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James "Jumping Jim" Halliday (19 January 1918 6 June 2007) was a weightlifter from Great Britain.

James Halliday
Personal information
Nationality England
Born19 January 1918
Farnworth, Lancashire
Died6 June 2007 (aged 89)
Medal record
Weightlifting
Representing  United Kingdom
Olympic Games
1948 London Lightweight
Representing  England
British Empire Games
1950 Auckland-67.5kg
1954 Vancouver-75kg

Weightlifting career


He competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the lightweight event where he finished third behind the winner, the outstanding Egyptian lifter Ibrahim Shams.[1]

He represented England and won a gold medal in the -67.5 kg division at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[2][3] Four years later he repeated the feat by winning another gold medal at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada.[2]


Personal life


Halliday's participation was remarkable as he had been a prisoner of war in the Far East from 1942 to 1945 having been captured when Singapore fell to the Japanese on 15 February 1942. During his imprisonment, he managed to lift a barbell (which had been made from wood) over his head, something which the other British prisoners (or the Japanese guards) could not manage. As a result of this, the Japanese commander cut the British prisoners' food rations as he believed they were getting too strong. He had weighed little more than 6 stone (38 kg) after three years as a PoW, including working on the Burma Railway. Halliday subsequently won two British Empire titles in 1950 and 1954.

He worked on the coal gang at Kearsley Power Station and later became the Electricity Board's chief safety officer, travelling around the country lecturing men on how to lift heavy bags or dig holes.


References


  1. "Profile". Sports reference.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2011.
  2. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. "1950 Athletes". Team England.



На других языках


- [en] James Halliday (weightlifter)

[fr] James Halliday (haltérophilie)

James Halliday, né le 19 janvier 1918 à Farnsworth et mort le 6 juin 2007, est un haltérophile britannique.

[it] James Halliday

James Halliday (Farnworth, 19 gennaio 1918 – 6 giugno 2007) è stato un sollevatore britannico.



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