Gerald Perrin
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| Nationality | British/Jamaican | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 November 1946 Kingston, Jamaica | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 170 cm (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 60 kg (132 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
Event | Featherweight | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Kentish Town WC, London | ||||||||||||||
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Gerald Perrin (born 17 November 1946), is a male retired weightlifter who competed for Great Britain at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1].
Biography
Born in Jamaica, Perrin at the age of nine, moved from Jamaica to the London Borough of Camden. He joined the Kentish Town Weightlifting Club in London.[2]
In 1967 he won the senior British featherweight title and at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Perrin participated in the men's 60 kg featherweight division.[2]
Perrin represented England in the -60 kg featherweight category, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,[3][4][5] winning a gold medal.[6]
References
- ^ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
- ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 16 August 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 28 January 2026.