VAC Weightlifting

Olympic Weightlifting trains the athlete for functional strength and utilizes the body’s major muscle groups. Athletes are introduced to – and train toward -two Olympic lifting techniques: the snatch, and the clean and jerk.

Sports: Powerlifting

Disability Specific: Any

Options: Competitive and Recreational

Training involves quality repetitions and building body strength. The training season runs 12 months of the year with the competition season starting in the summer months.

Head Coach Abdallah Alsebaai is an Olympian and World Champion and has been coaching since 1989. He is a Level 2 Certified Coach and Internationally Ranked Weightlifter. Abdallah has also been Competition Director for several competitions, including the 2011 Canadian Senior Weightlifting Championships, and 2014 Pan American Masters Weightlifting Championships.

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