Maya Laylor

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Maya Celeste Laylor
Personal information
Born (1995-07-04) July 4, 1995 (age 29)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sport
Country Canada
Sport Weightlifting
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham 76 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Apia –71 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Tashkent –76 kg

Maya Celeste Laylor (born July 4, 1995) is a Canadian weightlifter from Toronto, Ontario. [1] She won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.

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Career

Junior

Laylor competed at two World Juniors Weightlifting Championships, finishing with a no mark in 2014 and 5th in 2015, both in the 69 kg event. [2] [3]

Senior

Laylor is a two time Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships champion. [4]

In March 2022, Laylor was officially named to Canada's 2022 Commonwealth Games team. [5] [6] Laylor would go onto win the gold medal in the 76 kg event at the games. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Maya Celeste Laylor". www.the-sports.org/. Info Média Conseil. 8 July 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "2019 World Weightlifting Championships Media Guide" (PDF). www.iwf.sport/. International Weightlifting Federation. 8 July 2022. p. 135. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Gillespie, Kerry (11 February 2015). "Teen weightlifter sets some lofty goals for herself". Toronto Star . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 11 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Toronto weightlifter and her dad hope to make their Olympic dreams come true". CBC News . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 23 February 2022. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "Canadian Weightlifting Team Named for 2022 Commonwealth Games". CSC. 8 July 2022. Archived from the original on 24 March 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  6. ↑ Davidson, Neil (25 March 2022). "Olympic champion Maude Charron leads Canada's Commonwealth Games weightlifting team". Toronto Star . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Canadian Press . Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  7. ↑ "Canada's Laylor wins gold in Commonwealth Games women's weightlifting". www.tsn.ca. TSN. Canadian Press. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
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