Lewis Lawn

New Zealand weightlifter
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroNew Zealand weightlifter
PlacesNew Zealand
wasWeightlifter
Gender
Male
Birth9 January 1929, New Zealand
Death20 June 1980 (aged 51 years)
Star signCapricorn
The details

Biography

Lewis James Lawn (9 January 1929 – 20 June 1980) was a New Zealand weightlifter who represented his country at the 1950 British Empire Games.

Lawn won seven New Zealand national weightlifting titles: three in the featherweight division, in 1949, 1950, and 1957; and four in the bantamweight division, in 1953, 1954, 1955, and 1958. He represented New Zealand in the featherweight division of the weightlifting at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, where he finished in sixth place, recording a total of 540 lb (244.9 kg).

Lewis died in Zimbabwe on 20 June 1980.

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