"Camille Leblanc-Bazinet is the reigning [Crossfit Games] champion, and currently holds the title of “fittest woman on earth”. Three weeks after her win at the 2014 CFG, she won the Blue Mountain Open WL meet with a 192kg total as a 58kg lifter. She also has a 193kg total on record with the Canadian WL federation, and as far as I can tell is currently ranked 3rd overall amongst Canadian females. Her 192kg total (or 193) would be the highest total for an American female as well, and would have put her on our (US) World Weightlifting Championships team.
Here’s the craziest part of all this…
In 2012 Canada took three female Weightlifters to the Summer Olympics. One of them was a 58kg lifter – her total at the London Olympics was 190kg. She finished 16th overall."
So a woman who started snatching and clean and jerking to develop her general physical fitness has the potential to qualify for the Olympics.
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