Anthony Peddle

Anthony Peddle (born 11 May 1971) was a British Paralympic weightlifter. Peddle competed in seven Summer Paralympic Games a record number for a British athlete.[1] He won gold at the 2000 Games in Sydney and a bronze medal in both the 1992 and 1996 Games.

Antony Peddle
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1971-05-11) 11 May 1971
Northampton, United Kingdom
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportPowerlifting
Event(s)-48 kg Category
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's powerlifting
Paralympic Games
2000 Sydney −48 kg
1992 Barcelona −48 kg
1996 Atlanta −48 kg
IPC World Championships
1994 Upsalla −48 kg
1998 Dubai −48 kg

Personal history

Peddle was born in Northampton in 1971.[2] He has spina bifida.[3]

Sporting career

Peddle took up weightlifting whilst a teenager. At the age of 17 he was selected to compete for the Great Britain team at the 1988 Summer Paralympics at Seoul.[4] Four years later he won his first Paralympic medal, a bronze in the 52kg weightlifting at Barcelona.[5] In 1994 Peddle won silver at the IPC Powerlifting World Championships in Upsalla in the 48kg category.[5] He then added a second Paralympic bronze medal at the 1996 Game in Atlanta.[5] He continued his run of medals with another second place at the 1998 IPC Powerlifting World Championships.[5]

At the 2000 Summer Paralympics in Sydney, Peddle set a new world record of 168kg in the -48kg, winning the gold medal in the process.[2] This would be his last major medal though Peddle would go on to compete in three more Paralympics ending his career on home soil at the 2012 Games in London.[4] As well as representing Great Britain, Peddle took part in one Commonwealth Games as part of the England team. There he competed in the Bench Press, finishing eleventh.[5]

References
  1. "Meet GB's Powerlifting Team". channel4.com. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  2. "Anthony Peddle". paralympics.org.uk. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  3. https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/news/northampton-powerlifter-looks-forward-to-london-2012-1-4213149}
  4. "Paralympics 2012: Powerlifter Anthony Peddle hangs up his stretch suit". The Guardian. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  5. "Peddle, Anthony". ipc.infostradasports.com. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
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