Precious McKenzie

An ambition to be a circus performer ended because of South Africa's racist laws and this led him to weight training and weightlifting.British minister for sport, Denis Howell, fast-tracked his citizenship application to allow him to compete for England in the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Jamaica where he won gold.[3][4][5] Initially working as a clicker in a Northampton shoe factory, he moved to Bristol where he completed a Physical Education degree.As a result of contacts made during the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, he decided to settle in that country, where he was offered the opportunity to be a weight trainer in a gym.He has won more Commonwealth and world medals in his sport than any other person, competing in both the bantam and flyweight divisions.
DurbanUnion of South AfricaweightliftingCommonwealth GamesEngland1966 Kingston1970 Edinburgh1974 ChristchurchNew Zealand1978 EdmontonweightlifterCommonwealthpowerliftingMember of the Order of the British Empire1974 Birthday Honours1958 British Empire and Commonwealth GamesColouredapartheidDenis Howell1966 Commonwealth GamesJamaicaclickerBristolBritain1974 Commonwealth GamesChristchurchAuckland1978 Commonwealth GamesEdmontonSingaporeNational Film Board of CanadaGoing the DistanceThe London GazetteThe New Zealand HeraldMontreal Gazette1978 New Zealand Commonwealth Games teamAthleticsPaul BallingerBarbara BeableWendy BrownRod DixonPenny HuntTerry MannersPhillip MillsMike O'RourkeKaren PageDick QuaxEuan RobertsonKim RobertsonKevin RyanBevan SmithRobin TaitHeather ThomsonPhil WoodAlison WrightBadmintonBryan PurserRichard PurserBoxingDavid JacksonGeorge StankovichCyclingGarry BellKevin BlackwellStephen CoxAnthony CuffVern HanarayNeil LysterEric McKenzieKevin McCombMike RichardsBlair StockwellJack SwartDivingAnn FargherGymnasticsLynette BrakeRowena DavisKirsty DurwardDeborah HurstTerry SaleLawn bowlsDavid BaldwinKerry ClarkJohn MalcolmBob McDonaldMorgan MoffatPhil SkoglundShootingIan BallingerMaurie GordonJohn HastieBrian LaceyBruce McMillanJohn WoolleySwimmingGary HurringMelanie JonesPenny McCarthyBrett NaylorRebecca PerrottPaul RoweRory BarrettTony EbertBrian MarsdenGeorge NewtonPhillip SueWrestlingMurray AveryBarry OldridgeKen Reinsfield