Bert Aspen

Albert Aspen MBE (born 1 March 1934) is a British former wrestler. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]

Bert Aspen
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1934-03-01) 1 March 1934
Bolton, England
Sport
SportWrestling
Medal record
Wrestling
Representing  England
British Empire & Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Cardiff-62Kg
Bronze medal – third place 1962 Perth-62Kg
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Kingston-62Kg

He also represented England and won a bronze medal in the -62 kg division at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[2] He won two further bronze medals at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia and the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[3][4][5]

Aspen was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2020 Birthday Honours for services to wrestling.[6]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bert Aspen Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  2. "1958 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. "1966 Athletes". Team England.
  5. "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
  6. "No. 63135". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 October 2020. p. B16.


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