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This is a list of world championships medalists in women's powerlifting.. The various federations of powerlifting have their own championships. The International Powerlifting Federation's (IPF) recognition by the International Olympic Committee as the official governing body, as well its longevity has resulted in their championships being deemed the official world championships, and the ...
Becca Swanson started out in 1996 with the desire to be a bodybuilder, but ended up powerlifting. According to her, the larger and more muscular women had fallen out of favor in bodybuilding after a few shows. She was told that she was just too big for bodybuilding, which motivated her to take up powerlifting.
Laurel Hubbard (born 9 February 1978) is a New Zealand weightlifter. [3] Selected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she was the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympic Games.
Karenjeet Kaur Bains (born 23 July 1996) is a British powerlifter, former track and field athlete and television personality known for appearing on the television show Gladiators as "Athena". She has won the Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships junior title and became the first British Sikh woman to represent her country at both the European ...
Li Wenwen (Chinese: 李雯雯; pinyin: Lǐ Wénwén; born 5 March 2000) is a Chinese weightlifter competing in the women's +87 kg division. [5] She is a double Olympic champion, the current world champion, as well as the incumbent Asian champion. In 2021, she set the current world records for both clean & jerk and snatch.
Tamara Walcott (born December 4, 1983) is a powerlifter and strongwoman from the United States Virgin Islands. [1] Weighing in at 138 kg (304 lb), she started powerlifting in 2018 and after four years in 2022 at American Pro, totaled 735 kg (1,620 lb) in sleeves and broke April Mathis' 11-years standing 730.5 kg (1,610 lb) world record, establishing the heaviest raw powerlifting total of all ...
[20] [21] She became the first female African-American and the first Black wrestler to win Olympic gold, [22] [23] and only the second female American to win gold, after Helen Maroulis in 2016. [24] Two months after the Olympics, she won one of the bronze medals in the women's 68 kg event at the 2021 World Wrestling Championships in Oslo, Norway.
Kutin began powerlifting at the age of 8 while attending Yeshivat Noam. [3] At the age of 9 and weighing 88 pounds (40 kg), Kutin broke the world record for the 97 pounds (44 kg) weight class when she squatted 205 pounds (93 kg). [4] A documentary film about her, titled Supergirl, premiered in 2016 at the Hamptons International Film Festival.