Guelph Barbell Club's youngest member just completed her first ever weightlifting competition! Tiffany comes to us from Barbados where she was a member of the national swim team. While not a stranger to competition, Tiffany is relatively new to the sport of weightlifting.
Tiffany trained hard all summer via remote coaching, while she was completing her internship in Windsor. Upon her return to Guelph, she had just 6 weeks to get ready to compete at the Hybrid Open.
Following our arrival at the competition venue, Tiffany jumped on the scale and easily made weight for the 69 kg division. She then got down to business - and by business, I mean she finished an engineering assignment!
When it came time, Tiffany began her warmup. I think that she was trying to put her game face on, but it came across as more like "OMG! I have to get on a platform and lift in front of judges!?" As Tiffany warmed up, coach decided to set her opening snatch at 43 kg, which is well below her training PR of 54.5 kg. But the goal was to have her hit an easy opening lift to get some confidence on the lifting platform. The plan worked, and after Tiffany easily hit a 43 kg snatch, she REALLY put her game face on! Tiff followed that lift with successful snatches at 47 and 50 kg.
Up next, Tiffany rocked her opening C&J at 64 kg. She looked so confident on the platform that coach uped her next lift to 70 kg. For her third and final C&J, Tiffany attempted 77 kg, which was just slightly shy of her training PR. She missed the lift, but hit 5/6 lifts overall and finished with an official competition total of 120kg.
An excellent first competition for our Junior member, Tiffany Hinds!
