Keevil Daly

{{Short description|Canadian weightlifter (1923–2011)}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|12|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Georgetown, British Guiana

| death_date = {{death date and age|2011|6|28|1923|12|21|df=yes}}

| death_place = Toronto, Canada

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| country = {{flagu|British Guiana|1919}}
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| sport = Weightlifting

| weight_class = 82.5 kg, 90 kg

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{{MedalSport | Men's Weightlifting}}

{{MedalCountry | {{flag|British Guiana|1919}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver| 1947 Philadelphia | 82.5 kg}}

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{{MedalCompetition|British Empire and Commonwealth Games}}

{{MedalGold| 1954 Vancouver | 90 kg}}

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Keevil Daly (21 December 1923 – 28 June 2011){{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thestar/obituary.aspx?n=keevil-daly&pid=152381941|title=Keevil Daly's Obituary on Toronto Star|website=Legacy.com |publisher=}} was a male weightlifter, who competed in the light heavyweight and middle heavyweight class and who represented British Guiana, and later Canada, at international competitions. He won the silver medal at the 1947 World Weightlifting Championships in the 82.5 kg category.{{cite web|title=Weightlifting World Championships Seniors Statistics - 2007 World Championships - Keevil Daly|pages=126–146|url=http://www.iwf.net/doc/statistics/WORLD_CHAMP_SENIOR_001_146.PDF|publisher=iwf.net|accessdate=23 June 2016}}

As a merchant marine, he survived being torpedoed during World War II on the Canadian ship SS Lady Nelson. After the war, Daly became the first black graduate of Ryerson Polytechnical as a Royal Canadian Air Force serviceman.