Robin Goad

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Robin Elizabeth Goad (born Byrd ; born January 17, 1970 in Newnan , Georgia ) is a former American weightlifter .

Career

Robin Byrd, as she was by birth name, grew up in Newnan , Georgia , where she attended high school and was good at sports. When weightlifting became popular as a women's sport in the late 1980s , she turned to this sport and started at the first World Championships for women in Daytona Beach in 1987 at the age of 17 . There she became vice world champion. In the next few years she was able to place herself in the top ranks again and again at the world championships. Her greatest success was the victory in a duel at the 1994 World Cup in Istanbul in the class up to 50 kg body weight. In total, she won 20 medals at world championships.

In 1995 she married the American weightlifter Dean Goad. After completing her career as an active weightlifter, she works as a teacher and personal trainer in the fitness sector and is also an advisory member for weightlifting on the US National Olympic Committee .

Successes / all-around

(WM = World Championship, KG = body weight)

  • 1987, 2nd place , World Championships in Daytona Beach / USA , up to 48 kg body weight, with 137.5 kg, behind Huang Xiaoyu, China and in front of Sandra Gomez, Spain ;
  • 1988, 2nd place , World Championships in Djakarta , up to 48 kg body weight, with 140 kg, behind Huang Xiaoyu and ahead of Aisah Siti, Indonesia ;
  • 1989, 4th place , World Championships in Manchester , up to 48 kg body weight, with 135 kg, behind Huang Xiaoyu, 172.5 kg, Cho Myung-Suk, South Korea , 147.5 kg and Shu Nan-Mai, Taiwan , 137.5 kg;
  • 1990, 4th place , World Championships in Sarajevo , up to 48 kg body weight, with 147.5 kg, behind S. Liao, China, 177.5 kg, Hiromi Uemura, Japan , 167.5 kg and Pauline Haughton, England , 150 kg ;
  • 1991, 2nd place , WM in Donaueschingen , up to 52 kg body weight, with 170 kg, behind Peng Liping , China, 187.5 kg and in front of Hiromi Uemura, 167.5 kg;
  • 1992, 3rd place , World Championships in Varna , up to 52 kg body weight, with 172.5 kg, behind Peng Liping, 202.5 kg and Siyka Stoichewa-Toumporowa, Bulgaria , 172.5 kg;
  • 1993, 2nd place , World Championships in Melbourne , up to 54 kg body weight, with 177.5 kg, behind Chen Xiaomin , China, 200 kg and in front of Karnam Malleswari , India , 177.5 kg;
  • 1994, 1st place , World Championships in Istanbul , up to 50 kg body weight, with 175 kg, ahead of Isabela Rifatowa (later Dragnewa), Bulgaria, 165 kg and Li Chuan-Chen, Taiwan, 165 kg;
  • 1996, unplaced , World Cup in Warsaw , with 3 failed attempts in pushing;
  • 1997, 8th place , World Championships in Chiangmai / Thailand , up to 50 kg body weight, with 172.5 kg, behind B. Si Winani, Indonesia , 185 kg and Isabela Dragnewa , 185 kg;
  • 1998, 3rd place , World Championships in Lahti , up to 53 kg body weight, with 182.5 kg, behind Wang Xiufen, China, 210 kg and Isabela Dragnewa, 192.5 kg;
  • 1999, 1st place, PanAm Games in Winnipeg , up to 53 kg, ahead of Nancy del Carmen, Venezuela and Luz Adriana Gallego, Colombia ;
  • 1999, 8th place , World Championships in Athens , up to 53 kg, with 187.5 kg, winner: Li Feng-Yi, Taiwan, 215 kg ahead of B. Si Winani, 202.5 kg
  • 2000, 5th place , OS in Sydney , up to 48 kg body weight, with 177.5 kg, behind Tara Nott , USA , 185 kg, Lisa Rumbewas Raeme, Indonesia , 185 kg, Sri Indriyani, Indonesia, 182.5 kg and Thi Kay Win, Myanmar , 180 kg

Medals individual disciplines

  • World Cup gold medal: 1994, tear, 80 kg -
  • World Cup silver medals: 1987, snatch, 62.5 kg - 1987, push, 75 kg - 1988, snatch, 67.5 kg - 1991, snatch, 77.5 kg - 1993, snatch, 82.5 kg - 1994, push , 95 kg -
  • World Cup bronze medals: 1988, poke, 72.5 kg - 1989, snatch, 62.5 kg - 1991, poke, 92.5 kg - 1992, snatch, 77.5 kg - 1998, snatch, 82.5 kg - 1998 , Bumping, 100 kg

USA championships

  • 1988, 1st place, up to 48 kg body weight, with 135 kg;
  • 1989, 1st place, up to 52 kg body weight, with 140 kg;
  • 1990, 1st place, up to 52 kg body weight, with 140 kg;
  • 1992, 1st place, up to 52 kg body weight, with 165 kg;
  • 1994, 1st place, up to 50 kg body weight, with 172.5 kg;
  • 1995, 1st place, up to 54 kg body weight, with 170 kg;
  • 1996, 1st place, up to 54 kg body weight, with 167.5 kg;
  • 1999, 1st place, up to 53 kg body weight, with 185 kg;
  • 2001, 1st place, up to 53 kg body weight, with 170 kg

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personal data
SURNAME Goad, Robin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Goad, Robin Elizabeth (full name); Byrd, Robin Elizabeth (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American weightlifter
DATE OF BIRTH 17th January 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Newnan , Georgia