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Success for UEL Weightlifting Team
A team of three lifters, all students at UEL, competed in the Southern Masters Weightlifting Competition last weekend. Steve Aish and Lee Ottey (both MSc Strength and Conditioning) and Annie Ottey (BSc Sports and Exercise Science) started lifting last year when the club was formed. All three lifters were happy with their performance, each winning their respective age/weight class and achieving the qualifying totals required for the forthcoming British Masters Competition at Lilleshall.
Olympic Weightlifting is a dynamic event that includes the Snatch and the Clean & Jerk; competitors have three attempts at each in order to achieve the highest possible total weight. Annie lifted 58kg in the Snatch, followed by 69kg in the Clean and Jerk, both personal bests on her previous lifts. Lee lifted 68kg Snatch and 89kg Clean and Jerk, and Steve got 80kg and 100kg. Both Lee and Steve have lifted heavier weights in training and will be looking to improve these totals at their next competition.
Giles Greenwood, the former Commonwealth Gold medallist and UEL club coach, said ‘The team lifted very well on Saturday and achieved the totals they needed. We are hoping to build on that success with a larger team at the London and South East Universities Open in April’.
The UEL Weightlifting club is affiliated to the British Weightlifting Association, and trains on Wednesdays and Fridays at the Strength and Conditioning Centre at Stratford Campus. New members and beginners are very welcome. For information, please email weightlifting@uel.ac.uk.
Sports Programmes
- BSc Sport and Exercise Science
- BSc Sports Coaching
- BSc Sports Development
- BSc Fitness and Health
- PGCert Sports Rehabilitation
- MSc Exercise Science and Health
- MSc Sports Management
- MA Sports Media
- MSc Sports Media
