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Fast-forward eight years, and Joan MacDonald is a 78-year-old fitness influencer with 1.9 million followers who can hip thrust 235 pounds. A 70-year-old lost 70 pounds and got into weightlifting.
Weight class Year Hometown/Team Total Gretchen Villa 45 kg 2023 Alee Athletics 152 kg Isabella Rodriguez 49 kg 2023 Power and Grace Performance 167 kg Asia Gonzalez 55 kg 2023 Florida Elite 180 kg Shayla Moore 59 kg 2023 Power and Grace Performance 208 kg Taylor Lucas 64 kg 2023 Superfly Barbell Club 205 kg Alexia Gonzalez 71 kg 2023 Florida Elite
Prior to 1977, bodybuilding had been considered strictly a male-oriented sport. Henry McGhee, described as the "primary architect of competitive female bodybuilding", was an employee of the Downtown Canton YMCA, carried a strong belief that women should share the opportunity to display their physiques and the results of their weight training the way men had done for years.
The women's 55 kg weightlifting competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo took place on 26 July at the Tokyo International Forum. [1] [2] The event was won by Hidilyn Diaz, the first Olympic gold medal (in any event) for the Philippines. China's Liao Qiuyun took silver and Zulfiya Chinshanlo of Kazakhstan takes the bronze.
This is the list of Olympic records in weightlifting.Records are maintained in each weight class for the snatch lift, clean and jerk lift, and the total for both lifts.. The weight classes for men on the Olympic program were adjusted for the 2000 Games, so Olympic records only exist based on the results during and after that. [1]
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This is a List of World Championships medalists in women's weightlifting. Flyweight. 44 kg: 1987–1992; 46 kg: 1993–1997; 45 kg: 2018–2024; Games Gold Silver
This is a list of world records progression in women's weightlifting from 1998 and 2018. 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 restructured its weight classes in 2018, nullifying earlier records.