Frank Cope (weightlifter)
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 December 1928 London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 5 November 2012 (aged 83) Teignmouth, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
Event | Bantamweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | London | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Frank Albert Cope (8 December 1928 – 5 November 2012) was an English male weightlifter.[1]
Biography
Cope represented the English team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Vancouver, Canada,[2] where he won the silver medal in the bantamweight category.[3][4][5]
References
- ^ "Top Olympic Weightlifters of the 20th Century". Chidlovski.
- ^ "Leeds weightlifter chosen". Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer. 12 June 1954. Retrieved 14 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "1954 Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "1954 Athletes". Team England.