Grands Maîtres 2024 Grand Masters

Isabelle as Grand Master
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GRAND MASTERS 2024

 

Another National Championship has concluded with great success. WCHM wishes to thank Club Héracles of Rouyn-Noranda for their exemplary organization of this event. The Grand Masters Awards are determined by recognizing the highest SM(H)M points of all the participating athletes. All athletes are eligible for the Grand Masters Award , however only athletes within the 30-44 age categories are eligible for the U45 Grand Masters Award. The U45 is a new WCHM initiative that recognizes the athleticism, dedication and commitment of the younger members of the WCHM Masters weightlifting community.

 

This year the Grand Master of the Women is Isabelle Gauthier from Montreal’s Club Re-Lève and coached by Evgueni Romanov. This year’s Grand Master of the Men is Marcel Perron, from Montreal’s Club Halt-Héros. Isabelle and Marcel are not new to the Masters weightlifting awarded community. They have both been the recipient of numerous masters weightlifting awards both nationally and internationally.
We welcome our new Grand Masters, the U45. This year’s Grand Master of the Women is Michelle Page of Hamilton. Michelle is from Club Battlefield Strength and credits her coach Cody Taylor for all his enthusiasm and hard work helping her reach her goals.

 

The U45 Grand Master for the Men is James Johnson. James is coached by Paul Medeiros at Toronto’s 646 Weightlifting Club. Weightlifting Club 646 is another Ontario Weightlifting Association club that is proud to have Masters members pursuing their aspirations to competitively participate in provincial, national and international masters weightlifting events.

 

For this level of successful masters athletes, we can be assured that all Grand Masters are trained by well experienced coaches in welcoming weightlifting clubs and supported by their Provincial Weightlifting Associations. So, final kudos to Fédération d’Haltérophilie du Québec and to Ontario Weightlifting Association for supporting and promoting all of their weightlifting clubs.