louise on the Tokyo Paralympic podium in her wheelchair with her bronze medal

Louise Sugden

Para Powerlifting

Region

Newbury
Date of Birth

19/07/1984
Classification

Women’s up to 79kg

Louise Sugden will be competing at her fourth Paralympics in her second sport in Paris.

The Newbury lifter was a former member of the women’s wheelchair basketball squad in 2008 and 2012.

She switched to powerlifting in 2017 and nine months after her first competition, she went to Australia for the Commonwealth Games and won a silver medal for England.

Three years later, she returned to Paralympic action in Tokyo, where a lift of 131kg in the last round was enough for a maiden Paralympic medal in the shape of a bronze in the 86kg category.

Major Results

2020 Paralympic Games, Tokyo, Japan

-86kg: Bronze

**2018 Commonwealth Games, Gold Coast, Australia **

Heavyweight: Silver

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