Maude Charron

Maude G. Charron (born (1993-04-28)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.

Maude Charron
Personal information
Full nameMaude G. Charron
Born (1993-04-28) 28 April 1993
Sainte-Luce, Quebec,[1] Canada
Height155 cm (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight63 kg (139 lb)[1]
Sport
Country Canada
SportWeightlifting
Weight class64 kg
TeamTeam Canada
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Snatch 107kg[2] NR

Cl&Jerk 133kg[2]

Total 240kg[2] NR
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
Representing  Canada
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo–64 kg
World Championships
2017 Anaheim–63 kg
Commonwealth Games
XXI Commonwealth Games63 kg
IWF World Cup
2020 Rome–64 kg
Pan American Championships
2021 Santo Domingo–64 kg
2017 Miami–63 kg
FISU World University Championships
2018 Poland–64 kg
2016 Merida–63 kg

Career

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.[7] Girard only received her gold six years after the 2012 Summer Olympics after the other two athletes in front of her were disqualified.

References
  1. "Maude Charron". results.gc2018.com. 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  2. "La Rimouskoise Maude Charron remporte trois médailles d'or". radio-canada.ca. Radio Canada. 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.


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