SWAN Volunteer Coordinator Mandy Williams wins gold and sets a new Scottish powerlifting record!
SWAN's very own Volunteer Coordinator Mandy Williams competed in the British National Masters Powerlifting championships end of June in London - where she won gold in the M2 47kg class, broke her own Scottish record in bench press and set a new Scottish record!
Powerlifting is 3 lifts - bench press, squat and deadlift.
At a body weight of 45.3kg and aged 50 years old Mandy deadlifted 110kg, squatted 67.5kg and bench pressed 50kg - after only 10 months training in the sport!
As a result, Mandy has been invited to compete at the World powerlifting championship in South Africa later this year representing Great Britain.
In a completive field where there are so few openly autistic athletes, we are incredibly proud of Mandy who is out there showing the world the power(lift!) of autistic focus and joy!!!
Mandy is coached by her amazing trainer Kim, and you can follow Mandy’s training journey on her powerlifting Instagram.