A Power Lifter from Suffolk heads to the Para Power Lifting World Cup
This will be Zoe's 5th time going to Dubai to represent Team GB
Zoe Newson from East Bergholt will be taking part in the Para Powerlifting Championships, previously known as the PC Powerlifting World Championships in February 2024.
The British Powerlifter started her journey at 14 years old and nearly 2 decades later has received multiple medals throughout her powerlifting career. including the following.
Summer Paralympic Games
London 2012 : Bronze medal – third place in the women's 40kg powerlifting event.
Rio de Janeiro 2016: Bronze medal – third place in the women's 45kg powerlifting event.
World Para Powerlifting Championshipsrld Championships
Tbilisi 2021: Silver medal – second place in the women's 45kg powerlifting event.
Mexico City 2017: Bronze medal - third place 45 kg
As well as receiving a gold medal in the Common Wealth Games in Birmingham in 2022 in the lightweight category and a Bronze Medal back in 2018 in the Gold Coast lightweight category.
She told us despite having competed multiple times before, she still gets nervous. "I always work myself up the night before... but then I wake up... break it down a bit... then the day just comes and goes."
She has been training ahead of the Championships and told us it is "going well" despite a slight setback.
We asked her what she would say to anyone who might be thinking about getting involved in the sport she told us to "just go for it" and that she wouldn't have gotten into the sport if others hadn't encouraged her to "give it a go."
"If it weren't for my parents, I wouldn't do it... but I'm glad they did (encourage me) because now I'll get to represent Great Britain Team GB and get to travel the world."