Maude G. Charron (born 28 April 1993) is a Canadian

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, who competes in the 63/64 kg category and represents Canada at international competitions. She is an

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and

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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

Charron won the silver medal in the snatch at the

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. She continued her international weightlifting at the

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in Australia. There she lifted a Commonwealth Games record when she lifted in the clean and jerk on the way to the gold medal. This record beat compatriot Christine Girard's record from the

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by 1 kg. In her buildup to the

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Charron competed at the 2020 Pan American Weightlifting Championships which were held in 2021 as a result of the

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. She had a very successful competition in

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on her way to gold setting personal bests and a Panamerican Record in all of the snatch, clean & jerk, and total lifted categories. Charron won the gold medal in 64 kg division at the

in Tokyo with a 105 kg snatch and 131 kg clean and jerk, for a total of 236 kg. 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

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after the other two athletes in front of her were disqualified. Charron joined the Canadian team for the

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, and was named as co-flagbearer for the opening ceremony alongside

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. She noted her excitement at her family being able to attend, which had not been the case at the Olympics due to the pandemic. Charron mounted a successful title defence in Birmingham. In December 2022, she won the bronze medal in the women's 59kg event at the

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held in Bogotá, Colombia. In that same month, she was also elected as member of the IWF Athletes' Commission. Charron won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina. She also won the gold medal in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.

References

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