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Stanley Bissell

British wrestler

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Overview

Stanley John Bissell (26 October 1906 – 2 January 1999) was an English freestyle and Greco-Roman sport wrestler who competed for Great Britain at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Bissell was born in Camberwell, England. He competed for the 1930 English team in the freestyle middleweight class at the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He lost the gold medal match against Canadian Mike Chepesiuk. Four years later he won again the silver medal in the freestyle middleweight category at the 1934 Empire Games. In the 1948 Summer Olympics he competed in the Greco-Roman tournament as a middleweight.

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