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Launceston Elliot

Launceston Elliot, Scottish weightlifter and wrestler (died 1930)

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Born
June 9, 1874
Died
August 8, 1930
Zodiac sign
Gemini
Birth year
1874

About Launceston Elliot

Launceston Elliot was a British weightlifter, and the first athlete representing the United Kingdom to become an Olympic champion. Launceston Elliot (9 June 1874 – 8 August 1930) was a British weightlifter, and the first athlete representing the United Kingdom to become an Olympic champion. Continuing success encouraged the 21-year-old Elliot to travel to Athens for the first modern Olympic Games. In January 1891, aged only 16, he performed creditably at what is now recognised as the first British Championships held at the fashionable Café Monico in Piccadilly, London. The 13-year-old Launceston, an exceptionally well-built youth, who was seeing England for the first time, immediately came under the influence of the great Eugen Sandow and soon developed into an unusually talented lifter.

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Launceston Elliot timeline

  1. Launceston Elliot (9 June 1874 – 8 August 1930) was a British weightlifter, and the first athlete representing the United Kingdom to become an Olympic champion.
  2. In January 1891, aged only 16, he performed creditably at what is now recognised as the first British Championships held at the fashionable Café Monico in Piccadilly, London.

The world when Launceston Elliot was born

Launceston Elliot was born in 1874. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineFirst zoo in US opens in Philadelphia
  • Technology milestoneBarbed wire patented
  • Notable inventionBarbed wire fencing
  • World population~1.54B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population41.8M

1874 versus 2026

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Measure18742026
Population41.8M341 million

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