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2023 Masters World Cup- Women’s Team brings home Third Place!
New Canadian Masters Records established!!
Congratulations to our members who participated in the 2023 Masters World Cup. Team Canada Women won third place. Here we see Manon Poulin (Gold Medallist and Award Guardian) receiving their TeamnAward the with Ruth Stewart (Gold Medallist), on her left, and Paule Poulin (Gold Medalist), on her right.
Missing in the photo were Allison Sullivan (Gold Medalist), who broke three Canadian Records, and Heather Chisolm (Silver Medallist). Paule Poulin, not only proceeded to break three Canadian Masters Records, but was also awarded the Best Woman Weightlifter in the 50-54 age category.
In addition to the fine accomplishments of our Women, both our men athletes did very well and received Gold Medals in their categories. Congratulations go out to Martin Tempelaar and Michel Pietracupa.The results of our Canadian athletes are posted on our website.
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The Masters World Cup is about to commence (March 3 – 12), and, on behalf of Weightlifting Canada Haltérophilie Masters, I would like to extend all our best wishes to our Canadian team. Listed below are our participating members.
You will note that Paule Poulin will also be representing Canada, though she resides in New Zealand. Paule also volunteers as the WCHM Director of Translations and recently achieved her IWF Level 2 Technical Official status.
I am sure Paule will be delighted to see other Canadians at this year’s Masters World Cup. It might be a long plane flight for our members. However, I have heard from very reliable sources that New Zealand is a wonderful country and its citizens are very welcoming. Team Canada will have a very memorable time.
-Mark Gomes. WCHM President
Poulin |
Paule |
NZ |
Tempelaar |
Martin |
ON |
Pietracupa |
Michel |
QC |
Poulin |
Manon |
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Sullivan |
Allison |
AB |
Stewart |
Ruth |
BC |
Chisholm |
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Team Canada at the 2022 World Masters Weightlifting Championships
A whole lot of Champions
After almost three years training for a minimal number of weightlifting competitions, an impressive number of Canadian athletes participated in the 2022 World Masters Weightlifting Championships in Orlando, Florida. This year the event was hosted by the USAW Masters Committee and as usual, they have done an excellent job.
Due to some remaining travel restrictions, some of our members could not participate, however, we managed to see 92 members compete, with 56 of those athletes belonging to our women’s contingent. Currently, our Records Secretary has received twelve applications from participating members, nine of which, were also from our women athletes.
Although our Team consists of 56 women and 36 men, points are only accumulated from 8 members of each team. Our Mens team won second place with 198 points, 14 points less than the USAW mens team. Our Womens team won second place with 196 points, tying the American team. However, the points are based on the medals earned. The American team won 7 golds to our one, so that was why they took first. If totals were based on the total S-M-F points, the Womens Team would have won by 116 S-M-F points. Still, an excellent accomplishment by both of our teams. Information about team selection and points can be found on our website in the Regulations section.
Our team members were Men: Gabriel Auclair (Guardian), Raf Korkowski, Sacha Amédé, André Boutin, Maxime Huot, Claude Caouette, Michel Piétracupa, Steve Bishop (Mohan Sandhu, John Garden, Jocelyn Normand)
Women: Megan Apostoleris (Guardian), Joanne Jeffrey, Isabelle Gauthier, Laurie Meschishnick, Molly Zirkle, Anita Boray, Sharon Ko, Sylvie Guénette (Manon Poulin, Carol Akasaka, Cathy Hambly).
This year was also the first international masters event that included adaptive athletes participating as para weightlifters. Participating as our first Canadian para weightlifters were Nalani Perry and Scott Glass. Both secured Gold in their age/bodyweight and para weightlifting categories. I hope to see more adaptive athletes take up our sport at the club level in preparation for the Canadian Masters Nationals next year.
All our competing athletes will receive 3 Hall of Fame points for participating. For athletes who received medals, the gold medal athletes receive 7 points, the silver medal athletes receive 5 points and the bronze medal athletes receive 4 points. Hall of Fame information can be found on this website in the Awards section. Judy Quinn, one of our gold medal winners, was presented the Pan American Masters Hall of Fame Award after being officially inducted in 2020. Congratulations Judy.
