Edwin Jason Norton (26 February 1926 – 26 March 1993) was a New Zealand

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who represented his country at the

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Biography

Born on 26 February 1926, Norton was the son of Frederick Jason Norton and Dorothy Norton (née Snowdon). In 1949, he married Eleanor Jean Milson in

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. Norton was working as a schoolteacher in

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in 1949, and he later become a minister of religion. Norton won the New Zealand national weightlifting championship in the lightweight division in 1947, 1948, and 1949. At the weightlifting nationals, he won the "Mr New Zealand" title for best physique in 1948 and placed third the following year. He went on to represent New Zealand in the lightweight division of the weightlifting at the

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, where he finished in fourth place, recording a total of . Norton died at his home in

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on 26 March 1993, and his ashes were buried in

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. His wife died in 2016.

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