Joseph Melville Barnett (3 November 1920 – May 1999), was a Welsh born male weightlifter who competed for England and Wales.

Weightlifting career

He competed in the Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He represented England in the -90 kg Combined division at the

1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fi ...

in Vancouver, Canada. Four years later he represented Wales in the -90 kg Combined division at the

1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18–26 July 1958. Thirty-five nations sent a total of 1,130 athletes and 228 officials to the Cardiff Games ...

in Cardiff, Wales.

References

1920 births 1999 deaths English male weightlifters Welsh male weightlifters Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Olympic weightlifters for Great Britain Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games {{UK-sport-bio-stub