Andrew John Callard (born (1968-01-04)4 January 1968 in Dartford) is a British male weightlifter.

Andrew Callard
Personal information
Full nameAndrew John Callard
Nationality United Kingdom
Born (1968-01-04) 4 January 1968 (age 56)
Dartford, United Kingdom
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight93.58 kg (206.3 lb)
Sport
Country Great Britain
 England
SportWeightlifting
Weight class94 kg
ClubOrpington & Dartford Weightlifting Club
TeamNational team
Medal record
weightlifting
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1990 Auckland 82.5kg light-heavyweight
Gold medal – first place (x2) 1994 Victoria 99kg sub-heavyweight
Silver medal – second place (x2) 1998 Kuala Lumpur 94kg sub-heavyweight

Weightlifting career

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Callard competed in the light-heavyweight and sub-heavyweight categories and represented Great Britain and England at international competitions. He participated at the 1992 Summer Olympics in the 82.5 kg event.[1] He competed at world championships, most recently at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships.[2]

He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 82.5 kg light-heavyweight division, at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland, New Zealand. Four years later he won two silver medals in the 99 kg sub-heavyweight division, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games and two gold medals at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, the double medal count at each Games was courtesy of an unusual period when three medals were awarded in one category (clean and jerk, snatch and combined) which invariably led to the same athlete winning all three of the same colour medal.[3][4]

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
1992   Barcelona, Spain 82.5 kg 20
World Championships
1999   Piraeus, Greece 94 kg 142.5 147.5 150 40 182.5 187.5 192.5 31 335 34
1998   Lahti, Finland 94 kg 140 145 145 25 175 180 --- 21 320 20

References

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  1. ^ "Olympic Profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. ^ "1999 Weightlifting World Championships - Andrew Callard". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  3. ^ "1990 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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