Pete Tancred
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Born | (1949-10-20) 20 October 1949 (age 74) Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan | ||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Strongman, discus thrower | ||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 245 lb (111 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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Club | Queens Park Harriers | ||||||||||||||
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Peter Arthur Tancred (born 20 October 1949) is a male former athlete, and professional strongman from England.
Athletics career
Tancred was born on 20 October 1949 in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan,[1] the younger brother of Bill Tancred. In Britain he became affiliated to Queens Park Harriers in London. He competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.[2] Domestically, he was the British Champion (AAA) twice (in 1977 and 1978),[3] following in the footsteps of his brother Bill who won the title seven times.
He represented England in the discus event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[4] Four years later he represented England in the discus event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.[5][6]
Strongman career
In 1984 he competed in Britain's Strongest Man coming second behind Alan Crossley and two years later won Britain's Most Powerful Man, the replacement for the absent Britain's Strongest Man competition that year.
National titles
- UK Championships
- Discus throw: 1977, 1980, 1983[7]
- AAA Championships
- Discus throw: 1977, 1978
References
External links
- Profile at The Power of Ten
- Profile at sports-reference.com
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- 1876–1913: Not held
- 1914: Armas Taipale (FIN)
- 1915–19: Not held
- 1920: Patrick Quinn (IRE)
- 1921: Oscar Zallhagen (SWE)
- 1922: Vilho Niittymaa (FIN)
- 1923: George Mitchell
- 1924–26: Paddy Bermingham (IRL)
- 1927: Kálmán Marvalits (HUN)
- 1928: Ernst Paulus (GER)
- 1929: Harald Stenerud (NOR)
- 1930: Jules Noël (FRA)
- 1931: Endre Madarász (HUN)
- 1932: Paddy Bermingham (IRL)
- 1933: Endre Madarász (HUN)
- 1934: Paddy Bermingham (IRL)
- 1935: Harald Andersson (SWE)
- 1936: Bernard Prendergast (JAM)
- 1937: Nikolaos Syllas (GRE)
- 1938: Adolfo Consolini (ITA)
- 1939: Nikolaos Syllas (GRE)
- 1946–47: Reindert Brasser (NED)
- 1948: Cummin Clancy (IRL)
- 1949: Ferenc Klics (HUN)
- 1950: Raymond Kintziger (BEL)
- 1951: Giuseppe Tosi (ITA)
- 1952–53: Mark Pharaoh
- 1954: Ferenc Klics (HUN)
- 1955–56: Mark Pharaoh
- 1957: Mike Lindsay
- 1958: Fanie du Plessis (SAF)
- 1959: Mike Lindsay
- 1960: Mike Lindsay
- 1961: Elfranco Malan (RSA)
- 1962: Jay Silvester (USA)
- 1963: Dave Weill (USA)
- 1964: Roy Hollingsworth
- 1965: Lars Haglund (SWE)
- 1966–70: Bill Tancred
- 1971: Les Mills (NZL)
- 1972–73: Bill Tancred
- 1974: John Powell (USA)
- 1975: John van Reenen (RSA)
- 1976: John Powell (USA)
- 1977–78: Pete Tancred
- 1979: John Powell (USA)
- 1980: Brian Oldfield (USA)
- 1981: John Powell (USA)
- 1982: Brad Cooper (BAH)
- 1983–84: Robert Weir
- 1985: Juan Martínez (CUB)
- 1986: Richard Slaney
- 1987–89: Paul Mardle
- 1990: Abi Ekoku
- 1991–92: Werner Reiterer (AUS)
- 1993: Robert Weir
- 1994: Kevin Brown
- 1995: Nick Sweeney (IRL)
- 1996–2000: Robert Weir
- 2001: Glen Smith
- 2002: Robert Weir
- 2003–04: Emeka Udechuku
- 2005–06: Carl Myerscough