Wales at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
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At the 2002 Commonwealth Games
2002 Commonwealth Games
The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...

, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

 was represented by the Commonwealth Games Council for Wales (CGCE). 228 athletes participated for Wales at the games.

Medals

Gold Silver Bronze Total
 Wales 6 13 12 31

Gold

  • Jamie Arthur
    Jamie Arthur
    Jamie Arthur is a boxer from Cwmbran, Wales, who won the gold medal in the men's lightweight division at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, United Kingdom. Arthur turned professional in 2003, and since then has had some limited success, winning the Welsh super featherweight title in 2008...

    , Boxing - Lightweight 60 kg
  • Nicole Cooke
    Nicole Cooke
    Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE is a Welsh professional road bicycle racer for the Mario Cipollini - Giordana Team team, and is the current Olympic road race champion.-Early life:...

    , Cycling - Road Race
  • Johanne Brekke & Ceri Dallimore, Shooting - Women's Smallbore Rifle Prone Pairs
  • Michaela Breeze
    Michaela Breeze
    Michaela Alica Breeze MBE is a British weightlifter. Breeze was born in Watford and raised in Cornwall and educated at Wadebridge School. She started weightlifting under the guidance of PE teacher Dave Allen...

    , Weightlifting - 58 kg Snatch
  • Dave Morgan
    Dave Morgan (weightlifter)
    -Record:Morgan won the British under-16 championship in 1979. He became the youngest ever Commonwealth Games weightlifting champion in 1982 at Brisbane, at 17 years of age. Competing in the lightweight class , he achieved 132.5 kg in the snatch and 162.5 kg in the clean and jerk to defeat...

    , Weightlifting - 77 kg Clean and Jerk
  • Dave Morgan
    Dave Morgan (weightlifter)
    -Record:Morgan won the British under-16 championship in 1979. He became the youngest ever Commonwealth Games weightlifting champion in 1982 at Brisbane, at 17 years of age. Competing in the lightweight class , he achieved 132.5 kg in the snatch and 162.5 kg in the clean and jerk to defeat...

    , Weightlifting - 77 kg Combined

Silver

  • Colin Jackson
    Colin Jackson
    Colin Ray Jackson CBE is a British former sprint and hurdling athlete who specialised in the 110 metres hurdles. Over his career representing Great Britain and Wales he won an Olympic silver medal, became world champion three times, went undefeated at the European Championships for 12 years and...

    , Athletics - 110m hurdles
  • Matt Elias, Athletics - 400m hurdles
  • Iwan Thomas
    Iwan Thomas
    Iwan Gwyn Thomas MBE is a sprinter who represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Olympic Games in the 400 m, and Wales at the Commonwealth Games. Thomas is the current UK record holder at 400 m with a time of 44.36 seconds and is a former European and Commonwealth games champion...

    , Matt Elias, Jamie Baulch
    Jamie Baulch
    James Steven Baulch , but raised by foster parents in Risca, near Newport, is a British sprint athlete and television presenter. He won the 400 metres gold medal at the 1999 World Indoor Championships. As a member of British 4 x 400 metres relay teams, he won a gold medal at the 1997 World...

     and Tim Benjamin
    Timothy Benjamin
    Timothy David Benjamin is a former professional athlete from Wales. He specialised in the 400 metres, and in his teens was coached by Jock Anderson, in the same training group as Christian Malcolm...

    , Athletics - 4 x 400 m relay
  • Hayley Tullett
    Hayley Tullett
    Hayley Tullett is a Welsh middle distance runner mainly competing over 1500 metres. Her main claim to fame is the bronze medal at the 2003 World Championships...

    , Athletics - 1500m
  • Huw Pritchard
    Huw Pritchard
    Huw Pritchard , is a Welsh racing cyclist. He represented Wales at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, and again in Manchester in the 2002 Commonwealth Games, where he won the silver medal in the 20 km scratch, the first Welshman to win a medal on the track at the...

    , Cycling - 20 km Scratch Race
  • Adam Robertson & Ryan Jenkins, Table Tennis - Men's Doubles
  • Dave Morgan
    Dave Morgan (weightlifter)
    -Record:Morgan won the British under-16 championship in 1979. He became the youngest ever Commonwealth Games weightlifting champion in 1982 at Brisbane, at 17 years of age. Competing in the lightweight class , he achieved 132.5 kg in the snatch and 162.5 kg in the clean and jerk to defeat...

