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Jul 5, 20202 min read

CSWLC Podcast: Q&A with Matt Vine & his tribute to John Lear

In our second CSWLC podcast we speak to Matt Vine, Head Coach of Pegasus Weight Lifting Club in Maidstone. As well as having been on the...

Canterbury Strength

May 29, 20202 min read

Q&A with Coach Bob Takano - Canterbury Strength's First Podcast Interview

Frequently wishing that we could be flies on the wall at Takano Athletics to soak in the coaching techniques of head coach and USA Weightlif

Canterbury Strength

Apr 18, 20204 min read

Khổng Mỹ Phượng - Vietnam's Rising Star

Name: Khổng Mỹ Phượng Location: Vietnam Weight Category: -45kg Age: 20 Personal Bests: Snatch 78kg | Clean & Jerk 93kg Vietnamese...

Canterbury Strength

Apr 15, 20207 min read

Greg Everett Speaks With Canterbury Strength!

We are sure that Greg Everett does not need much of an introduction for anyone who has an interest in Olympic Weightlifting. Greg runs...

Kanah Andrews-Nahu, New Zealand's Record Holding Weightlifter

Canterbury Strength

Apr 10, 20204 min read

Kanah Andrews-Nahu, New Zealand's Record Holding Weightlifter

Name: Kanah Andrews-Nahu Location: New Zealand Weight Category: -76kg Age: 19 Personal Bests: Snatch 100kg | Clean & Jerk 120kg Kanah...

Canterbury Strength

Apr 7, 20203 min read

Don Opeloge - Samoan Superstar

Name: Don Opeloge Location: Samoa Weight Category: -96kg Age: 20 Personal Bests: Snatch 164kg | Clean & Jerk 210kg In Samoa,...

Darya Akhmerova, Kazakhstan's New International Athlete

Canterbury Strength

Apr 3, 20203 min read

Darya Akhmerova, Kazakhstan's New International Athlete

Name: Darya Akhmerova Location: Kazakhstan Weight Category: -87kg Age: 20 Personal Bests: Snatch 110kg | Clean & Jerk 140kg In 2019...

Canterbury Strength

Apr 2, 20203 min read

Marin Robu - Champion of Moldova

Name: Marin Robu Location: Moldova Weight Category: -73kg Age: 20 Personal Bests: Snatch 155kg | Clean & Jerk 180kg Marin Robu is a...

Arpine Dalalyan: Armenia’s Junior Champion

Canterbury Strength

Mar 31, 20203 min read

Arpine Dalalyan: Armenia’s Junior Champion

Name: Arpine Dalalyan Location: Armenia Weight Category: +87kg Age: 21 Personal Bests: Snatch 105kg | Clean & Jerk 140kg Arpine...

Sergio Massidda: 55kg Youth & Junior World Champ

Canterbury Strength

Mar 30, 20204 min read

Sergio Massidda: 55kg Youth & Junior World Champ

Name: Sergio Massidda Location: Sardinia, Italy Weight Category: -55kg/-61kg Age: 18 Sergio Massidda comes across as a very positive and...

Italy's Giulia Miserendino - European Youth Champion

Canterbury Strength

Mar 28, 20203 min read

Italy's Giulia Miserendino - European Youth Champion

Name: Giulia Miserendino Location: Italy Weight Category: -64kg Age: 17 Snatch: 97kg Clean & Jerk: 110kg Giulia Miserendino is an up and...

We spoke to Ritvars Suharevs, Latvian Legend

Canterbury Strength

Mar 28, 20203 min read

We spoke to Ritvars Suharevs, Latvian Legend

Name : Ritvars Suharevs Location : Latvia Weight Category : - 81kg Age: 21 Snatch : 164kg Clean & Jerk : 200kg Ritvars Suharevs is an...

Canterbury Strength

Apr 28, 20194 min read

Chatting to team USA’s Katherine Nye

We wanted to quickly update the introduction to this interview following Kate's win in the 71kg Category at the Pattaya World...

Talking to the German weightlifting team’s junior lifter, Nancy Ludwig (63kg)

Canterbury Strength

Feb 23, 20192 min read

Talking to the German weightlifting team’s junior lifter, Nancy Ludwig (63kg)

With some big names in the German senior team to look up to, Nancy Ludwig is a rising talent in the German National Junior Team. We spoke...

Conversation with the highly decorated Josué Brachi (56kg, Spain)

Canterbury Strength

Feb 17, 20193 min read

Conversation with the highly decorated Josué Brachi (56kg, Spain)

Josué Brachi (56kg) from Seville, Spain has been throwing big weight over his head for 13 years! He has competed in SEVEN World...

Exclusive interview with the 2018 Bronze World medalist and European Gold medalist- Nicolae Onica

Canterbury Strength

Feb 3, 20192 min read

Exclusive interview with the 2018 Bronze World medalist and European Gold medalist- Nicolae Onica

The 25 year old Romanian, Nicolae Onica had a breath-taking 2018! Winning a Bronze medal at the Worlds in Ashgabat, in the new 96kg...

Getting to know the 64 kg Czech national Champion: Eliška Pudivítrová

Canterbury Strength

Jan 27, 20193 min read

Getting to know the 64 kg Czech national Champion: Eliška Pudivítrová

We spoke to the elite Czech weightlifter, Eliska, about the popularity of weightlifting in Czechia, just how demanding it is to reach a...

An Interview with Austria’s most talented young lifter: Sarah Fischer

Canterbury Strength

Jan 20, 20193 min read

An Interview with Austria’s most talented young lifter: Sarah Fischer

The 18 year old Sarah Fischer had an incredible 2018 receiving 9 medals in international competitions, including 3 from the European...

An Interview with European Gold Medalist Joanna Łochowska

Canterbury Strength

Jan 13, 20192 min read

An Interview with European Gold Medalist Joanna Łochowska

Joanna Lochowska is a 2017 and 2018 European Gold medalist (196 kg total, 88 snatch + 108 Clean & Jerk), 2012 Olympian and Polish...

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