George Farquhar (wrestler)

George Farquhar
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (1929-12-14) 14 December 1929
Edinburgh, Scotland
Sport
SportWrestling
Event
Middleweight
ClubMilton AWC, Edinburgh
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
1958 Cardiff middleweight

George Hardy Farquhar (born 14 December 1929) is a British and Scottish former wrestler who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

Farquhar was one of three wrestling representatives for the Scottish team[2] at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada, where he participated in the middleweight 82kg event.[3]

At the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, he participated in the men's freestyle middleweight category.[4] A plumber by trade, he was informed that he had been selected for the Olympics while working on an Edinburgh rooftop.[5]

In 1957 he defeated Jim Wilson of Dunfermline to win the Scottish light-heavyweight title[6] and was subsequently selected by Scotland, with George McKenzie and weightlifter Phil Caira for the Festival of Youth in Moscow,[7] a trip that saw the trio detained in Poland following visa issues.[8]

The following year he was selected for the 1958 Scottish team for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, in the middleweight class again[9] and won a silver medal.[10]

In 1962 Farquhar was selected for the Scottish Commonwealth's team for the third time,[11] for the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia, in the welterweight class.[12] He finished in fourth place behind the gold medal winner Muhammad Bashir of Pakistan.[13][14]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "George Farquhar Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2019.
  2. ^ "McQuillan and Pat Devine for Canada". Dundee Courier. 29 June 1954. p. 2. Retrieved 20 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "Wrestling". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 3 August 1954. p. 11. Retrieved 1 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Now George Goes In Style". Daily Record. 28 August 1956. p. 13. Retrieved 2 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ^ "Champion Six Times Beaten". Daily Record. 11 March 1957. p. 13. Retrieved 27 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ "Wrestling". The Scotsman. 21 June 1957. p. 11. Retrieved 1 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ^ "Missing Scots Wrestlers Farquhar and McKenzie return home". The Scotsman. 19 August 1957. p. 5. Retrieved 1 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Lindsay chosen for Scots athletics team". The Scotsman. 2 June 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 1 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists - Wrestling". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  11. ^ "Scotland Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 28 October 2025.
  12. ^ "Scotland's 35 stron team for Perth". The Scotsman. 12 September 1962. p. 14. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ^ "Wrestling". Birmingham Daily Post. 28 November 1962. p. 24. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  14. ^ "Wrestling". Birmingham Daily Post. 29 November 1962. p. 27. Retrieved 28 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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