Cheryl Ann Haworth (born April 19, 1983) is an

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for the

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Early life

Haworth was born in

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, to Shiela and Robert Haworth. She also has two sisters, Katie and Beth. At the age of 12, she began weightlifting to strengthen her muscles for

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. She graduated from

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in 2001 and received a degree from

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in 2006.

Personal life

Her youngest sister Katie is also a champion weightlifter. After retiring from active competition, Cheryl married her wife Kalen Curtis on February 28, 2014. Haworth is also an artist and has a sold a number of paintings for hundreds of dollars.

List of weightlifting achievements

* Bronze Medalist in Olympic Games (2000) * Olympic team member (2000 + 2004 + 2008) * Junior World Champion (2001 + 2002) * Senior National Champion (1998–2008) * Silver Medalist in Junior World Championships (1999) * Pan Am Games Champion (1999) * Goodwill Games Champion (2001) * Inducted into the USA Weightlifting Hall of Fame (2015)

Documentary

''Strong!'' is a 2012 documentary by Julie Wyman. It is about Cheryl Haworth's efforts at the end of her career to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in

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."Strong! A film by Julie Wyman."
''www.strongthefilm.com.'' Retrieved April 13, 2017.

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picture of Ch. Haworth, 2008
1983 births Living people Weightlifters at the 1999 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in weightlifting American LGBT sportspeople LGBT people from Georgia (U.S. state) Sportspeople from Savannah, Georgia American female weightlifters Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting Lesbian sportswomen LGBT weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 21st-century LGBT people 21st-century American women {{US-weightlifting-bio-stub, Haworth, Cheryl