Sylvanus Blackman
{{Short description|British weightlifter (1933–2021)}}
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| birth_date = 1 July 1933
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{{MedalSport | weightlifting}}
{{MedalCountry | {{BAR}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|British Empire & Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 1958 Cardiff|-82.5 Kg combined}}
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{{MedalSilver| 1966 Kingston|-82.5 Kg combined}}
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Sylvanus Timotheus Blackman (1 July 1933 – 23 January 2021){{cite web|url = https://britishweightlifting.org/article/sylvanus-blackman-1933-2021|title = Sylvanus Blackman|date = 27 January 2021|publisher = British Weightlifting|access-date = 28 January 2021}} was a male weightlifter who competed for Barbados, England and Great Britain.
Weightlifting career
He competed at three Olympic Games in 1960, 1964 and 1968.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/sylvanus-blackman-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418033741/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bl/sylvanus-blackman-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Profile|publisher=Sports Reference}} He represented his country of birth, (Barbados) and won a silver medal in 82.5 kg, at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/55594|title=1958 Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=7 August 2019|archive-date=7 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807175833/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/55594|url-status=dead}} Eight years later he represented England and won another silver medal in 82.5 kg, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966/athletes|title=1966 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/kingston-1966|title=Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/55609|title=1966 Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=7 August 2019|archive-date=7 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807175835/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/55609|url-status=dead}}
References
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Category:English male weightlifters
Category:British male weightlifters
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Barbados
Category:Weightlifters at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Weightlifters at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Olympic weightlifters for Great Britain
Category:Weightlifters at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Category:Weightlifters at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Category:Weightlifters at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
Category:Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Category:Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
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