Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p James “Jumping Jim” Halliday (born 19 January 1918 in Farnworth, Lancashire, United Kingdom died 6 June 2007) was an weightlifter from Great Britain.He competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the lightweight event where he finished third behind the winner, the outstanding Egyptian lifter Ibrahim Shams.Halliday's participation was remarkable as he had been a Prisoner of War in the Far East from 1942 to 1945 having been captured when Singapore fell to the Japanese on 15th February 1942. . }
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- James_Halliday_(weightlifter) comment "James “Jumping Jim” Halliday (born 19 January 1918 in Farnworth, Lancashire, United Kingdom died 6 June 2007) was an weightlifter from Great Britain.He competed for Great Britain in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the lightweight event where he finished third behind the winner, the outstanding Egyptian lifter Ibrahim Shams.Halliday's participation was remarkable as he had been a Prisoner of War in the Far East from 1942 to 1945 having been captured when Singapore fell to the Japanese on 15th February 1942. ".