Yarrawonga’s own 23-year-old Natalie Quinn has set Australian Powerlifting League national junior records with her new love of powerlifting.
Natalie, who now lives in Bendigo studying Exercise Science at LaTrobe Uni, recently competed at the Australian Powerlifting League competition and Australian Powerlifting League (APL) National competition where she produced some great results.
“Natalie got into the sport after she became friends with a mature age student who was also a qualified personal trainer, and had previously competed in Powerlifting,” Natalie’s mum Bernadette said.
“Her new friend offered to train her with PT sessions and during these sessions she encouraged Natalie to consider competing in Powerlifting, and became her coach.”
Natalie competed in her first Australian Powerlifting League (APL) competition in February 2022 in Melbourne, where she came second in her weight division which qualified her to compete for the 2022 Nationals on the Gold Coast.
“Natalie was unscored in the 2022 Nationals competition after failing to complete a successful lift in the first section of the competition (squats) however from there she competed in the State competition in February this year,” Bernadette said.
“In this competition she came third in her division and qualified for the Australian Powerlifting League (APL) National competition which was held in Brisbane on June 16 – 18.
“Natalie competed in the “raw” division which means she doesn’t use any equipment to support her in her lifts, knee wraps or lifting belt, and set APL national junior records with her competition squat, deadlift and total.”
Natalie’s competition lifts were as follows:
•squat= 165kg squat (national APL record)
•Bench press = 67.5kg
•Deadlift = 192.5kg
•Fourth deadlift attempt for a national record of 200kg
•Total weight lifted in competition = 425kg (national APL record).
“These weights meant that Natalie lifted personal best competition totals in each style - increasing her squat by 7.5kg, bench press by 2.5kg and deadlift by 20kg,” Bernadette said.
“Her age meant she competed as a junior competitor and was first in her weight class in the raw division.
“Her weights meant she also came second in the Open competition for her weight class in the raw division.”
Natalie has no set plans at this stage but will look at competing in another competition at the end of the year.
She plans to continue competing in local competitions and explore the possibility of international competition with the main goal at this stage to continue to increase her strength.