Thomas Yule
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| Full name | Thomas Litster Yule | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Briton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 March 1976 Johannesburg, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (216 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Olympic [weightlifting] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 94 kg and 105 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Thomas Yule (born 15 March 1976)[1] is a male former weightlifter.
Weightlifting career
[edit]Born in South Africa, he represented Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.[2]
He represented England and won three silver medals in the 105 kg category, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3][4] The three medals were won during 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.[5]
Yule then twice claimed a bronze medal for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in 2002 and 2006.[1]
Education
[edit]Yule was educated at Park House School and then St Batholomew's School in Newbury before attending Brasenose College, University of Oxford where in 1998 he received an MEng degree in Engineering Science.
Major results
[edit]| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Representing  Great Britain
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| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2000 |  Sydney, Australia |
105 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2007 |  Chiang Mai, Thailand |
94 kg | 142 | 38 | 175 | 36 | 317 | 35 | ||||
| 2003 |  Vancouver, Canada |
94 kg | — | 175.0 | 30 | — | — | |||||
| 1999 |  Athens, Greece |
105 kg | 155.0 | 160.0 | 165.0 | 24 | 195.0 | 200.0 | 25 | 365.0 | 24 | |
| 1998 |  Lahti, Finland |
105 kg | 150.0 | 157.5 | 23 | — | — | — | ||||
| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2008 |  Lignano Sabbiadoro, Italy |
94 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2007 |  Strasbourg, France |
94 kg | 146 | 16 | 177 | 16 | 323 | 16 | ||||
| 2003 | Loutraki, Greece |
94 kg | 150.0 | 14 | 175.0 | 185.0 | 12 | 335.0 | 12 | |||
| 2000 |  Sofia, Bulgaria |
105 kg | 160.0 | 165.0 | 14 | 192.5 | 197.5 | 13 | 362.5 | 12 | ||
| 1998 |  Riesa, Germany |
105 kg | 152.5 | 15 | 190.0 | 12 | 342.5 | 12 | ||||
Representing  Scotland
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| Commonwealth Games * | ||||||||||||
| 2010 |  Delhi, India |
105 kg | 147 | 5 | 180 | 5 | 327 | 6 | ||||
| 2006 | Melbourne, Australia |
94 kg | 146 | 151 | 2 | 175 | 6 | 326 |  [6]
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| 2002 |  Manchester, England |
94 kg | 152.5 | 157.5 | |
— | — | —[7] | ||||
* By 2002, medals were awarded in all three categories.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Biography – Thomas Litster Yule". melbourne2006.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 September 2006.
- ^ "Olympic profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- ^ "1998 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "England team in 1998". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "Men 94 kg – Result". www.melbourne2006.com.au. Archived from the original on 10 October 2006.
- ^ "2002 Commonwealth Games Results" (PDF). BWL. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- 1976 births
- Living people
- Scottish male weightlifters
- English male weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters for Great Britain
- Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Johannesburg
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Scotland
- Weightlifters at the 1998 Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
- Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games