Maurice Megennis

Maurice Edward Megennis (16 November 1929 – 4 August 2020) was a male weightlifter who competed at two Olympic Games.^[1]

Maurice Megennis

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	16 November 1929 West Ham, London, England
Died	4 August 2020(2020-08-04) (aged 90) Leeds, England
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Event(s)	Bantamweight Featherweight
Club	Leeds
Medal record Weightlifting Representing  England British Empire Games 1954 Vancouver -56kg

Biography

Megennis was born in London but lived in Leeds. He competed in the 1952 and 1956 Olympic Games.

He represented the English team^[2] at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand,^[3] where he finished fourth in the bantamweight category.^[4]

Four years later, Megennis represented the English team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Vancouver, Canada,^[5] where he won the gold medal in the bantamweight category.^[6][7]