Jack Oliver (weightlifter)

Jack Oliver (born 4 January 1991) is a weightlifter competing in the 77 kg category, representing England and Great Britain.^[1]

Oliver represented England at the Commonwealth games in Delhi in 2010, and competed in his first World Weightlifting Championships for Great Britain in Paris, France in 2011.^[2] In 2012 Oliver competed in the European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest,^[3] and was later selected to represent Team GB at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[4]

As well as his abilities as a weightlifter, Oliver excels at the art of peeling eggs. On the 10th of January 2014, Jack finally achieved his lifelong ambition of blowing the shell off an egg, earning his 10th Dan grading in Eggjitsu. By his own admission he considers this his greatest achievement to date.

London 2012 Olympics

Oliver represented Team GB in the Olympic weightlifting at London 2012, competing in the 77 kg event. Oliver was successful in two of his three snatch attempts at ExCel, lifting 140 kg on his 3rd attempt. In the clean and jerk Oliver completed three good attempts, finishing with a lift of 170 kg giving him an 8 kg personal best. Oliver's total of 310 kg meant he finished 10th overall, the best result of any British weightlifter at the London 2012 games.^[5][6]

References

1. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/weightlifting/15668661
2. ↑ http://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=oliver-jack-1991-01-04&id=6083
3. ↑ http://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=oliver-jack-1991-01-04&id=6083
4. ↑ http://sport.leeds.ac.uk/page.asp?section=360&sectionTitle=Olympic+Scholar
5. ↑ http://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=oliver-jack-1991-01-04&id=6083
6. ↑ http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/jack-oliver

External links

• sports-reference.com