Maryse Turcotte

Maryse Turcotte (born February 23, 1975 in Sherbrooke , Québec ) is a Canadian weightlifter .

Career

Maryse was a spectator in a weightlifting competition at her high school in Sherbrooke in 1990 and has been passionate about weightlifting from then on . She began training under the direction of Simon Garand and started in 1991 in competitions in the junior area. In 1992, Pierre Bergeron became her trainer, with whom she has worked for many years and with whom she is now married. At the age of 19 she moved to Brossard . At the age of 17 she started in the Canadian championships for the first time in 1992 and won in the weight class up to 56 kg body weight. In 1994 she made her first international start at the North American and Caribbean Championships (NACACI), where she also won in her weight class. From 1995 she was at all world championships and Olympic Games and always achieved excellent placements. She did not succeed in winning a medal in a duel, but in 1998 she became the runner-up world champion in pushing.

Maryse is studying economics at the University of Montreal and also works in a clinic.

successes

International success / duel

(OS = Olympic Games, WM = World Championship, KG = body weight)

• 1994, 1st place , North America. and Caribbean Championship (NACACI) in Colorado Springs , up to 54 kg body weight, with 145 kg;
• 1995, 6th place , World Championships in Guangzhou / China , up to 50 kg body weight, with 150 kg, winner: Liu Xihua, China, 187.5 kg ahead of Chu Nan-Mei , Taiwan , 177.5 kg;
• 1996, 2nd place , NACACI-Meistersch. in Shreveport / USA , up to 54 kg body weight, with 165 kg;
• 1996, 5th place , World Championships in Warsaw , up to 54 kg body weight, with 165 kg, winner: Zhang Xixing, China, 197.5 kg ahead of Kuo Ping-Chun, Taiwan, 187.5 kg;
• 1997, 5th place , World Championships in Chiangmai / Thailand , up to 54 kg body weight, with 187.5 kg, winner: Meng Xianjuan, China, 205 kg ahead of Ri Song-Hui , North Korea , 195 kg;
• 1998, 2nd place , Student World Cup in Tel Aviv , up to 58 kg body weight, with 200 kg, behind Chen Yanqing , China, 220 kg and in front of Ou Yu-Hui, Taiwan, 185 kg;
• 1998, 4th place , World Championships in Lahti , up to 58 kg body weight, with 200 kg, behind Kuo Ping-Chun, 207.5 kg, Song Zhijuan, China, 207.5 kg and Neli Jankowa, Bulgaria , 200 kg;
• 1999, 2nd place , Student World Cup in Chiba / Japan , up to 58 kg body weight, weighing 197.5 kg;
• 1999, 1st place , Pan-American Games in Winnipeg , up to 58 kg body weight, with 200 kg, ahead of Nancy Niro, Canada and Soraya Jimenez , Mexico ;
• 1999, 6th place , World Championships in Athens , up to 58 kg body weight, with 202.5 kg, winner: Chen Yanqing, 235 kg ahead of Ri Song-Hui, 230 kg;
• 2000, 2nd place , NACACI-Meistersch. in Shreveport, up to 58 kg body weight, with 197.5 kg;
• 2000, 1st place , Student World Cup in Montreal , up to 58 kg body weight, with 210 kg;
• 2000, 4th place , OS in Sydney , up to 58 kg body weight, with 205 kg, behind Soraya Jimenez, 222.5 kg, Ri Song-Hui, 220 kg and Kassarapom Suta, Thailand , 210 kg;
• 2001, 1st place , Student World Championship in Ružomberok / Slovakia , up to 53 kg body weight, with 195 kg, ahead of Dagmar Danekowa, Slovakia, 175 kg and Lin Mei-Ling, Taiwan, 172.5 kg;
• 2001, 5th place , World Championships in Antalya , up to 53 kg body weight, with 192.5 kg, winner: Li Feng-Ying , Taiwan, 210 kg ahead of Qiu Hongxiao, China, 207.5 kg;
• 2002, 1st place , Commonwealth Games in Manchester , up to 58 kg body weight, with 202.5 kg, ahead of Michaela Breeze, England, 200 kg and Sunaina Sunaina, India, 192.5 kg;
• 2002, 6th place , World Championships in Warsaw, up to 58 kg body weight, with 205 kg, winner: Song Zhijuan, 230 kg in front of Wandee Kameaim, Thailand, 212.5 kg;
• 2003, 3rd place , Student World Championship in Pavia , up to 58 kg body weight, with 197.5 kg, behind Yan Zhou, China, 220 kg and Wandee Kameaim, 215 kg;
• 2003, 4th place , Pan-American Games in Santo Domingo , up to 58 kg body weight, with 200 kg, behind Maria Escobar, Venezuela , Soraya Jimenez, and Gretty Lugo, Venezuela;
• 2003, 7th place , World Championships in Vancouver , up to 58 kg body weight, with 205 kg, winner: Sun Cayan, China, 225 kg ahead of Patmawati, Indonesia, 217.5 kg;
• 2004, 11th place , OS in Athens, up to 58 kg, with 210 kg, winner: Chen Yanqing, 237.5 kg, ahead of Ri Song-Hui, 232.5 kg;
• 2005, 7th place , World Championships in Doha , up to 53 kg body weight, with 188 kg, winner: Li Ping, Chian, 224 kg ahead of Junpin Kauntatean, Thailand, 223 kg;
• 2006, 1st place , Commonwealth Games, up to 53 kg body weight, with 188 kg, ahead of Dika Loa Tona, PNG, 181 kg and Nadeene Latif, Pakistan , 152 kg

Medals individual disciplines

(World Cup medals are no longer awarded at the Olympic Games)

• World Cup silver medal: 1998, pushing, 115 kg,
• World Championship bronze medal: 2003, push, 117.5 kg

Canadian Championships

Maryse Turcotte won a total of 13 Canadian championship titles from 1992 to 2005. Only in 1993 did she have to make do with 2nd place.