the first event, the two handed lift. Prince...

1861) 1928 – Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (b. 1871) 1930 – Launceston Elliot, Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (b. 1874) 1934 – Wilbert Robinson...

Germany faced weightlifting champion Launceston Elliot of the United Kingdom. While Schuhmann won easily, Elliot claimed only one of his shoulders had...

1931) 1868 – Jane Avril, French model and dancer (d. 1943) 1874 – Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter and wrestler (d. 1930) 1875 – Henry Hallett...

form was used as a tie-breaker in the event. Schuhmann first faced Launceston Elliot, the one-handed lift weightlifting champion, defeating him fairly...

Balfour-Melville (1854–1937), cricket, rugby union, tennis and golf Launceston Elliot (1874–1930), weightlifting and wrestling Isabel Newstead (1955–2007)...

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Breitbart Niels Bukh Victor Dane François Delsarte Edmond Desbonnet Launceston Elliot Tony Emmott Juan Ferrero Eileen Fowler Bob Fitzsimmons Gustav Frištenský...

independence) and then the Great Britain and Northern Ireland team. A Scot, Launceston Elliot, won Great Britain and Ireland's very first Olympic gold medal, in...