Ray Williams (weightlifter), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Welsh weightlifter
Date of Birth: 09-Sep-1959
Place of Birth: Holyhead, Wales, United Kingdom
Nationality: Wales, United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Virgo 
About Ray Williams (weightlifter)
- Raymond Williams (born 9 September 1959 in Holyhead, North Wales) is a Welsh weightlifter. Williams was voted Young Welsh Sports Personality of the Year in 1977 after being placed in the junior weightlifting championships.
- He joined the army and served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers until 2003.
- Returning to the sport, Williams won the Welsh weightlifting championships in 1983 and the Celtic Nations title the following year.
- Williams won the gold medal in the featherweight class at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, beating David Lowenstein of Australia and Jeffrey Brice, a fellow Welshman.
- In 2003, Williams was appointed as the first National Weightlifting Coach for Wales.
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