Robin Elizabeth Goad (born January 17, 1970, in

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), also known as Robin Byrd-Goad, is a retired female Olympic weightlifter from the

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, who competed at the

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. She won the bronze medal in the women's – 53 kg division at the 1998 World Weightlifting Championships in

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. Goad competed in the first Women's World Championships in 1987 at age seventeen and was the only female Olympian to compete in the 2000 Olympics who was also present at that first women's Worlds. She currently teaches Physical Education at an elementary school.

Weightlifting achievements

*Junior and Senior American record holder in snatch,

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, and total (1986–1992) *Senior National Champion (1988, 1989, 1991–1996, 1999, & 2001) *Senior American record holder in snatch, clean and jerk, and total (1993–1997) *Senior World Champion (1994) * Pan Am Games Champion (1999) *Olympic Games team member (2000) *Set one Senior World record during career *All-Time Junior and Senior American record holder in snatch and total

References

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External links

Robin Byrd-Goad - Hall of Fame at Weightlifting Exchange
1970 births Living people Weightlifters at the 1999 Pan American Games Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for the United States Sportspeople from Newnan, Georgia American female weightlifters Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in weightlifting World Weightlifting Championships medalists Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games 21st-century American sportswomen 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-weightlifting-bio-stub