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Tatiana Yuryevna Kashirina (Russian: Татьяна Юрьевна Каширина; born 24 January 1991) is a Russian Olympic weightlifter, Olympic silver medalist, [2] [3] five time World Champion and eight time European Champion competing in the +90 kg and +75 kg categories until 2018 and +87 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories. [4]
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), Campbell became the first British female weightlifter to win a medal at the Olympics, with a silver in the women's +87 kg event. [8] [9] [10] Later that year, she went on to earn a bronze medal at the World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. [11] [12]
Soraya Jiménez Mendivil (a twin sister born 5 August 1977 [2] – 28 March 2013) was a Mexican weightlifter and Olympic champion.She participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney where she won a gold medal. [3]
Mary Anne Theisen-Lappen (born November 3, 1990) is an American weightlifter.. She won the silver medal in the women's +87 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, [1] [2] and the gold medal in the women's +81 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.
An article on Insider (medically reviewed), neatly unpacks some of the myths around women and weightlifting. Among these myths is the idea that lifting weights will make you look “bulky.” The ...
Olivia Lynn Reeves (born April 19, 2003) [1] is an American weightlifter.She won the gold medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. In 2023, she won the bronze medal in her event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. [2]
Lifting the most weight of the competition and winning three gold medals for myself, my team and my country was a most intense feeling. [13] [20] She married Peter Marshall in 1987. [11] In 1988, she was listed in the New York Times roster of champions for women's weightlifting in the 82.5 kilograms (182 lb) category. [21]
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.