In addition, if any of our participants also participated in this year’s Pan American Masters Championships, the Canadian Masters Weightlifting Championships, and their Provincial Masters Weightlifting Championships, they can apply for the President’s Attollo Award. Information can be found on this website in the Awards section.
The results of our Canadian athletes can be found on this website under Results. The full results will be posted on the IMWA site IWF Results (iwfmasters.org) and on the IMWA Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/107809566591577 .
Congratulations to all our members who were able to participate this year. Now their plans start for the 2023 World Masters Weightlifting Championships next August in Krakow, Poland.
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2023 Canadian Masters Weightlifting Championships Announced
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The 2023 Canadian Masters Weightlifting Championships will be held by Driven Barbell Club from Midland, Ontario. Our Facility | Driven Midland Driven Barbell Club operates under the direction and leadership of Joanne Jeffrey, one of our well-known Masters Weightlifter, and Alex Jeffrey. Their facility will be made available for you to workout prior to the competition.
Our tentative date is July 15 and 16, 2023, with due consideration to international masters’ competitions. The annual general meeting would be held the evening of July 14. The venue will be the North Simcoe Sports & Recreation Centre, which is wheelchair accessible and has ample free parking, a double gym with folding segregation wall, internet access, change rooms, washrooms, seating, weigh-in room and staff/volunteer refreshment room. North Simcoe Sports and Recreation Centre - Midland - Arena Guide (arena-guide.com)
The Town of Midland is located in the heart of one of our nation’s most beautiful recreational area and offers a range of activities to make it a four-season destination. It’s only a 30-minute drive Northwest of Barrie. During your free time at our national competition, Midland has a dynamic recreational waterfront, which includes the picturesque harbour, and waterfront trail for walking, biking and rollerblading. You will also have the opportunity to view the beautiful horticultural displays throughout Midland and enjoy a relaxing afternoon at Little Lake Park. If you are more of a shopper, take a stroll through the hub of the downtown area and enjoy an array of boutiques, restaurants and services, as well as the beautiful murals scattered throughout the downtown core.
The Canadian Masters Weightlifting Federation recognizes that the location of our National Championships is on land which is the traditional and Treaty territory of the Anishinabek people, now known as the Chippewa Tri-Council comprised of Beausoleil First Nation, Rama First Nation, and the Georgina Island First Nation.
More information will be posted on our website under “Events” as more details are provided.
CANADIAN MASTERS WEIGHTLIFTERS READY TO HEAT UP ORLANDO
HALTÉROPHILES CANADIENS MAÎTRES PRÊTS À RÉCHAUFFER ORLANDO



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CANADIAN MASTERS WEIGHTLIFTERS READY TO HEAT UP ORLANDO
It might be winter, but the sport of masters weightlifting will be sizzling with Canadian Masters Weightlifters at the Wyndham Resort International in Orlando, Florida. From December 2-10, weights will be flung overhead, weightlifting shoes will be fixed on the weightlifting platform and the Canadian flag will be flown on the podium during the 2022 World Masters Weightlifting Championships. This international masters event is hosted by the USAW and its Masters Committee under the leadership of Chairman Michael Cohen. Canadian athletes are well represented over their ten bodyweight categories and eleven age categories. John Margolis and Doris Hellenbart have the honour of representing Canada in the 80 and 75 age categories, respectively. Competing will be 64 women and 46 men.
