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Ray Myland

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Ray Myland
Personal information
Nationality England
Born30 July 1927
Hertfordshire
Died12 January 2014(2014-01-12) (aged 86)[1]
Kent
Medal record
Wrestling
Representing  England
British Empire & Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Vancouver -74kg
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Cardiff -82kg

Raymond Myland (30 July 1927 – 12 January 2014) was an English wrestler who competed for Great Britain and England.

Wrestling career

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He represented Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2]

He represented England and won a bronze medal in the -74 kg division at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada.[3][4]

Four years later he won another bronze at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff in the -82 kg division.

References

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  1. ^ Ray Myland at Olympedia
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ray Myland". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. ^ "1954 Athletes". Team England.
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