By Rosalind Russell – A new weightlifting champ hails from Sagamok-Anishinabek First Nation.
Ojibwe athlete Ambrose Stevens-Paquette was crowned Top Female in the under 80-kilogram weight class, she weighs in at 76-kilogram, at the 2023 Canadian Junior Weightlifting Championships held in La Prairie, Quebec in early June.
She picked up a bronze medal in the 80-kilogram lift in the snatch category, then capped it off with a 101-kilogram in the clean & jerk category to take the gold.
She is continuing her training at the Sudbury Weightlifting Club and is also studying firefighting at Cambrian College.
Photo: Ambrose Stevens-Paquette is the Top Female in the under 80-kilogram weight in women’s weightlifting. She was bronze and gold at the 2023 Canadian Junior Weightlifting Championships held in La Prairie, Quebec in early June. Photo provided SAFN
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