This is also the first World Masters Weightlifting Championships which will include adaptive athletes competing as para weightlifters. In Canada, the athletes in this newly included category are referred to as Para Weightlifters. The International Masters Weightlifting Association (IMWA) has opted to use the USAW expression “adaptive weightlifting.” Representing Canada will be Nalani Perry, from Nova Scotia,and Saskatchewan’s Scott Glass. The inclusion of para weightlifting in Canada started with the development of policies and procedures by their President, Mark Gomes and the promotion of this inclusivity by their Federation’s Director for the Advancement of Para Weightlifting, Nalani Perry. More information can be found here: PARA WEIGHTLIFTING / PARA HALTÉROPHILIE – Canadian Masters Weightlifting Federation (cdnmastersweightlifting.org). The Canadian Masters Weightlifting community was very pleased to see the International Masters Weightlifting Association, under the leadership of Secretariat Denise Offermann and General Secretary William (Bill) Barton, take the bold step to quickly invite and welcome adaptive athletes into the international community as adaptive athletes/para weightlifters.
Qualifying for the World Masters Championships is not an easy task, particularly with the reduced opportunity to participate in qualifying competitions during the Covid pandemic restrictions. But these athletes did just that and have well surpassed the qualifying totals in every single age and bodyweight category. Without competitions sanctioned by Canadian Provincial Weightlifting Associations (affiliates of Weightlifting Canada Haltérophilie, “WCH”) and their own Canadian Masters Weightlifting Federation Haltérophilie Canadienne Maîtres (CMWFHCM), these athletes would haven not reached their current level of achievement and an invitation from the Internal Masters Weightlifting Association to participate.
Although all participating members constitute the “Canadian Team”, the official Canadian team is selected by the National Chair based on the award points accumulated by ten women and ten men selected. Selection-of-World-Masters-Teams.Sélection-des-équipes-mondiales-de-maîtres.pdf (cdnmastersweightlifting.org) explains how the Canadian Team points are derived from the ten team members’ award medals accomplishments.
Here are the Canadian Team members in alphabetical order, by Provincial affiliation, and age/bodyweight category.
If you know these athletes, please generously support them to help defray some of their expenses; for as you know, Masters are solely financially responsible for competing in national and international masters championships. Masters Federations do not receive government funding, though some Provincial Weightlifting Associations may provide some grants.
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Adams | David | NL | M | M45/89 | |
Akasaka | Carol | BC | W | W50/64 | |
Amede | Sacha | NB | M | M45/96 | |
Apostoleris | Megan | NS | W | W40/71 | |
Astle | Craig | SK | M | M40/73 | |
Auclair | Gabriel | QC | M | M35/109+ | |
Barazzuol | Carol | ON | W | W50/76 | |
Bishop | Steven | PE | M | M45/102 | |
Boray | Anita | QC | W | W45/55 | |
Boutin | André | QC | M | M60/89 | |
Brouillard | Karine | QC | W | W40/+87 | |
Burk | Liisa | ON | W | W55/81 | |
Buzinhani | Melisssa | QC | W | W45/45 | |
Cameron | Heather | `BC | W | W55/64 | |
Caouette | Claude | QC | M | M50/73 | |
Carignan | Yves | QC | M | M70/67 | |
Collins | Cynthia | CAN | W | W40/81 | |
Cormier | Remi | QC | M | M35/81 | |
Coughlan | Crista | SK | W | W50/+87 | |
Crane | Jamie | ON | M | M55/89 | |
Croteau | Manon | QC | W | W55/59 | |
Crotty | Chris | NL | M | M55/102 | |
Datema | Melanie | ON | W | W45/64 | |
David | Janella | BC | W | W45/49 | |
Delisle | Annie-Claude | QC | W | W45/64 | |
Deshaye | Matt | AB | M | M40/89 | |
Desroches | David | ON | M | M65/109 | |
Dessureault | Dave | ON | M | M50/89 | |
Dewar | Sandy | AB | W | W65/76 | |
Di Pierro | Connie | ON | W | W40/76 | |
Doucette | Greg | NB | M | M55/81 | |
Douglas | Iain | ON | M | M70/102 | |
