Edwin Bowey (5 January 1928 – 2016) was a British wrestler who competed for Great Britain in the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

Wrestling career

Bowey competed in the 1948 Olympic Games. Bowey represented England and won a

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in the 60 kg division at the

1950 British Empire Games The 1950 British Empire Games was the fourth staging of what is now called the Commonwealth Games. It was held in Auckland, New Zealand between 4 and 11 February 1950, after a 12-year gap from the third edition of the games. The main venue was ...

in Auckland, New Zealand.

Personal life and death

During the Games in 1950 he lived at George Crescent, Muswell Hill, London and was a horticulturist by trade. He emigrated to New Zealand the following year and worked as a

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but later returned to England to work as a gardener. He had an interest in yoga since the 1940s and travelled to India in the Sixties. In 2012, he was part of a photo essay on the 1948 British Olympians. Bowey died in Enfield, London in 2016.

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* 1928 births 2016 deaths British male sport wrestlers Commonwealth Games competitors for England English male wrestlers Olympic wrestlers for Great Britain Wrestlers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Wrestlers at the 1950 British Empire Games {{UK-wrestling-bio-stub