Walter Pilling
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 April 1935 Bradford, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 25 June 1999 Leeds, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Great Northern AWC, Bradford | ||||||||||||||
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Walter Pilling (18 April 1935 – June 1999) was a British wrestler. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit]Pilling also represented England[2] and won a silver medal in 57 kg bantamweight division, at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.[3][4][1]
Pilling was a seven-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships in 1952, 1953, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1962 and 1964.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Walter Pilling Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
- ↑ "The England Team". Birmingham Daily Post. 17 September 1962. p. 25. Retrieved 22 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ↑ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ "List of British Senior Champions from 1904 to 2001" (PDF). British Wrestling. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
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