Donald Parker Stockton ( Eng. Donald Parker Stockton ; February 22, 1904 , Montreal , Canada - June 16, 1978 , Montreal , Canada ) - Canadian freestyle wrestler, Olympic silver medalist [1] [2] .
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Biography
Born in 1904 in Canada. He began to fight in the Verdun club in Montreal.
In 1924, he went to the Summer Olympic Games in Paris , played in welterweight and finished fifth in the final place.
See tournament table .
At the Summer Olympics in 1928 in Antwerp fought in the weight category up to 79 kilograms (medium weight). At these games, the rules were introduced, in accordance with which the wrestler received penalty points in the bouts. The athlete who collected 5 penalty points was eliminated from the tournament. The tournament was held on the Bergval system . In the middleweight division, 9 wrestlers fought for the title.
Donald Stockton lost to the future champion Ernst Kiburtz in the semifinals and became a participant in the tournament for second place. In the tournament for second place won - despite the fact that the second finalist Ralph Hammond refused to participate in the tournament for second place - and became the silver medalist of games.
See tournament table
In 1932, he took part in the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , played at medium weight, but lost in two meetings, left the tournament, remaining in last place.
See tournament table
During his sports career he also played for the rugby team .
In 1933 he became a professional wrestler , at the end of an active career he worked as a coach and judge in wrestling speeches.
Member of the Canadian Olympians Hall of Fame (1961), Canada Fight Hall of Fame (1971) [3] .
He died in 1978.
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Links
- Donald Stockton - Olympic statistics on Sports-Reference.com (English)