Carlton Goring

{{short description|English weightlifter}}

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Carlton Goring is a male former weightlifter who competed for England.

Weightlifting career

He represented Guyana in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. Four years later he represented England and won the gold medal in the -67.5 kg combined category at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/perth-1962/athletes|title=1962 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}

Personal life

He was a post office sorter by trade and lived in Tooting.

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