British para powerlifter
Olivia Broome (born 13 June 2001)[1] is a para powerlifter who won a bronze medal in the under-50 kg events at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics. She is the British and world junior record holder in the under-50 kg event, and has won multiple Para Powerlifting World Cup medals. She also won the junior under-50 kg event at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships, silver medal in the women's 50 kg event, and a silver medal in the lightweight event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Personal life
Broome is from Chorley, Lancashire.[2] She has been a student at Loughborough University.[3]
Career
Broome started para powerlifting at the age of 15,[4] and trains at the British Weightlifting Centre at Loughborough University.[5]
She came 10th in the under-50 kg event at the 2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships in Mexico City,[5] and second in the junior under-50 kg event.[6] She won a medal at that year's British Championships. She received the 2017 British Weight Lifting Young Lifter of the Year award.[2] At the 2018 European Para Powerlifting Championships, she came third in the senior event, and first in the junior event.[2] In 2019, she received some money from a Westminster charity, in order to help fund her attempts to qualify for the 2020 Summer Paralympics.[7] Broome came third in the 2020 Para Powerlifting World Cup event in Manchester.[8] At the March 2021 Para Powerlifting World Cup event in Manchester, Broome lifted 100 kilograms (220 lb), a new British record. She came second in the event.[4] At the World Cup event in Tbilisi, Broome set a junior world record by lifting 106.5 kilograms (235 lb).[9][10] She won the junior event, and finished second in the senior event.[10]
In July 2021, Broome was selected for the under-50 kg event at the delayed 2020 Summer Paralympics. She was one of five Britons selected for para powerlifting events at the Games.[11] At the Games, she finished third in the under-50 kg event, after lifting 107 kilograms (236 lb) on her second attempt.[12]
A few months after the Paralympics, she won the gold medal in the junior women's 50 kg event at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia.[13] She also won the silver medal in the senior women's 50 kg event.[14][15] In May 2022, Broome was selected for the para powerlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[16] She finished second in the event, behind fellow English competitor Zoe Newson.[17]
Broome finished third in the under-50kg event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, after lifting 119 kilograms (262 lb).[18]
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