Robin Goad
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Robin Elizabeth Goad also known as Robin Byrd-Goad, is a retired female Olympic weightlifter from the United States
, who competed for her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics
. She won the bronze medal in the women's – 53 kg division at the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships
in Lahti
. Goad competed in the first Women's World Championships in 1987 at age seventeen and was the only female Olympian to compete in the 2000 Olympics who was also present at that first women's Worlds.
United States
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, who competed for her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
. She won the bronze medal in the women's – 53 kg division at the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships
1998 World Weightlifting Championships
The 1998 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Lahti, Finland from November 10 to November 15, 1998. In the men's tournament there were a total number of 210 athletes competing, while there were 122 women in action from 35 nations.-Men:...
in Lahti
Lahti
Lahti is a city and municipality in Finland.Lahti is the capital of the Päijänne Tavastia region. It is situated on a bay at the southern end of lake Vesijärvi about north-east of the capital Helsinki...
. Goad competed in the first Women's World Championships in 1987 at age seventeen and was the only female Olympian to compete in the 2000 Olympics who was also present at that first women's Worlds.
Weightlifting achievements
- Senior World Champion (1994)
- Olympic Games team member (2000)
- Pan Am Games Champion (1999)
- Senior National Champion (1988, 1989, 1991–1996, 1999, & 2001)
- Set one Senior World record during career
- All-Time Junior and Senior American record holder in snatchSnatch (weightlifting)The snatch is one of the two olympic weightlifting events .The essence of the event is to lift a barbell from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. The barbell is pulled as high as the lifter can manage at which point the barbell is flipped overhead...
and total - Junior and Senior American record holder in snatch, clean and jerkClean and jerkThe clean and jerk is one of the two Olympic weightlifting events .The clean portion of the lift refers to the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles...
, and total (1896–1992) - Senior American record holder in snatch, clean and jerk, and total (1993–1997)