Ronald Walker (weightlifter)

Ronald Walker

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1907-12-22)22 December 1907 Leeds, England
Died	25 October 1948(1948-10-25) (aged 40) Leeds, England
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting

Ronald Walker (22 December 1907 – 25 October 1948) was a British weightlifter and physical culturist. He competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1936 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Walker established an Olympic record on the two hands snatch.^[2] He has been described the "best heavyweight lifter in England and arguably the world" in the 1930s.^[3] During his lifetime Walker held 26 British Heavyweight records.^[4] From 1938 he ran a mail order Physical Development Course in London.^[4]

Walker was a heavy smoker. He died aged 40 from cancer.^[5]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ronald Walker Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2019.
2. Kirkley, George. (1957). Modern Weightlifting. Faber. p. 23
3. Radley, Alan Stuart. (2001). The Illustrated History of Physical Culture: The Muscular Ideal. Alan Radley. p. 96. ISBN 978-0953994502
4. "The Ronald Walker Championship Course". rippeder.com. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
5. "Ronald Walker". legendarystrength.com. Retrieved June 27, 2020.