Date of Birth: 30th November 1970
Club: Burwood
Best Lifts: Snatch 83kg; Clean and Jerk 103kg; Total 185kg

Career Highlights

• 2005 NSW Institute of Sport team member
• Current State Record Holder
• Australian Record Holder - 53kg C+J; 97kg; Total 175kg
• Australian Record Holder – 58kg Snatch; 83kg C+J 103kg; Total 185kg
• Oceania Champion 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2005
• Many times National Champion
• Mermet cup representative and winner
• 2000 Olympic Games representative – placed 10th
• 2002 Commonwealth Games representative – 3 silver medals
• Australian representative at the 99 and 2002 world championships
• Qualified for the 2006 Commonwealth Games
• No.1 Female in Australia

Goals

Immediate goal as a lifter is to make the Commonwealth Games 2006 and a medal would be nice. Then I plan to retire and spend more time with my family. I would like to remain in the sport though, in the background, perhaps as coach or official...

Words of Wisdom

A positive attitude and determination have really helped me. But it’s not only important to be positive and believe in yourself. You also have to do everything in your power to achieve your goals. That means not skipping a training session or an exercise because you are tired or that you have something more interesting to do. You need to be able to look back at the end of the day and know that you have done everything possible to attain your goal. You have to put 100% effort into every training session (physically and mentally), without taking short cuts and being lazy with your technique. Keep striving for perfection while maintaining a positive attitude. When those negative thoughts and doubts enter your mind – push those thoughts away, if you give in to those thoughts it could mean the difference between success and failure.