Ray Myland
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | 30 July 1927 St. Albans, Hertfordshire, England |
| Died | 12 January 2014 (aged 86) Kent, England |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Wrestling |
Event | Welterweight/Middleweight |
| Club | St Albans John Ruskin, Walworth |
Medal record | |
Raymond Myland (30 July 1927 – 12 January 2014) was an English wrestler who competed for Great Britain at two Olympic Games.[1]
Biography
[edit]Myland represented Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2]
He represented the English team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Vancouver, Canada,[3] where he won the bronze medal in the welterweight category.[4][5]
Four years later he won another bronze for the England team[6] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff in the -82 kg division.[7]
Myland was a four-time winner of the British Wrestling Championships in 1947, 1951, 1952 and 1958.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ↑ "Games Wrestlers". Evening Despatch. 9 June 1954. Retrieved 19 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ↑ "1954 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ "Wrestling Team for Cardiff". Nottingham Evening News. 17 May 1958. p. 8. Retrieved 10 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ↑ "List of British Senior Champions from 1904 to 2001" (PDF). British Wrestling. Retrieved 26 December 2025.
External links
[edit]- Ray Myland at the International Wrestling Database
- Ray Myland at Olympedia
- Ray Myland at InterSportStats
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