Sydney Harrington

Sydney Harrington
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born16 November 1926
Wolverhampton, England
Died2005 (aged 78)
Wolverhampton, England
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Event
Light-heavyweight
ClubWolverhampton

Sydney Harrington (1926–2005), was a male weightlifter who competed for Great Britain in the weightlifting at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

Harrington represented the English team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Vancouver, Canada,[2] where he participated in the light-heavyweight category.[3][4]

At the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Harrington participated in the middle-heavyweight class.[5]

References

  1. ^ "profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Leeds weightlifter chosen". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 12 June 1954. Retrieved 14 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. ^ "1954 Athletes". Team England.
  5. ^ "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 September 2025.