A 19-year-old from Harrogate has won a bronze medal for Team GB at the Para Powerlifting World Cup.
Charlotte McGuiness was third in the women’s up to 50kg category with a bench press of 74kg.
The sports and exercise student’s performance has increased her chances of competing in the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham in 2022.
Charlotte, who studies at Leeds Trinity University, said her passion for the sport began while studying at St Aidan’s Church of England High School in Harrogate.
The event took place at the Wythenshawe Forum in Manchester without spectators and with covid measures in place over the weekend.
There were five competitors in the event. Besides Charlotte, there were lifters from Britain, Spain, Ukraine and Japan.
Charlotte on the podium after receiving her bronze medal.
Charlotte trains four times a week, focusing on university work in the mornings. Due to lockdown she has had to setup a gym in her Harrogate home but continues to her sights high.
Charlotte now has her sights set on the World Powerlifting Championships in November.
She said:
“I was shocked when I won my medal, I only started two years ago and I’ve gone so far. It’s motivated me to keep going. The Paris Olympics are in three years time and that would be a dream,”
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Sarah Todd, sports development manager at Leeds Trinity University, said:
“I could not be prouder of Charlotte, to achieve a bronze medal at the World Cup at 19-years-old is incredible.
“She works so hard and is such a determined and focused young woman in her sport and her studies, so it is fantastic to see the hard work pay off with a medal.”
