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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1942-12-25) 25 December 1942 London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Wrestling | ||||||||||||||
Event | middleweight / light-heavyweight | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ronald Sydney Grinstead (born 25 December 1942) is a retired British international wrestler who competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
Ron Grinstead made his debut for Great Britain in the 1963 international match against France.[2]
He represented the England team[3] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, where he participated in 82 kg middleweight weight category.[4]
At the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico, he competed in the middleweight division.[5]
Two years later he won a bronze medal in the same event, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. He then competed in a third consecutive Games when he appeared at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, in Christchurch, New Zealand.[6][7]
In 1972, in between his second and third Commonwealth Games appearances, he competed in a second Olympic Games for Great Britain in Munich.[5]
Grinstead was a four-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships at middleweight in 1962, 1968 and 1970, and in light-heavyweight in 1972.[8]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ronald Grinstead Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- ^ "Medal Winners in Wrestling Side". Halifax Evening Courier. 1 February 1963. p. 12. Retrieved 15 December 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Kingston, Jamaica 1966 Team". Team England. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ "England Kingston 1966". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 December 2025.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1974 Games". Team England.
- ^ "List of British Senior Champions from 1904 to 2001" (PDF). British Wrestling. Retrieved 28 December 2025.
External links
- Ron Grinstead at the International Wrestling Database
- Ron Grinstead at Olympedia
