Tom Taylor (26 July 1889 – 21 July 1966) was a British

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...

. He competed in the men's featherweight event at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Tom Taylor triumphed in the featherweight division in the 1922 British Championship. He broke numerous British records and, in 1924, at the Stadium Club in London, won the world record for the two-handed dead lift with a lift of 435 lb (197 kg). Taylor, the third British competitor following Alfred Baxter and Augustine Cummins, went to the Olympics in Paris that year but cam in 17th position. Despite having his given name listed as "Thomas Taylor," numerous official records show that it was actually "Tom".

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* 1889 births 1966 deaths British male weightlifters Olympic weightlifters for Great Britain Weightlifters at the 1924 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing 20th-century British people {{UK-weightlifting-bio-stub