Noel Rhys

Noel Rhys
Personal information
Born(1888-02-23)23 February 1888
London, England
Died12 June 1971(1971-06-12) (aged 83)
Sport
SportAmateur wrestling
ClubHammersmith Amateur Wrestling Club

Noel Raymond Rhys (23 February 1888 – 12 June 1971) was an amateur wrestler who competed at the 1912, 1920 and the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

At the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm, he participated in the Greco-Roman middleweight category.[2]

He went on to appear at the 1920 Olympic Games in Antwerp, competing in the freestyle light-heavyweight event and the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, in the middleweight event.[2]

Rhys was a four-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships at light-heavyweight in 1922 and 1923 and super-heavyweight in 1912 and 1920.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Noel Rhys Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  2. ^ a b "Noel Rhys". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
  3. ^ "List of British Senior Champions from 1904 to 2001" (PDF). British Wrestling. Retrieved 29 December 2025.