Ray Cazaux

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Ray Cazaux
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born3 July 1917
Liverpool, England
Died11 September 1999 (aged 82)
Leeds, England
Sport
SportWrestling
Event
Bantamweight
ClubCollege Physical Culture Club, Bradford
Medal record
Men's Freestyle wrestling
Representing  England
British Empire Games
Bronze medal – third place1938 SydneyBantamweight

Raymond Cazaux (3 July 1917 – 11 September 1999) was an English freestyle sport wrestler who competed for Great Britain at two Olympic Games.[1]

Biography

Cazaux was born in Liverpool to a French father. He lived in Bradford and was a manager in a bakery.[2]

He competed for Great Britain at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, participating in the freestyle bantamweight tournament.[2]

He represented England at the 1938 British Empire Games[3] in Sydney, Australia, where he competed in the freestyle bantamweight class, winning a bronze medal.[4][5][6]

Ten years later he finished fifth in the freestyle bantamweight competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2]

Cazaux was a eight-times winner of the British Wrestling Championships in 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1949 and 1950.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Ray Cazaux's profile". Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  3. ↑ "Sydney 1938 Team". Team England. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  4. ↑ "Wrestling Freestyle 57kg - Men Sydney 1938". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 May 2022. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  5. ↑ "More Records broken". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 7 February 1938. Retrieved 24 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Empire Games results". Evening Despatch. 9 February 1938. Retrieved 24 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "List of British Senior Champions from 1904 to 2001" (PDF). British Wrestling. Retrieved 22 December 2025.