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Gerry Gratton was a Canadian weightlifter who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. He was born on August 29, 1927 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He was the first Canadian to win an Olympic medal in weightlifting, taking the bronze in the featherweight division. Gratton was a member of the Montreal YMCA weightlifting team and trained under the guidance of coach Joe Weider. He was a three-time Canadian champion in the featherweight division and won the silver medal at the 1947 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires. Gratton retired from weightlifting in 1950 and went on to become a successful businessman. He was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1955 and the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame in 1965. He died on April 15, 2011 at the age of 83.

Popular As Joseph Aimé Gerald Gratton
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Age 36 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 29 August 1927
Birthday 29 August
Birthplace Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Date of death (1963-07-28)Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died Place Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Nationality Canada

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1963

Gratton died on July 28, 1963 after succumbing to injuries from a car accident.

1955

In 1955, Gratton was inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame. Posthumously, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.

1952

Throughout his career, Gratton set weightlifting records including sharing the middle weight Olympic record at the 1952 Olympics. He was also the flag bearer for the Canadian team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

1948

Gratton started his weightlifting career at the 1948 Summer Olympics where he came in fifth. At the 1950 British Empire Games, he won a gold medal in the middleweight event. Gratton followed up with a subsequent gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics, but he was demoted to the silver medal after an official ruling. After the Olympics, Gratton won a gold at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in the middleweight category. Gratton was scheduled to compete at the 1956 Summer Olympics, but he was disqualified due to surpassing the weight limit. Gratton's final competition before his retirement was at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

1927

Gerry Gratton (August 29, 1927 – July 28, 1963) was a Canadian Olympic weightlifting medallist. He won a gold medal at the 1950 British Empire Games alongside a silver at the 1952 Summer Olympics and a gold at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. Gratton was inducted to the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame in 1955 and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.

Gerry Gratton was born on August 29, 1927 in Montreal.

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