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

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Weightlifting career

May competed in the 85 kg category representing England and Great Britain at international competitions. He participated at the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and officially branded as Seoul 1988 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea. 159 nations were represe ...

in the 100 kg event and at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

in the 90 kg event. He competed at world championships, most recently at the

2003 World Weightlifting Championships The 2003 in sports, 2003 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from November 14 to November 22, 2003. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranki ...

. He represented

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and won a

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in the 82.5 kg light-heavyweight, at the

1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. This was the second Commonwealth Games to be held in Edinburgh. Thirty two of the eligible fifty nine countries (largely African, Asian and Caribbe ...

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. He then won three

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s representing

, at the

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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. He won another three silver medal at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, between 18 and 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, box ...

Major results

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* 1966 births Living people British male weightlifters Weightlifters at the 1988 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Great Britain People from Enfield, London Sportspeople from the London Borough of Enfield Weightlifters at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England 20th-century British sportsmen Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists in weightlifting Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in weightlifting {{UK-weightlifting-bio-stub