    , Weightlifting - 77 kg Snatch
  • Michaela Breeze
    Michaela Breeze
    Michaela Alica Breeze MBE is a British weightlifter. Breeze was born in Watford and raised in Cornwall and educated at Wadebridge School. She started weightlifting under the guidance of PE teacher Dave Allen...

    , Weightlifting - 58 kg Clean and Jerk
  • Michaela Breeze
    Michaela Breeze
    Michaela Alica Breeze MBE is a British weightlifter. Breeze was born in Watford and raised in Cornwall and educated at Wadebridge School. She started weightlifting under the guidance of PE teacher Dave Allen...

    , Weightlifting - 58 kg Combined
  • Leanda Cave
    Leanda Cave
    Leanda Cave is a British triathlete. Cave competes internationally for both Great Britain and Wales. She lives and trains in Tucson, Arizona.-Early life:...

    , Women's Triathlon
  • Derek Dowling, John Gronow & Kevin Woolmore, Lawn Bowls - Men's Triples EAD
  • Jo Melen, Judo - Women's - -78 kg
  • Angharad Sweet, Judo - Women's - +78 kg

Bronze

  • David Roberts
    David Roberts (swimmer)
    David Evan Roberts CBE , is a Welsh swimmer. An eleven-time Paralympic gold medallist, he is one of Great Britain's most successful Paralympians ever.-Swimming career:...

    , Swimming - Multi-disability 100m freestyle
  • Richard Vaughan
    Richard Vaughan (badminton)
    Richard Vaughan is a Welsh badminton player from Llanbradach, Caerphilly, Wales. Vaughan is currently the Chief Executive of Badminton Ireland and has a MBA from Leicester University; MA Sports Development from Bath University, having previously achieved a BSc in Economics and Politics.Vaughan...

    , Badminton - Men's Singles
  • Kevin Evans, Boxing - Super Heavyweight over 91 kg
  • Robert Weale
    Robert Weale
    Robert Weale is a Welsh Bowls player.Weale is originally from Presteigne and was educated at John Beddoes School, but now lives in Hereford, Herefordshire.-Bowls career:Weale made his international debut in 1982...

    , Lawn Bowls - Men's Singles
  • Anwen Butten & Joanna Weale, Lawn Bowls - Women's Doubles
  • Wales, Lawn Bowls - Men's Fours
  • Wales, Lawn Bowls - Women's Fours
  • Michael Wixey, Shooting - Men's Olympic Trap Pairs
  • Gary Cole, Judo - Men's -60 kg
  • Claire Scourfield, Judo - Women's -63 kg
  • Timothy Davies
    Timothy Davies (judoka)
    Timothy Davies is a British judoka.Davies won the bronze medal in the -66kg category at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.-References:...

    , Judo - Men's -66 kg
  • Luke Preston
    Luke Preston
    Luke Preston is a Welsh judoka.The oldest of three brothers, He Grew up in Criftins, Shropshire. At a child, he attended Criftins CE School , followed by Lakelands Comprehensive.-Achievements:-References:...

    , Judo - Men's -81 kg

Men's Team Competition

  • Team Roster
  • George Harris
  • Paul Edwards
  • Richard John
  • Rhys Joyce
  • Mathew Grace
  • Zach Jones
  • Mark Hoskin
  • James Westerman
  • James Davies-Yandle
  • Josh Smith
  • Simon Organ
  • Chris Ashcroft
  • Howard Hoskin
  • James Ogden
  • Owen Griffiths-Jones
  • Huw Jones
    Huw Jones
    Huw Jones is a retired Welsh Anglican bishop who served as the Bishop of St. David's from 1996 to 2001.-Ministry:His first pastoral appointment was as a curate at Aberdare from 1959 to 1961, followed by the Vicar of Neath from 1961 to 1965, then the Vicar of Crynant from 1965 to 1969. His next...


See also

  • Wales at the Commonwealth Games
    Wales at the Commonwealth Games
    Wales is one of six countries to have competed in every Commonwealth Games since 1930, the others being Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand and Scotland...

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