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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Australia | ||
| Women's Powerlifting | ||
| World Games | ||
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1980 IPF Women's World Powerlifting Championships | 60 kg |
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1981 IPF Women's World Powerlifting Championships | 60 kg |
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1982 IPF Women's World Powerlifting Championships | 67.5 kg |
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1983 IPF Women's World Powerlifting Championships | 67.5 kg |
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1985 IPF Women's World Powerlifting Championships | 75 kg |
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1986 IPF Women's World Powerlifting Championships | 67.5 kg |
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1987 IPF Women's World Powerlifting Championships | 67.5 kg |
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1988 IPF Women's World Powerlifting Championships | 75 kg |
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1989 IPF Women's World Powerlifting Championships | 82.5 kg |
Heidi Wittesch (born 1957) is a Australian powerlifter who won gold medals in the International Powerlifting Federation's Women's World Powerlifting Championships.
Achievements
editIn 1987, the Australian Sports Commission awarded Heidi Wittesch a grant under the Sports Talent Encouragement Plan.[1]
On 16 October 1988, Wittesch set a World Record with a Deadlift of 217.5 kilos.[2]
Wittesch was a four-times World Powerlifting Champion when she was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1991.[3]
In the lead up to the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Wittesch was selected to be one of the torch-bearers on the Adelaide to Murray Bridge leg.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Australian Sports Commission Annual Report 1986-87" (PDF). Australian Institute of Sport. 1987. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ "Times Sport". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). 10 August 1988. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ "Emotional induction into Hall of Fame". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). 12 December 1991. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
- ^ "JOURNEY OF THE TORCH - SOUVENIR EDITION". The Australian. 5 October 2000.
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