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| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1956-12-19) 19 December 1956 (age 68) London | ||||||||||||||
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| Club | Grove Hall | ||||||||||||||
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Geoffrey 'Geoff' Laws (born 1956), is a male former weightlifter who competed for Great Britain and England.
Weightlifting career
Laws represented Great Britain in the 1980 Summer Olympics and 1984 Summer Olympics.
He represented England and won a gold medal in the 56 kg bantamweight division, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Four years later he represented England in the 60 kg featherweight division at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland and represented England in a third Games, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand.
References
- "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- "1990 Athletes". Team England.
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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- 1956 births
- English male weightlifters
- Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Weightlifters at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Weightlifters at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters for Great Britain
- Living people
- Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- British weightlifting biography stubs