# Richard Gosling

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{{Short description|British strength athlete}}
{{for|the Australian footballer|Dick Gosling}}
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| birth_name  = Richard Gosling
| birth_date  = 1974
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| occupation  = [Strongman](/source/Strongman_(strength_athlete))
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{{CompetitionRecordSport | [Strongman](/source/Strongman_(strength_athlete))}}
{{CompetitionRecordCountry | {{GBR2}} }}
{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|[World's Strongest Man](/source/World's_Strongest_Man)}}
{{CompetitionRecordQualifier  | [2003 World's Strongest Man](/source/2003_World's_Strongest_Man) | }}
{{CompetitionRecordCountry | {{ENG}} }}
{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|[Britain's Strongest Man](/source/Britain's_Strongest_Man)}}
{{CompetitionRecordFirst |  [Britain's Strongest Man 2004](/source/Britain's_Strongest_Man) | }}
{{CompetitionRecordFirst | [Britain's Strongest Man 2003](/source/Britain's_Strongest_Man) | }}
{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|[UK's Strongest Man](/source/UK's_Strongest_Man)}}
{{CompetitionRecordSecond | [UK's Strongest Man 2001](/source/UK's_Strongest_Man) | }}
{{CompetitionRecordFirst | [UK's Strongest Man 2000](/source/UK's_Strongest_Man) | }}
{{CompetitionRecordFirst | [UK's Strongest Man 1999](/source/UK's_Strongest_Man) | }}
{{CompetitionRecordSecond | [UK's Strongest Man 1998](/source/UK's_Strongest_Man) | }}
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'''Richard Gosling''' (born 1974) is the winner of [Britain's Strongest Man](/source/Britain's_Strongest_Man) contest in 2003. He currently lives in [Cannock](/source/Cannock), [England](/source/England).

==Injury==
Gosling was seriously injured in August 2001 when he was working as a doorman at a nightclub in Cannock. His attacker was given a life sentence for wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm.

==External links==
*[http://www.bbc.co.uk/stoke/features/2003/08/strongest.shtml Cannock man is Britain's strongest] at [BBC News](/source/BBC_News)

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{{Succession box|
 before=[Marc Iliffe](/source/Marc_Iliffe)|
 title=[Britain's Strongest Man](/source/Britain's_Strongest_Man)|
 after=[Mick Gosling](/source/Mick_Gosling)|
 years=2003-2004
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Category:1974 births
Category:Living people
Category:English strength athletes
Category:Sportspeople from Cannock

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