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IPF Women's World Powerlifting Championships | ||
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1981 | 75 kg |
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1982 | 82.5 kg |
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1988 | 82.5 kg |
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1983 | 82.5 kg |
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1990 | 82.5 kg |
Judith ("Judy") Miriam Oakes (born 14 February 1958 in Lewisham, Greater London) is a retired English shot putter. She was given an OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in 1999.[1]
Her personal best put was 19.36 metres, achieved in August 1988 in Gateshead. This is still the British record.[2]
She was World Champion in Powerlifting three times, and European Champion eight times. Her last British Record (a Squat of 202½kg in the 75 kg bodyweight class set in February 1989) lasted until June 2008, when Marie Thornton squatted 215 kg.[3]
Achievements in athletics
References
- sports-reference
- Judy Oakes profile at IAAF
- ^ "People's champions knighted". BBC News. 31 December 1999. Retrieved 17 July 2007.
- ^ UK All-Time Lists: Women – Throws – GBR Athletics
- ^ British Powerlifting News – British Weight Lifters
- ^ 1985 European Indoor Championships, women's shot put final – Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite