Hazel Greene-Pereira (born 19 January 1960) is an Irish three time archer for

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in the

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, powerlifter and fencer.

Early life

She was born in Ballingarry and is the youngest of three children. Greene and her family moved to Naas when she was eight. She is a great-niece of Richard Greene. After leaving school in 1978 she took up archery.

Archery

In 1979 she set five Irish records at the Kildare Open Championships. Greene qualified for the Summer Olympic Games in

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1984 Events January * January 1 – The Bornean Sultanate of Brunei gains full independence from the United Kingdom, having become a British protectorate in 1888. * January 7 – Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast A ...

and

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. She finished nineteenth, twentieth and 38th respectively.

Powerlifting

She won in her age group and weight division at the World Association of Benchpress and Deadlifting World Championships in 1997. She lifted 315 lb (143 kg) setting a WABDL record that lasted for two years.

Fencing

In 2005 she began fencing and came sixth in the

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in the Veterans age group at the

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National Championships in 2007.

References

External links

Profile on worldarchery.org
1960 births Living people Irish female archers Olympic archers for Ireland Archers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Archers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Archers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Irish powerlifters Irish female épée fencers People from Ballingarry, South Tipperary Sportspeople from County Tipperary Female powerlifters {{Ireland-archery-bio-stub