{"id":10254,"date":"2023-01-25T01:16:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T02:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/?p=10254"},"modified":"2023-01-25T03:29:37","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T03:29:37","slug":"9-year-old-rory-van-ulft-logs-a-staggering-66-kilogram-145-5-pound-clean-jerk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/everything-else\/9-year-old-rory-van-ulft-logs-a-staggering-66-kilogram-145-5-pound-clean-jerk\/","title":{"rendered":"9-Year-Old Rory van Ulft Logs a Staggering 66-Kilogram (145.5-Pound) Clean & Jerk"},"content":{"rendered":"

In some ways, Canadian athlete Rory van Ulft might be one of the strongest competitors for her age that weightlifting and powerlifting have seen in some time. At just 9 years old, van Ulft has developed a reputation, particularly with her deadlift<\/a>, for having impeccable pulling power and an “iron will” with a barbell<\/a> in her hands (literally and figuratively). The athlete’s latest official addition to her weightlifting rap sheet, featuring a noteworthy overhead lift<\/a>, might be another entry in the growing lore of her budding career. <\/p>\n

On Jan. 21, 2023, van Ulft captured a 66-kilogram (145.5-pound) clean & jerk<\/strong> during the 2023 Variety Village Open in Toronto, Canada. According to the caption in a video of the feat from van Ulft’s Instagram, facilitated by a parent\/manager, van Ulft had a body weight of 32.8 kilograms (72.4 pounds) on contest day. In turn, that makes van Ulft the youngest person ever, regardless of gender, to successfully finish a clean & jerk that was double their body weight during a sanctioned competition<\/strong>. Not to be outdone, a final total of 254.39 Sinclair \u2014 the International Weightlifting Federation’s (IWF) primary tool for contextualizing an athlete’s strength by weight class \u2014 van Ulft officially notched the best-ever performance by a 40-kilogram female competitor<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

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