Maggie Lynes

Maggie Lynes
Personal information
NationalityEnglish
Born (1963-02-19) 19 February 1963 (age 61)
Sport
SportAthletics and Weightlifting

Margaret Tracey Lynes (born 19 February 1963) is a female English former Shot putter and Weightlifter.

Athletics career

Lynes represented England in the shot put at the Commonwealth Games in 1994 and 1998,[1][2][3] and Great Britain at the 1994 European Championships. She won a total of 22 medals at AAA, UK and AAA Indoor Championships between 1986 and 1998, including twice winning the AAA Indoor Championships title (1993/94),[4] finishing second at the 1993 UK Championships,[5] and second at the 1995 AAA Championships.[6]

Weightlifting career

Lynes also competed for Great Britain in weightlifting, and was one of the pioneers of women's competitive weightlifting. She was a triple gold medallist at the first EEC weightlifting championships and went on to win a total of six European Championship medals, including two gold medals in the Clean and Jerk. She narrowly missed a medal in the Clean and Jerk at the 1989 World championships, finishing fourth by virtue of a slightly heavier body-weight.

Lynes went on to compete for England in weightlifting at the 2002 Commonwealth Games,[7] where she finished 6th, becoming the first English athlete to compete in two different sports at the Commonwealth Games.[8]

She was appointed England team manager for the weightlifting squad at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games.[9]

International competitions

Year Competition Venue Position Notes
Representing  Great Britain
1994 European Championships Helsinki, Finland 17th (q) 16.16 m
Representing  England
1994 Commonwealth Games Victoria, Canada 6th 16.23 m
Representing  England
1998 Commonwealth Games Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 7th 15.18m
Representing  England
2002 Commonwealth Games Manchester, England 6th 175 kg

References

  1. ^ "1994 Athletes". Team England.
  2. ^ "England team in 1994". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. ^ "AAA Indoor Championships (Women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  5. ^ "UK Championships". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  6. ^ "AAA Championships (Women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 24 April 2018.
  7. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  8. ^ "weareengland.com". www.weareengland.com. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  9. ^ "Coaching team for Glasgow 2014 announced by British weightlifting". Inside the Games. 5 November 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2018.