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Maude Charron
Personal information
Full nameMaude G. Charron
Born (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 (age 31)
Rimouski, Quebec,[1] Canada
Height155 cm (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Canada
SportWeightlifting
Weight class64 kg
TeamTeam Canada
Coached bySpencer Arnold
Achievements and titles
Personal bestSnatch 107kg[2] NR

Cl&Jerk 133kg[2]

Total 240kg[2] NR
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo –64 kg
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris –59 kg
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Anaheim –63 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Bogotá –59 kg
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 63 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 64 kg
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2023 Santiago 59 kg
IWF World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2020 Rome –64 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Santo Domingo –64 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bariloche –59 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Miami –63 kg
FISU World University Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Poland –64 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Merida –63 kg

Maude G. Charron (born 28 April 1993) is a Canadian weightlifter,[3] who competes in the 63/64 kg category and represents Canada at international competitions. She is an Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion in the women's 64 kg division. Charron also owns the clean & jerk Commonwealth Games record, the snatch and total Canadian weightlifting records, all the Panamerican records in her weight class.

Career

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Charron won the silver medal in the snatch at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships.[4]

She continued her international weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. There she lifted a Commonwealth Games record when she lifted 122 kilograms (269 lb) in the clean and jerk on the way to the gold medal. This record beat compatriot Christine Girard's record from the 2006 Commonwealth Games by 1 kg.[5]

In her buildup to the 2020 Summer Olympics Charron competed at the 2020 Pan American Weightlifting Championships which were held in 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. She had a very successful competition in Santo Domingo on her way to gold setting personal bests and a Panamerican Record in all of the snatch, clean & jerk, and total lifted categories.[2] Charron won the gold medal in 64 kg division at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with a 105 kg snatch and 131 kg clean and jerk, for a total of 236 kg.[6] Following her victory she dedicated her gold medal win to fellow Canadian Olympic champion Christine Girard, who had only received her gold six years after the 2012 Summer Olympics after the other two athletes in front of her were disqualified.[7]

Charron joined the Canadian team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, and was named as co-flagbearer for the opening ceremony alongside wheelchair racer Josh Cassidy.[8] She noted her excitement at her family being able to attend, which had not been the case at the Olympics due to the pandemic.[9] Charron mounted a successful title defence in Birmingham.[10]

In December 2022, she won the bronze medal in the women's 59 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[11] In that same month, she was also elected as member of the IWF Athletes' Commission.[12]

Charron won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina.[13] She also won the gold medal in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.

Named to her second Canadian Olympic team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Charron was named Canada's co-flagbearer for the opening ceremonies, alongside sprinter Andre De Grasse.[14] She won the silver medal in the women's 59 kg event.[15]

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean and jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2021 Tokyo, Japan 64 kg 102 105 108 — 128 128 131 — 236 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2024 Paris, France 59 kg 101 104 106 — 126 130 132 — 236 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships
2017 Anaheim, United States 63 kg 95 99 102 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 118 122 122 5 224 5
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 64 kg 97 97 97 11 120 123 123 9 220 10
2019 Pattaya, Thailand 64 kg 100 103 106 6 123 127 130 5 230 6
2022 Bogotá, Colombia 59 kg 100 100 103 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 123 127 128 4 231 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 59 kg — — — — — — — — — —
IWF World Cup
2020 Rome, Italy 64 kg 101 101 105 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 126 130 130 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 235 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2024 Phuket, Thailand 59 kg 100 103 106 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 125 129 130 5 236 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pan American Games
2019 Lima, Peru 64 kg 97 97 101 — 123 123 128 — 224 4
2023 Santiago, Chile 59 kg 95 99 101 — 115 120 125 — 226 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Pan American Championships
2017 Miami, United States 63 kg 90 90 93 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 115 118 122 4 215 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2018 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 63 kg 95 98 99 6 117 120 123 5 218 5
2019 Guatemala City, Guatemala 64 kg 97 97 101 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 121 125 128 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 226 4
2021 Guayaquil, Ecuador 64 kg 100 104 107 1st place, gold medalist(s) 125 129 133 1st place, gold medalist(s) 240 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023 Bariloche, Argentina 59 kg 98 101 104 1st place, gold medalist(s) 124 124 127 1st place, gold medalist(s) 225 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Maude Charron". results.gc2018.com. 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d "La Rimouskoise Maude Charron remporte trois médailles d'or". radio-canada.ca. Radio Canada. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Maude Charron IWF profile". iwf.net. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
  4. ^ "2017 World Weightlifting Championships - Maude Charron". iwf.net. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Canadian gymnast Ellie Black earns 2nd gold at Commonwealth Games". CBC Sports. Canadian Press. April 7, 2018. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  6. ^ "Canada's Maude Charron wins Olympic weightlifting gold". CBC Sports. July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  7. ^ "Maude Charron shares weightlifting gold with Canadian denied triumph in 2012". CBC Sports. July 28, 2021.
  8. ^ "Maude Charron, Josh Cassidy named Canada's flag-bearers for Commonwealth Games". CBC Sports. July 21, 2022.
  9. ^ Smart, Zack (July 30, 2022). "Canadian weightlifter Maude Charron ready for new chapter at Commonwealth Games". CBC Sports.
  10. ^ "Charron, Deguchi and McIntosh top the podium for Canada at Commonwealth Games". CTV News. August 1, 2022.
  11. ^ Oliver, Brian (8 December 2022). "Colombians go wild as Álvarez beats two Olympic champions at weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  12. ^ Oliver, Brian (21 December 2022). "Three Olympic weightlifting champions and 700,000 Instagram followers - the new IWF Athletes Commission". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
  13. ^ Oliver, Brian (28 March 2023). "Pan American title for Canada's Olympic weightlifting champion Charron". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  14. ^ "Charron, de Grasse lead Canada in rainy trip down Seine as Céline Dion closes Paris 2024 opening ceremony". CBC Sports. July 26, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
  15. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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