Melanie Roach

Melanie Roach

Melanie Roach is an Olympic weight lifter, mother of three, and businesswoman. She will be competing in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic games. In 1998 she claimed the world record in the clean and jerk (113kg/250lbs, since bested). Her... [more]

Melanie Roach is an Olympic weight lifter, mother of three, and businesswoman. She will be competing in the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic games. In 1998 she claimed the world record in the clean and jerk (113kg/250lbs, since bested). Her husband, Dan Roach, is a four-term state representative from Washington's 31st district.

 
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Describing Melanie Roach as a strong woman can be taken two ways. She’s a national level powerlifter, but she is also a business owner and mom of three - including a special needs son. At only... Read Full Story
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Giszmos.Com : Melanie Roach was planning to quit weightlifting after the Olympics, but after scoring a U.S. record and personal best on Sunday, she's not so sure. Roach lifted a total of 193 kilograms (425.5 pounds) in the women's 53-kg division on Sunday, finishing in sixth place. "Coming into it I was definitely retiring," the 33-year-old mother of three said. VISIT WWW.GISZMOS.COM FOR MORE Read Full Story
 
Norwegian equestrian Tony Andre Hansen and his 2008 Olympic mount, Camiro, have been definitively disqualified from the Beijing Olympics for a medication offense. The disqualification followed an appeals commission decision handed down Dec. 4. Hansen's...  
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Elizabeth Poblete, who gave birth while training at her gym, competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A weightlifter straining during training dropped a couple pounds -- when she gave birth to a boy in the gym. Elizabeth Poblete , a 22-year-old Chilean ...  
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(AHN) – Chile’s weightlifting competitor in the 2008 Beijing Olympics has given birth prematurely in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she is training, but she did not know she was pregnant. Elizabeth Poblete, 22, and her baby boy she named Eric Jose, are ...  
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(AHN) - Chile's weightlifting competitor in the 2008 Beijing Olympics has given birth prematurely in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she is training, but she did not know she was pregnant. Elizabeth Poblete, 22, and her baby boy she named Eric Jose, are ...  
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