Douglas "Doug" John Mudgway is a former wrestler

Wrestling

Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...

 from New Zealand

New Zealand

New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...

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In the 1950 British Empire Games

1950 British Empire Games

The 1950 British Empire Games was the fourth edition of what is now called the Commonwealth Games. It was held in Auckland, New Zealand between the 4th and 11th of February 1950, after a 12-year gap from the 3rd edition of the games...

 in Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

, Doug won a gold medal for wrestling. It was New Zealand's first ever wrestling gold medal at the British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games). Doug wrestled in the bantam weight (57 kg) division.

Doug started wrestling at an early age and won several NZ titles. He married Margaret Shearman who later became the first woman executive committee member and later the first woman Vice President of the New Zealand Wrestling Association.

Doug and Margaret had 3 sons, John, David and Paul; all sons wrestled and had varying degrees of success. Doug and John both won the open City of Sydney(Aus) in their respective weight division at the 1968 tournament, the first and only father and son combination to have achieved this.

Margaret continued to support the international fraternity and was the assistant tournament controller at the Christchurch Commonwealth Games in 1974.