Peter May (weightlifter)

Peter May (born 18 June 1966 in Enfield) is a British male weightlifter.

Peter May

Personal information
Full name	Peter May
Born	(1966-06-18) 18 June 1966 (age 59) Enfield, Greater London, United Kingdom
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	84.78 kg (186.9 lb)
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	85 kg
Club	Old Wheatshead
Team	National team
Medal record weightlifting Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh 82.5kg (x3) 1990 Auckland 100kg (x3) 1994 Victoria 91kg

Weightlifting career

May competed in the 85 kg category representing England and Great Britain at international competitions. He participated at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the 100 kg event and at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 90 kg event. He competed at world championships, most recently at the 2003 World Weightlifting Championships.^[1]

He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 82.5 kg light-heavyweight, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[2] He then won three silver medals representing England, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand during an unusual period when three medals were awarded in one category (clean and jerk, snatch and combined) which invariably led to the same athlete winning all three of the same colour medal.^[3] He won another three silver medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.^[4]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Summer Olympics
1992	Barcelona, Spain	90 kg				—				—		7
1988	Seoul, South Korea	100 kg				—				—		13
World Championships
2003	Vancouver, Canada	85 kg	150	155	155	28	175	180	185	26	335	27
2001	Antalya, Turkey	94 kg	155	160	162.5	14	185	190	190	15	350	13
1998	Lahti, Finland	94 kg	150	150	150	19	185	185	187.5	---	0	---