Florento | John | ON | M | M40/61 | |
Foster | Richelle | AB | W | W35/87+ | |
Francoeur | Valerie | QC | W | W35/59 | |
Francoeur | Providence | QC | W | W45/71 | |
Garden | John | NS | M | M55/89 | |
Gaudet | Danielle | NB | W | W35/59 | |
Gauthier | Jason | ON | M | M55/109 | |
Gauthier | Isabelle | QC | W | W50/59 | |
Gilbert | Craig | MB | M | M45/+109 | |
Glass | Scott | SK | M | PW6/M50/96 | |
Gray | Hannah | AB | W | W45/87 | |
Green | Jana | MB | W | W40/76 | |
Guenette | Sylvie | ON | W | W55/64 | |
Gyarmati | Brenda | ON | W | W50/59 | |
Hambly | Cathy | BC | W | W40/81 | |
Hamilton | Jennifer | AB | W | W40/64 | |
Hellenbart | Doris | ON | W | W75/55 | |
Herbert | Martine | ON | W | W40/71 | |
Huot | Maxime | QC | M | M35/81 | |
Hutchinson | Glen | AB | M | M45/89 | |
Jeffrey | Joanne | ON | W | W40/49 | |
Johnson | James | ON | M | M40/102 | |
Ki | Virginia | ON | W | W35/71 | |
Kielty | Paula | ON | W | W55/55 | |
Kim | Kiho | CAN | M | M55/67 | |
Knudsen | Laura | ON | w | W40/76 | |
Ko | Sharon | BC | W | W35/71 | |
Korkowski | Raf | BC | M | M40/109+ | |
Krinsky | Warren | BC | M | M40/89 | |
Lander | Karen | ON | W | W65/64 | |
Lanthier | Cybele | QC | W | W55/64 | |
Larviere | Martine | QC | W | W55/55 | |
Lavechia | Krystal | ON | W | W35/55 | |
Ly | Tin | QC | M | M50/67 | |
MacMillan | Adrian | PE | M | M45/109 | |
Manuel | Eugene | NB | M | M50/81 | |
Margolis | John | QC | M | M80/81 | |
Matte | Yvon | QC | M | M75/73 | |
McCardle | Lindsay | ON | W | W35/64 | |
Meschishnick | Laurie | SK | W | W55/64 | |
Miller | Ken | NB | M | M75/67 | |
Miller | Jill | NB | W | W70/59 | |
Normand | Jocelyn | QC | M | M60/96 | |
Ogle | David | BC | M | M35/89 | |
Penny | Allison | NL | W | W40/71 | |
Perry | Nalani | NS | W | PW6/W40/87+ | |
Piel-glade | Linsey | MB | W | W35/87 | |
Pietracupa | Michel | QC | M | M60/73 | |
Pineault | James | ON | M | M55/96 | |
Pirrie | Danielle | ON | W | W45/81 | |
Poitras | Anne Marie | NB | W | W40/71 | |
Poulin | Manon | QC | W | W55/59 | |
Pridham | Tyler | BC | M | M35/89 | |
Purac | Stella | BC | W | W50/55 | |
Quinn | Judy | ON | W | W70/76 | |
Reid | Jil | SK | W | W40/81 | |
Reyes | Jay | ON | W | W40/87 | |
Robertson | Jordan | ON | W | W40/64 | |
Robson | Frances | SK | W | W60/59 | |
Ross | Dawn | NS | W | W50/55 | |
Roussel | Mireille | QC | W | W40/71 | |
Sanderson | Tim | ON | M | M55/109 | |
Sandhu | Tirath | BC | M | M50/109 | |
Sandhu | Mohan | ON | M | M45/102 | |
Slack | Alan | SK | M | M50/96 | |
Smith | Chris | ON | M | M60/81 | |
Stein | Tracey | AB | W | W35/87 | |
Stewart | Ruth | BC | W | W65/71 | |
Stranges | Shaelene | UK | W | W35/76 | |
Tasnadi | Attila | NB | M | M45/81 | |
Tortorici | Nicola | QC | M | M36/67 | |
Villagonzolo | Marifé | ON | W | W50/71 | |
Waller | Aurora | MB | W | W45/55 | |
Warner | Pamela | ON | W | W40/49 | |
Waterfield | Madeleine | ON | W | W55/81 | |
White | Theron | BC | M | M40/89 | |
Zirkle | Molly | ON | W | W55/59 |
Another First for the CMWFHCM - Une autre première pour la CMWFHCM
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Another First for the Canadian Masters Weightlifting Federation
A small but significant step towards the inclusion of Para Weightlifting
The 2022 Canadian Masters Weightlifting Championships which just concluded last month in Moncton, New Brunswick, included their very first in-person adaptive athlete competing as a Para Weightlifter. Nalani Perry, who competed in the Women’s 40-44 age and 87+ bodyweight categories, was successful at all six attempts, three for each contested lift. Her highest Snatch attempt of 36 kg and Clean and Jerk attempt of 45 kg gave her an 81 kg total and qualified her for the 2022 World Masters Championships this December in Orlando. Nalani will compete as an “adaptive athlete” the nomenclature used by the USAW Masters and the International Weightlifting Federation Masters Committee. In Canada adaptive athletes who are members of the Canadian Masters Weightlifting Federation are referred to as Para Weightlifters. They are adaptive athletes using some modifications to the rules of Olympic style weightlifting.
