Precious McKenzie - South African Weight-lifter
How the bantamweight weightlifter, Precious McKenzie, escaped apartheid in South Africa and eventually achieved international success
The diminutive weight-lifter, Precious McKenzie, was a prodigious talent, but apartheid prevented him from competing for South Africa.
Precious had to move to Britain and work in a factory in Northampton.
While doing so, he finally achieved international success at the 1966 Commonwealth Games.
Precious went on to become a familiar figure on British TV in the 1970s.
Emily Williams talks to him for Sporting Witness.
PHOTO: Precious McKenzie shows off his medal collection (Hulton Archive/Getty Images).
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