Albert Aspen MBE (born 1 March 1934) is a British former wrestler. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 March 1934 Bolton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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He also represented England and won a bronze medal in the -62 kg division at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[2] He won two further bronze medals at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia and the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[3][4][5]
Aspen was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to wrestling.[6]
References
edit- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bert Aspen Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1966 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
- ^ "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B16.
External links
edit- Bert Aspen at the International Wrestling Database
- Bert Aspen at Olympedia
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