Holley Mangold

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Holley Mangold
Personal information
Birth nameHolley Mangold
NationalityAmerican
Born (1989-12-22) December 22, 1989 (age 34)
Height5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) [1]
Sport
Country United States
Sport Olympic weightlifting, [1]
high school football [2]

Holley Mangold (born December 22, 1989) is an American sportsperson from Dayton, Ohio. [3] She was a member of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team and competed in the superheavyweight division of the Olympic weightlifting competition. [1] She has also appeared on The Biggest Loser. [4]

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Early life

Mangold is the sister of NFL center Nick Mangold. [5] [6]

Mangold played high school football at Archbishop Alter High School on the offensive line [7] and was the first female non-kicker to play in an Ohio Division III high-school football game. [8] She dropped out of Ursuline College in May 2010; [1] she had attended Ursuline on a track scholarship. [7]

Career

Mangold began weightlifting in 2008. [9] She stands 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m) tall. [1] As of 2014, her in-competition weight was 370 pounds (170 kg). [10]

2012 London Olympics

Mangold's personal weightlifting record total is 255 kilos (562.2 pounds) from a 110 kilo (242.5 pounds) snatch and 145 kilo (319.7 pounds) clean and jerk. That aggregate total landed her one of two spots on the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team. [1] However, before she went to London to compete, Mangold tore a tendon in her wrist and required three cortisone shots before the super heavyweight competition. Mangold placed tenth out of the 14 weightlifters in her division. [11]

Television

A video documentary about Mangold's life premiered on MTV's "True Life" on June 30, 2011 in an episode entitled "I'm the Big Girl." [12]

Mangold was a participant in The Biggest Loser: Second Chances 2 , the 15th season of the TV series, The Biggest Loser. She was eliminated after seven episodes. [13]

On June 1, 2015, an Instagram video of Mangold spoofing J. J. Watt's box jumps went viral. [14]

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References

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  2. ↑ Garber, Greg (December 3, 2006). "Holley Mangold fights perceptions to succeed". ESPN .
  3. ↑ "Holley Mangold". TVGuide.com. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ousted 'Biggest Loser,' Olympian Holley Mangold: I 'might be allergic to running'". TODAY.com. December 3, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  5. ↑ "Holley Mangold talks about her brother Nick, media attention and life after weightlifting". sports.yahoo.com.
  6. ↑ Zaccardi, Nick (May 9, 2016). "U.S. Olympic women's weightlifting team complete; no Holley Mangold". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  7. 1 2 Valade, Jodie (May 29, 2010). "Nick Mangold's 'girly-girl' sister gives up football for weightlifting". Cleveland Plain Dealer. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Holley Mangold, Author at Breaking Muscle". Breaking Muscle. Retrieved June 7, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Holley Mangold". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  10. ↑ "2014 National Championships". Teamusa.org. Archived from the original on July 23, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Holley Mangold finishes 10th in Olympic weightlifting". NFL.com. Archived from the original on August 6, 2012. Retrieved August 6, 2012.
  12. ↑ Moye, David (June 30, 2011). "Holley Mangold, 323-Pound Female Weightlifter, Dreams Of Olympic Gold". Huffington Post. Retrieved June 23, 2012.
  13. ↑ "U.S. Olympic weightlifter Holley Mangold on 'The Biggest Loser'". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. September 5, 2013. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Olympic Weightlifter Holley Mangold Mocks NFL Players' Box-Jump Fad". Bleacher Report .
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