Ernest Peppiatt
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (English) |
| Born | Ernest James Peppiatt 27 July 1917 St. Pancras, London, England |
| Died | 4 September 1979 (aged 62) Matangi, Waikato, New Zealand |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
Event | Middleweight |
| Club | Kentish Town Weightlifting Club |
Ernest James Peppiatt (27 July 1917 – 4 September 1979) was a British weightlifter. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics for Great Britain.[1]
Biography
At the 1948 Olympic Games in London, Peppiatt competed in the men's middleweight event.[2]
He represented the English team[3] at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand,[4] where he finished 5th in the middleweight 75 kg division.[5][6]
Peppiatt was a member of the Kentish Town Weightlifting Club, where he would later become a coach. This led to him also becoming the weightlifting coach to the British team for Tokyo Olympics in 1964.[2]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ernie Peppiatt Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2019.
- ^ a b "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
- ^ "Weightlifting Team". Hull Daily Mail. 20 October 1949. Retrieved 12 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Jack Archer will fly to Games". Nottingham Journal. 7 December 1949. Retrieved 13 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1950 Athletes". Team England.