Kenneth Arthur McDonald (1928-2015), was a male weightlifter who competed for England.

Weightlifting career

He represented Australia at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

finishing in sixth place in the middle-heavyweight category. He represented England and won a

gold medal A gold medal is a medal awarded for highest achievement in a non-military field. Its name derives from the use of at least a fraction of gold in form of plating or alloying in its manufacture. Since the eighteenth century, gold medals have bee ...

in the -110 Kg combined category 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. He was a member of the YMCA Club in central London from 1950 until 1980.

References

1928 births 2015 deaths English male weightlifters Australian male weightlifters Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Weightlifters at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Olympic weightlifters for Australia Weightlifters at the 1952 Summer Olympics Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Place of birth missing {{UK-weightlifting-bio-stub