Canada’s Rory van Ulft, 7, is the U-11 and U-13 Youth National Weightlifting Champion in U.S.
The little girl can deadlift up to 80 kilos and squat with 61 kilograms on top.
Cavan and Lindsay van Ulft, her parents, consider that “it would be fair to say that Rory is the strongest girl in the world”, as they expressed to the ‘Daily Mail’.
They explained that the girl competes in the United States because in Canada there is no national youth Olympic weightlifting championship. Although in her country she is also provincial champion of the Ontario Weightlifting Association, in the 40 kilogram weight category.
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“I like it when I lift a new weight that I have never practiced with before. I am proud of myself ”, commented Rory to the British media.
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The beginning
He started lifting weights after he was 5 years old.
His history with the sport began with gymnastics, to which he still dedicates 9 hours of training a week, much more than the time he spends training with weights: 4 hours a week.
Rory said that he prefers gymnastics, because in this discipline he does not have to lift objects above his head.
His father said that Your daughter’s safety is paramount and several experts, such as doctors and pediatricians, have accompanied her process.
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“Your safety is everyone’s top priority. She progresses her training for both sports carefully and methodically, ”he added.
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Routine like athlete Rory’s has not interfered with his education, as he attends school full time, just like any other child his age.
“EHe’s very smart and really makes it easy for him to concentrate and interpret instructions. This is one of the factors that makes it easy to train at such a young age, “said the man.
In his competitions there is a detail that stands out in addition to his talent: his temporary tattoos.
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In this regard, Rory said that he likes to use them because he likes them and “they look great.”
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The International Weightlifting Federation measures the strength of athletes using the Sinclair coefficient, whereby a score is awarded depending on the weight and performance of each weightlifter.
In Rory’s case, the total is 213,738, which makes her the best pound-for-pound lifter under 11 in the United States..
The highest Sinclair coefficient on record so far was 500,705, at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. The score belongs to Bulgarian Naim Süleymanoğlu, who died in 2017.
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“I like to get stronger. Getting stronger allows me to do more and improve in everything I try, ”Rory concluded.
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