Newton Burrowes
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| Nationality | Jamaican/English | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 June 1955 | |||||||||||||||||
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Newton Burrowes (born 1955), is a male Jamaican born former weightlifter who competed for Great Britain and England.
Weightlifting career
[edit]Burrowes represented Great Britain in the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]
He represented England and won a silver medal in the 75 kg middleweight division, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[2] Four years later he represented England and won a gold medal in the 82.5 kg light-heavyweight division, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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