Name: Gaëlle Nayo-Ketchanke D.O.B.: 20 April 1988 Nationality: French Bodyweight category: 75kg Major medals (Total): 2015 European Weightlifting Championships (Tblisi, Georgia) – Silver 2016 European Weightlifting Championships (Førde, Norway) – Silver 2017 IWF World Championships (Anaheim, USA) – Bronze 2018 European Weightlifting Championships (Bucharest, Romania) – Silver 2018 XVIII Mediterranean Games (Tarragona, Spain) – Silver Personal Bests: […]
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Name: Fernando Reis D.O.B.: 10 March 1990 Nationality: Brazilian Bodyweight category: +105kg Major medals (Total): 2010 South American Games (Medellin, Colombia) – Silver 2011 Pan American Games (Guadalajara, Mexico) – Gold 2014 South American Games (Santiago, Chile) – Gold 2015 Pan American Games (Toronto, Canada) – Gold Personal Bests: Snatch: 201kg Clean and Jerk: 242kg Total: 440kg — […]
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Name: Mart Seim D.O.B.: 24 October 1990 Nationality: Estonian Bodyweight category: +105kg Medal record (Total): 2015 IWF World Championships (Houston, USA) – Silver 2016 European Championships (Førde, Norway) – Bronze Personal Bests: Snatch: 191kg Clean and Jerk: 253kg Total: 444kg — BUSINESS 1 Snatch or clean & jerk? Clean & jerk. 2. What do you like […]
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Triumphant weightlifter Hidilyn Diaz has her sights set firmly on Olympic gold, inspired by her new Chinese coach, but first she might just indulge in a guilty passion — cheesecake and bubble tea. “The sacrifices you make are so hard when you’re training every day,” she told AFP after winning the Philippines’ first gold medal […]
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“I had always been interested in testing my strength, but growing up that’s just something girls didn’t do,” remembers Judy Glenney, four-time Women’s National Champion. The American was one of the first women to pick up a barbell and swing it above her head, a movement that would see her start a long, rewarding relationship […]
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