Zoe Newson

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Zoe Newson
Personal information
Born (1992-03-24) 24 March 1992 (age 32)
Ipswich, England
Sport
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Flag of England.svg  England
SportPowerlifting
Event40kg
ClubSuffolk Spartans
Coached byLouise Pennell and Daniel Collins
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals 2012
2016
Personal best102kg lift
Medal record
Women's powerlifting
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Paris –45 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2012 London −40 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2016 Rio de Janeiro −45 kg
World Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2021 Tbilisi −45 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Mexico City −45 kg
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Lightweight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast Lightweight

Zoe Newson (born 24 March 1992) is a British powerlifter. She is a one-time silver and two-time bronze medalist at the Summer Paralympics and she won the silver medal in her event at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships. [1]

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In 2012 Newson posted a European record at the IPC Powerlifting British Championships and took bronze in the under 40 kg class for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Paralympics in London.

Career history

Newson was born in Ipswich in 1992 and was educated at East Bergholt High School. Newson, who was born with growth hormone deficiency, tried out powerlifting for the first time in 2006, joining the Suffolk Spartans club in Colchester in 2007. [2] [3] Newson entered a local competition in 2007, lifting near 40 kg, but by January 2008 she had improved this to 47.5 kg, taking second place at a Paralympic competition in Cardiff. [3] In May Newson lifted a personal best of 60 kg and repeated this feat in June at the British Finals to make her British Champion in her class. [3]

2009 saw Newson drop weight to take her into the under 40 kg class, and in Cardiff she lifted 70 kg to take first place. She bettered this again that summer with first place at both the World Dwarf Games and the British Finals, lifting 75 kg in both. [3] In November she travelled to Bangalore to compete in the IWAS World Games, taking silver in both the junior and senior events. [3] In 2010, she took first place again in Cardiff, now lifting 80 kg. Her progress continued throughout the year, lifting 85 kg, now double her own weight, at the British Finals and breaking the junior European record. In July Newson was invited to attend the IPC Powerlifting World Championships in Kuala Lumpur, finishing first in the junior event and fourth in the seniors. [3] [4] She finished the year by qualifying for the England team for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, her lift of 85 kg placing her just outside the medals in fourth place. [3]

In 2011, she took first in Cardiff, the British Finals and the IWAS World Junior Games. She then took a break from competing to train in preparation for qualifying for the 2012 Summer Paralympics. [3] With a personal best of 88 kg at Cardiff, Newson only entered the events that would ensure her position in the Great Britain team was secure. In February she qualified for the team taking the only position in the women's under 40 kg category. On 30 August, despite having her second lift chalked off, she equalled her personal best lifting 88 kg to take the bronze medal. [5]

In 2021, she won the silver in her event at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia. [1] [6]

She competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where she won a gold medal in the women's lightweight event. [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Tbilisi 2021: World record falls in historic start". Paralympic.org. 28 November 2021. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "20 Team GB stars to watch at the Paralympics". hereisthecity.com. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Zoe Newson". suffolkspartans.co.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Zoe Newson". paralympics.org.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  5. ↑ Staff (30 August 2012). "Paralympics 2012: Britain's Zoe Newson wins bronze in powerlifting as Turkey's Nazmiye Muslu breaks records". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Paralympic.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "Para powerlifting medalists". Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
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