Jenny Arthur
American weightlifter (born 1993)
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| Full name | Jenny Lyvette Arthur | ||||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||||
| Born | (1993-12-11) December 11, 1993 (age 30) Gainesville, United States | ||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||
| Weight | 80.95 kg (178 lb) | ||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||
| Event | –81 kg | ||||||||
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Jenny Lyvette Arthur (born December 11, 1993) is an American weightlifter that qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Early life
Arthur attended Chestatee High School.[1]
Youth career
In 2010, she won the youth national weightlifting championship.[2]
Senior career
Arthur qualified for the 2016 Olympics by virtue of her placement at the last two World Weightlifting Championships.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Chestatee graduate Jenny Arthur named to US Olympic weightlifting team for 2016 Summer Games". Gainesvilletimes.com. January 13, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "A vision becomes reality: focused Arthur clinches Olymp..." AccessWDUN.com. January 15, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ^ Zaccardi, Nick (January 13, 2016). "Jenny Arthur is first weightlifter to make 2016 U.S. Olympic team – OlympicTalk". Olympics.nbcsports.com. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
- ^ "ARTHUR Jenny Lyvette". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
External links
- Jenny Arthur at the International Weightlifting Federation
- Jenny Arthur at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
