Launceston Elliot (9 June 1874 – 8 August 1930) was a British weightlifter, and the first athlete representing the United Kingdom to become an Olympic...
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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,...
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Royal Australian Navy HMAS Launceston (J179), one of 60 Bathurst-class corvettes constructed during World War II Launceston Elliot (1874–1930), a Scottish...
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Commons has media related to Great Britain at the 1896 Summer Olympics. Launceston Elliot competed in athletics, gymnastics, weightlifting and wrestling while...
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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...
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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...
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East India Company College; weightlifter Launceston Elliot was his son by his third marriage. Frederick Eden Elliot (1837–1916); Bengal Civil Service; married...
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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...
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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...
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a Dane, and a Hungarian." Mallon & Widlund list Curtis, Chalkokondylis, Elliot, Schmidt, and Marshall. Megede places Alexandre Tuffère as the French competitor...
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bronze medal, while the weightlifting champions Viggo Jensen and Launceston Elliot finished fourth and fifth. This was the first appearance of the event...
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competed in gymnastics in the inaugural 1896 Olympics, with wrestler Launceston Elliot entering the rope climbing event and finishing last. Great Britain's...
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Launceston Elliot Great Britain Viggo Jensen Denmark Alexandros Nikolopoulos Greece Two hand lift details Viggo Jensen Denmark Launceston Elliot Great...
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medals at the Olympic Games". News in 24. Retrieved 7 August 2021. "Launceston ELLIOT". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 August...
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posing)[citation needed], Frank Saldo, Monte Saldo, William Bankier, Launceston Elliot, Sig Klein, Sgt. Alfred Moss, Joe Nordquist, Lionel Strongfort ("Strongfortism")...
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Games Gold Silver Bronze 1896 Athens details Launceston Elliot Great Britain Viggo Jensen Denmark Alexandros Nikolopoulos Greece...
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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...
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gymnastics at the Olympic Games since its inauguration in 1896 where Launceston Elliot placed fifth in rope climbing. Walter Tysall won Great Britain its...
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Medal Name Sport Event Gold Launceston Elliot Weightlifting Men's one hand lift Silver Launceston Elliot Weightlifting Men's two hand lift...
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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...
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Launceston Elliot Great Britain Viggo Jensen Denmark Alexandros Nikolopoulos Greece Two hand lift details Viggo Jensen Denmark Launceston Elliot Great...
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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...
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1861) 1928 – Stjepan Radić, Croatian politician (b. 1871) 1930 – Launceston Elliot, Scottish wrestler and weightlifter (b. 1874) 1934 – Wilbert Robinson...
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Germany faced weightlifting champion Launceston Elliot of the United Kingdom. While Schuhmann won easily, Elliot claimed only one of his shoulders had...
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1931) 1868 – Jane Avril, French model and dancer (d. 1943) 1874 – Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter and wrestler (d. 1930) 1875 – Henry Hallett...
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form was used as a tie-breaker in the event. Schuhmann first faced Launceston Elliot, the one-handed lift weightlifting champion, defeating him fairly...
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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...
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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...
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