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Agata Ewa Wróbel (born August 28, 1981, in Żywiec) is a Polish weightlifter, and is a world record-breaker in the +75 kg category.. She took up weightlifting after watching the men compete in the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, and after learning that women's weightlifting would be an event at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.
Iskra Lawrence wants you to know you're more than the number on the scale. The British model and body acceptance activist took to Instagram Tuesday to share side-by-side photos of herself in 2015 ...
The same year, she competed at the World Weightlifting Championships, once again becoming the first Irish woman to represent the country in the championships. Eight years later, she competed at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships, lifting 98 kilograms in the clean and jerk, earning the first bronze and first medal ever for the nation ...
This is a list of world records in Olympic weightlifting. These records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts. The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) restructured its weight classes in 1993, 1998 and 2018, nullifying earlier records.
Aug. 9: Gold medallist Olivia Reeves of Team United States acknowledges the crowd on the podium during the Weightlifting Women's 71kg medal ceremony on day fourteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
In the Olympic weightlifting competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's 58 kg division, but missed her personal best by 5 kg (11 lb) and finished 14th. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] In December 2020, Toomey announced her plan to train with the Australian bobsleigh team and try to qualify for the 2022 Winter Olympics in China. [ 28 ]
Ajah Pritchard-Lolo (born 10 August 2002) is a Ni-Vanuatu weightlifter. After competing in CrossFit events, she took up weightlifting during the COVID-19 pandemic and contested the 2022 Commonwealth Games, where she finished eighth in the 87 kg event.
Martha Ann "Mattie" Rogers (born August 23, 1995) is an American Olympic weightlifter.She is a four-time silver medalist at the World Weightlifting Championships. [1] She holds the United States record in the snatch, clean & jerk, and total in the 76 kg category.