Ernest Peppiatt

Ernest Peppiatt
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
BornErnest James Peppiatt
(1917-07-27)27 July 1917
Died4 September 1979(1979-09-04) (aged 62)
Matangi, Waikato, New Zealand
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Event
Middleweight
ClubKentish 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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 September 2025.
  3. ^ "Weightlifting Team". Hull Daily Mail. 20 October 1949. Retrieved 12 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Jack Archer will fly to Games". Nottingham Journal. 7 December 1949. Retrieved 13 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ^ "1950 Athletes". Team England.