Hall of Fame
MARK CAMERON '75 began his Rhode Island athletic career in the early 1970s, lettering in track. But it was in weightlifting that he left his mark. Cameron had an impressive career, winning nine national weightlifting championships. He was a member of the 1976 and 1980 U.S. Olympic teams, a gold medalist in the 1979 Pan American Games and a 1979 Sullivan Award finalist. He claimed a bronze medal in the 1977 World Championships and took second place in the 1975 Pan American Games. While at URI, he was a junior national champion and a national collegiate record holder in 1974 and 1975. Cameron was elected to the New England Weightlifting Hall of Fame and the U.S. Weightlifting Federation Hall of Fame.
