NEWSON Zoe

Date of Birth: 24 Mar 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Female

Sport Class: PWL

Place of birth: IPSWICH

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : COLCHESTER

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Powerlifting	Women's -41 kg	4

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Tokyo International Forum	Women's -41 kg Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
Paralympic Games
3	-45 kg	2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	102
3	-40 kg	2012	London, GBR	88
World Championships
3	-45 kg	2017	Mexico City, MEX	97.0
4	-40 kg	2010	Kuala Lumpur, MAS	82.5
10	-41 kg	2019	Nur-Sultan, KAZ	75.0
Commonwealth Games
3	Women's Bench Press Lightweight	2018	Gold Coast, QLD, AUS	106.1
4	Women's Bench Press	2010	Delhi, IND	100.4
European Open Championships
1	-41 kg	2018	Berck-sur-Mer, FRA	91

Supporting English football team Arsenal, watching wrestling, films and TV, shopping, spending time with family. (Twitter profile, 22 Jul 2021; Facebook profile, 27 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Partner Dan, son Duncan [2019]

Languages spoken:

Suffolk Spartans [Colchester, GBR]

Daniel Collins, GBR, from 2008

2008 for Great Britain, in United States (paralympics.org.uk, 13 Mar 2014)

She began powerlifting at age 14 at the East Bergholt Sports Centre in England. She competed for the first time in 2008 in Cardiff, Wales. (Athlete, 20 May 2019; britishweightlifting.co.uk, 30 Mar 2021)

"My old coach was at my high school to do a talk about the army as he was in it. I was playing badminton at lunchtime and my coach was looking round the school. He came over to me and said because of my height I would be good at it [Para powerlifting]. I said no, came home, and spoke to my parents and they said try it and if you don't like it, give it up. I tried it, and enjoyed it." (britishweightlifting.co.uk, 30 Mar 2021; results.gc2018.com, 24 Feb 2013)

To compete at the 2020 Paralympic Games in Tokyo. (paralympic.org, 29 Feb 2020; bbc.co.uk, 19 Feb 2020)

Winning a bronze medal in the 40kg category at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London. (Athlete, 20 May 2019)

Argentinian footballer Lionel Messi. (Athlete, 20 May 2019)

Her son Duncan. "When I am in the backstage, thinking of him helps me a lot. There was a competition where Duncan was in the audience and after my second lift I saw him and it sort of helped me a lot to calm down and finish the competition pushing even harder. He is there smiling and it just makes you feel great because of it. I can't wait to come home to him after the competition." (paralympic.org, 29 Feb 2020)

Philosophy:

"Don't let anything stop you and get in your way." (britishweightlifting.co.uk, 30 Mar 2021)

In 2016 she was named Sports Personality of the Year by Suffolk Sport in England. (ipswichstar.co.uk, 30 May 2017)

In October 2013 she received an honorary fellowship from the University Campus of Suffolk [UCS]. (eadt.co.uk, 24 Nov 2013)

In 2012 she was named Sports Personality of the Year by the Suffolk County Council. (eadt.co.uk, 04 Feb 2021; suffolkspartans.co.uk, 20 Oct 2012)

In 2008 she was named Best Newcomer at the Wheelpower Sports Awards in Great Britain. (suffolkspartans.co.uk, 17 Aug 2010)

General Interest

Type of Impairment
Short stature (britishweightlifting.co.uk, 30 Mar 2021; bbc.co.uk, 19 Feb 2020; rio.paralympics.org.uk, 01 Sep 2016)

Origin of Impairment
Congenital (britishweightlifting.co.uk, 30 Mar 2021; bbc.co.uk, 19 Feb 2020; rio.paralympics.org.uk, 01 Sep 2016)

General
MOTHERHOOD
In January 2019 she gave birth to her son Duncan six weeks early as he had grown too big for the womb. After being born, Duncan spent a further six weeks in hospital due to complications, but she returned to competition less than six months after giving birth. "Duncan wasn't planned - it was a shock when I found out I was pregnant. I thought it was my career over, but luckily I've got back into it. He weighed about six pounds [2.72 kilograms] when he was born, and they said if I went full term, he would have been 10 [4.53 kilograms]. Despite how big he was, I didn't really put that much weight on, so it was easy to lose that bit of weight. When he was born, there was something wrong with his stomach, and then it was his oxygen levels, so it was mostly six weeks being a prisoner in hospital." (bbc.co.uk, 19 Feb 2020)

EPILEPSY
She was diagnosed with epilepsy in 2011. "I've only had one fit [seizure]; it was in 2011. I was getting ready to watch my brother play football. I got out of the shower and [was] using the hairdryer and I had a fit. My parents thought I had electrocuted myself. From there I had tests which showed I was epileptic. When we go to competitions, I don't always go to the ceremonies because of the flashing lights." (britishweightlifting.co.uk, 30 Mar 2021)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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