Due to a condition called Ehlers Danlos Syndrome (EDS) with her joints being in an unstable position, Nalani competed in the PW5 Para Weightlifting category, “Limited Range of Motion and Joint Instability.”
More information about Canadian Para Weightlifting can be found here:
I had the pleasure of interviewing Nalani.
This journey into our sport must certainly involve trusted individuals by your side. Do you have a support team working with you?
I have a team of people that I work with on a regular basis that I'd like to mention. My coaches present at the National Championships were Morgan Crowe and Cody Steeves. Behind the scenes I have a support team that includes my Physiotherapist Mike Connors, Athletic Therapist Eric Richard, and Massage Therapist & Acupuncturist Bruce Bradley all from Young Kempt Physiotherapy; and my Sport Dietitian Michaela Henderson from Coastal Sport & Wellness. The team of people that work with me as an adaptive athlete are instrumental to my success. These people keep me able to be active and do the things I love to do (like lifting).
How did you get involved in weightlifting as an adaptive athlete?
Pre-weightlifting I started out in CrossFit. My physiotherapist (Michael Connors, Young Kempt Physiotherapy) had joined a CrossFit gym and he spoke highly of the type of functional fitness that CrossFit provided for him during our physiotherapy sessions. The more he talked about it, the more I wanted to try it. So, I ended up taking the 'introduction to CrossFit' Discovery Sessions at CrossFit Basinview in Bedford, Nova Scotia. The instructor mentioned that I was a natural at Olympic weightlifting, which was exactly how I felt as well. I naturally gravitated toward Olympic weightlifting as time went on. I was doing a mixture of CrossFit classes and weightlifting classes for about two years but completely fell in love with Olympic weightlifting. It became a passion and gives me joy. Once the pandemic hit, I moved to just doing Olympic weightlifting with metabolic conditioning instead of CrossFit and I haven't looked back.
Initially I didn't approach weightlifting as 'adaptive' for me. None of us knew it existed as we hadn't heard of any adaptive athletes in Olympic weightlifting. So, we just approached it as a "do what you can with what you have" attitude. That means what I do today may not be what I do tomorrow. As an adaptive athlete, the 'field of play' can be very different day-to-day based on how I'm feeling, what injuries I have, and any modifications I need to make. I may need to use bracing, or not, depending on these factors. We very rarely say 'no' to doing anything and that means a lot as an adaptive athlete. Modifications can be made to every exercise and movement. You just have to find the right way of doing it for the individual in keeping with the intended movement pattern.
As an adaptive athlete, Olympic weightlifting has changed my life. It gives me a means to strengthen my body and be alongside a team of athletes that don't care if I'm adaptive or able-bodied. They treat me just like anyone else and support me as I support them.
What are some of your personal thoughts as a Para Weightlifter at the Nationals Championships?
