Stephen Ward (born 1973), is a male former weightlifter who competed for England.

Weightlifting career

Ward represented England and won three silver medals in the 83 kg division, at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, from 18 to 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, ...

in Victoria. 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. Four years later he won a snatch gold medal and two silver medals for England, at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel 1998)'', officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games ''(Malay: Sukan Komanwel ke-16)'', was a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This edition is marked by several unprecedent ...

in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and he also competed at the

2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ...

. He also competed at the world championships, most recently at the

2001 World Weightlifting Championships The 2001 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Antalya la, Attalensis grc, Ἀτταλειώτης , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = 07xxx , area_code = (+90) 242 , registration_ ...

References

Living people 1973 births English male weightlifters Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Weightlifters at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{UK-weightlifting-bio-stub