Precious McKenzie's last gold medal | Scratched: Aotearoa’s Lost Sporting Legends | The Spinoff
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- From being barred from weightlifting competitions in apartheid-era South Africa to being embraced by his adopted home country New Zealand, Precious McKenzie’s is a story of determination - and of the importance of knowing your value.
Season two of Scratched: Aotearoa's Lost Sporting Legends celebrates six New Zealand athletes whose incredible feats have been forgotten or gone unappreciated. Featuring Meda McKenzie, Tuariki Delamere, Jane Tehira, Angela Walker, Precious McKenzie and Lee Ralph. New episodes weekly.
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Precious is a personal friend of mine has been for many years a wonderful person I can’t speak more highly about the man so blessed to have met him and stayed friends with him
This should be shown in a south African TV network
What a Legend
He and his family lived for several years in Bristol, England. He got British citizenship to represent us at the Commonwealth Games. He was a hero here, always on tv when I was a kid.
I still remember the excitement he stirred New Zealand at the Christchurch Games.
I was actually looking if there was any footage of a memory that has stuck with me of a New Zealand game show where athletes of different disciplines competed against each other doing things that where a combination of all the different competitors combined strengths.
Precious stole the show entirely when the task was doing pull ups on a bar.
A lot of the competitors put in gallant efforts that would make anyone proud, then Precious steps up going hard from the start up and down like a jack hammer and if memory serves me the final telly was 100+
I met Precious in 2013, hes not only a nice guy but a genuine nice guy. Its hard to explain but yeah. Such an awesome guy, Im so glad he settled in NZ.
Precious is my best friend. I was Bestman at their wedding, and Godfather for their 3 kids.
Precious is awesome. I remember as a child seeing him at the Hawkes bay A&P show in the 80s... he was doing a display and my brother n law sat on his back while he was doing sit-ups ☺️
I remember meeting Precious in my hometown Rotorua back in the 80s, he got a lot respect in New Zealand. I met him at a small mall and he was promoting health and fitness. Very nice man, a real gentleman. 💯💪🏾
I'm maori I was born in the late 80s and growing up in the 90s I missed precious as an athlete however my Koro always talked about him and what he did, alot of maori really respected him and what he stood for he gave that generation of my grandfather's alot of inspiration.
He was and is still living Proof you or anyone else can pull your self up in life and make a better life for yourself and your family
I loved him in my childhood
What a lifter , he came to UK and lifted a man over his head ,I think it was Roy Castle Record Breakers
Mackenzie what a lifter 🔥🔥🔥💯
What a great man. A legend
I remember Precious from years ago. He had that fantastic engaging personality. Went on to become very successful in business to I believe.
When I first saw this I couldn't believe what I saw. He was unbelievable.
Interesting fellow. I remember seeing him in the news and on TV as a boy. There's something very distinct about him. Hard to place it but it's there. Dynamic seems to be the best description.
Such an inspiration!
I saw him at a bodybuilding/weightlifting contest in center city Philly 50 years ago. He was fabulous.
I remember when he competed. Nice to see he is doing well. I would read about him in Strength and Health magazine. There was another lifter about his size back then named Baez.
My favourite weightlifter watching him when I was a child when I was living in New Zealand back in the 70s. Always an inspiration.
BRILLIANT PIECE TEAM!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS SERIES
Y'know, it's getting difficult to come up with new ways of saying'This was excellent' but you just *insist* on *continuing* to produce excellence.
Love this story 😍
He went to my school when I was a kid
I always thought he was born a Kiwi, that says a lot.
Why is there so little mention of England when it was England that gave him a passport, and where he lived and trained for quite a few years, and who gave him the opportunity to leave apartheid South Africa? He was a member of the Northampton weightlifting club for several years. Why are these points not even mentioned?
Guy has my whole name 😵💫
A wonderful story, Nice Work guys.... god my makeup looks TERRIBLE !!!!!!!!
Is he from the Cape? He looks like an Indonesian? The Dutch took a lot of Javanese there in the mid 1850's