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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]
Judy Glenney (born March 15, 1949) is an American National Weightlifting Champion and former IWF referee and coach. She is noted for her influence as a pioneer in women's weightlifting. Glenney has been recognized as the strongest woman in history based on her accomplishments throughout her career in professional competitive powerlifting. [1]
Miriam Kate Williams (6 May 1874 – 8 August 1946) sometimes called Kate Roberts and better known by her stage name Vulcana, was a Welsh strongwoman.With strongman William Hedley Roberts, better known as Atlas, she toured music halls in Britain, Europe, and Australia.
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] Jiménez became the first ever female athlete from Mexico to win an Olympic gold medal. [4]
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. [4] [5] Prior to making her Olympic debut, Hubbard achieved a ranking of 7th in the IWF's women's +87 kg division. [6] [5]
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.
She became the first woman weightlifter from the independent Republic of Armenia to win a medal at the European Weightlifting Championships. The following year, she and Meline Daluzyan became the first Armenian female weightlifters to become European Champions at the 2007 European Weightlifting Championships. Khurshudyan also became a Junior ...
Kutin's mother, who was raised Pentecostal Christian before converting to Judaism in adulthood, wanted her daughter to participate in activities like powerlifting that would make her an empowered woman. [2] Kutin attended Yeshivat Noam in Paramus, New Jersey and was a member of the class of 2019 at Ma'ayanot Yeshiva High School in Teaneck. [3]