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Jenny Arthur

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Jenny Arthur
Personal information
Full nameJenny Lyvette Arthur
Born (1993-12-11) December 11, 1993 (age 30)
Gainesville, Georgia, United States
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight80.95 kg (178 lb)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportWeightlifting
Event–81 kg
Medal record
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Pattaya –81 kg

Jenny Lyvette Arthur (born December 11, 1993) is an American weightlifter that qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Early life

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Arthur attended Chestatee High School.[1]

Youth career

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In 2010, she won the youth national weightlifting championship.[2]

Senior career

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Arthur qualified for the 2016 Olympics by virtue of her placement at the last two World Weightlifting Championships.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Myers, Zack (January 13, 2016). "Chestatee graduate Jenny Arthur named to US Olympic weightlifting team for 2016 Summer Games". Gainesvilletimes.com. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  2. ^ "A vision becomes reality: focused Arthur clinches Olymp..." AccessWDUN.com. January 15, 2016. Retrieved April 15, 2016.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "ARTHUR Jenny Lyvette". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2016.
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