I have to admit Nationals was my first big competition. I had only ever done one other local, much smaller, competition, so it was a little nerve-wracking for me. Luckily, I had another team member also competing (Brittany Klingmann), and one of my local coaches Morgan Crowe. Cody Steeves was also coaching us that day as he's a team member, but also a coach in Dieppe, NB. It felt great to have these folks together and experience our first in-person Nationals together!
Everyone in the warmup area was very supportive of each other. Lots of smiles, and a little bit of nerves for the athletes. I'm not sure anyone actually knew I was an adaptive athlete, but if they did, they certainly hid it well. I was treated just like everyone else, which was appreciated. The camaraderie was evident as the ladies and their coaches were ready to bring their strength to the platform and show what they were there to do.
In terms of the field of play, it was exciting. I knew what I was there to do, and I was driven to do it. There was a lot of adrenaline. I wanted to put up a qualifying total for the World Championships, and also show that adaptive athletes can absolutely complete in this sport. I may, or may not, look a little different but it doesn't mean that I can't lift alongside able-bodies athletes.
Going 6 for 6 was the optimal outcome of the competition for me. We made calculated conservative goals for each lift and had different plans for different scenarios based on how my snatches went so that I could put up the qualifying total for Worlds. Safety was of the utmost importance of course. Once I hit that total, I went for it and it was exhilarating. I made a big kg jump between my second and third attempt at C&J because I personally wanted to leave everything on that platform, in that field of play, in order for me to feel like I had won. Boy did I ever! It was one of the best experiences of my lifting to date. Having the confidence in yourself, and in the prep work you've done in advance of the competition was everything. It all came together seamlessly, and I'm very appreciative of everyone that has gotten me to this place.
Receiving a gold medal as the first female para weightlifter in Canada was amazing. I couldn't have asked for a better achievement and I'm grateful that the CMWFHCM has a para weightlifting program that adaptive athletes can take part in.
What are your goals as an adaptive athlete competing as a para weightlifter?
Short Term Goals: I'm currently working on bettering my technique. It's a never-ending goal! I'm also focusing on building additional strength in the areas of my body that need it so that I can be a stronger athlete overall. I know you have to put in just as much effort for accessory work just as much as the two lifts themselves! I'll be competing in a local event in September, and I'll be starting to prepare for the IWF Masters World Championships in Orlando, FL in December, as well as the World Masters Cup in NZ in March (2023). I'm looking forward to continuing to show that adaptive athletes can be para weightlifters.
Long Term Goals: I would like to continue to compete locally, nationally and internationally. It's my goal to prove and show that adaptive athletes can be para weightlifters. There is no better way to show something, than to prove that it can be done, and done successfully. I am currently collaborating with Weightlifting Nova Scotia to implement an adaptive athlete program for para weightlifters in Nova Scotia. It is eventually my goal that this para weightlifting program will drive a framework that can be used for the sport so that the weightlifting community has the supports in place to implement adaptive programs nationally. Adaptive Athletes need to see themselves in this sport, so let's provide them with the opportunities to do that.
We see Nalani’s attempts in these two exciting photos. The first is Nalani completing her successful Snatch attempt of 36 kg (moving the barbell from the platform and over her head in one complete and fluid motion). From that position, Nalani extended her legs, stood up, and awaited the head referee’s signal to return the bar to the platform. In the second photo, Nalani is in the “catch” position of the Jerk portion of her successful 45 kg Clean and Jerk attempt. Prior to that photo, Nalani lifted the barbell off the platform and guided it to her shoulder-clavicle area of her chest. From that position, she dipped, incorporating a slight bending of her legs at the knees, and pushed the barbell overhead. In this photo, her arms have reached their full extension with the weight centered just above her head, and her legs supporting the weight, using a split leg technique. After this photo frame, Nalani returned her legs, fully extended, into the standing position and awaited the referee’s signal to return the bar to the platform.
Nalani was awarded a gold medal for her performance, to which we are sure many awards will follow. Also included is a picture that shows the competitors of Session 7, of which Nalani shared many exciting moments with and a picture of Federation President, Mark Gomes, proudly awarding Nalani her Gold Medal.