Topic: Please Introduce Yourself

[Simon McCoy]

Name: Simon McCoy
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Occupation: Fitness Instructor/Personal Trainer
Location: Melbourne, Australia
Team: Hawthorn
How did you get started: Scouted by my P.E (Gym) teacher Damian Brown.
Years involved in weightlifting: 8 or 9
Athletic achievements: Junior Worlds 2002 and Junior Oceania 2001-2003
Role in weightlifting: Athlete
Favorite weightlifter: Marcin Dolega, Nicu Vlad, Anatoly Pisarenko
Interests other than weightlifting: Heavy Metal Music

[Damon Kelly]

Name: Damon Kelly
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Occupation: Sudent(quantity surveying)/Cadet Quantity Surveyor
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Team: Cougars
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: Started doing weights for athletics and rugby while I was at school, then a weightlifting club started up at school. Started doing weightlifting instead of my normal weights routine and loved it and have been doing it ever since.
Years involved in weightlifting: 7
Athletic achievements: World Juniors 2001-2003, World Unis 2003, Junior Oceania Gold Medalist 2001-2003, Senior Oceania Gold Medalist 2003, Mermet Cup 2003-2004
Role in weightlifting: Lifter and Coach
Coaching/educational credentials: NCAS Level 1
Favorite weightlifter: Dimas, Matt Williams
Interests other than weightlifting: Rugby League, Cricket, Most Sports, Music
Other information you would like to share:

[SherwinChia]

Name: Sherwin Chia

Age: 18

Gender: Male

Occupation: Polytechnic Student; specialist courses: Coaching & Sports Management

Location: Singapore
Team: Singapore Junior Squad
 
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: Started doing weights for athletics and rugby while I was at school- included bodybuilding and powerlifting routines initially, started doing weightlifting instead of my normal weights routine and loved it and have been doing it ever since.

Years involved in weightlifting: 2.5

Athletic achievements: 5th place-Asian Inter-city weightlifting Championships 03, 7th Junior Asian Championships 2004

Role in weightlifting: Lifter

Coaching/educational credentials: NCAP Level 1 (Singapore accreditation programme)

Favorite weightlifter: Shi Zhiyong,Boevski, Dimas, Sagir and Liu Chunhong

Interests other than weightlifting: Rugby Union and Mixed Martial Arts

Other information you would like to share: Great to be here everyone! And hey Damon! Even though I don't know you, I saw that vid of your on the QWA site with the 208kg record, good on ya ;)

[Matt Sweet]

Name: Matt Sweet

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Occupation: Remodeler/Contractor

Location: San Francisco, CA

Team:

How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: First introduction was through Athens 04. I was a powerlifter at the time. OL appealed to me more as it wasn't well known and more athletic. I promptly bought a set of cheap 300lb metal weight set and practiced form in my back yard. I would lift in a sand trap and would spend half the time on my back. I loved every second of it.

Years involved in weightlifting: Six months of fooling around, three weeks of training with Coach (Mr. Schmitz)

Athletic achievements: Is never being injured an achievement?

Role in weightlifting: Humble student

Coaching/educational credentials:

Favorite weightlifter: I have respect and admire everyone in this sport

Interests other than weightlifting: My friends and family, the Boston Red Sox, Lacrosse, and volunteering my time for children

Other information you would like to share: I coach middle school lacrosse back home in MI.

[patrick ward]

Name: Patrick Ward

Age: 26

Gender: Male

Occupation: Personal Trainer

Location: NYC

Team:  Metropolitan barbell

How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?:
I started lifting weights at 15yrs.  Mostly interested in size and strength I competed in bodybuilding at first.  Then I focused on powerlifting and my big three lifts.  I have just started getting more and more into weightlifting after a friend of mine talked me into joining the team he was on.  It is nice to have a coach!

Years involved in weightlifting: 3months of serious olympic training

Athletic achievements:

high school baseball player (2nd base/right field) for a serious competitive program

3rd place Natural Empire states bodybuilding championship

just competed in my first olympic lifting meet.  Will be competing again in sept. and then in oct.

Role in weightlifting: athlete (trying)

Coaching/educational credentials:
lazy.....thinking about going back to college to work on a masters in exercise physiology and rehabilitation with a double major in nutritional sciences.  Like I said...lazy.

Favorite weightlifter: Dimas

Interests other than weightlifting:
football
baseball
music
reading
eating


Other information you would like to share:
nothing at this time  :?

[David Woodhouse]

Age: 27
Location: London
Team: Crystal Palace
How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: Started lifting for track
Years involved in weightlifting: 6
Athletic achievements: Sn 130, Cl&J 150; Ranked 5 in UK at 94 (21 on Sinclair).
Role in weightlifting: Athlete & Coach
Coaching/educational credentials: BWLA Instructor; BSc Sport Science
Favorite weightlifters: Vanev, Dimas, Botev

[Bull Ternus]

Name: Bull Ternus

Age: 40

Gender: Male

Occupation: Military Officer

Location: Albuquerque, NM

Team: High Desert Athletic Club/Team Chesapeake-OBX

How did you get started/involved in weightlifting?: Came over from Powerlifting, was always fascinated by Olympic lifters

Years involved in weightlifting: almost 2

Athletic achievements: Was a good powerlifter.  As an olympic lifter, I'm a good powerlifter...linebacker, Texas A&M

Role in weightlifting: Master's lifter

Favorite weightlifters: All Wilkes boys.  Norm Fulk (Air Force's best lifter), Rick Bucinell (master monster), John Broz (monster, period), Gene Flynn (Team OBX coach, masters lifter), Pete Kelley (because he saw me lift and kindly didn't point out that I suck..) and Gene Bell (yes, he's a powerlifter, but one of the all-time greatest, a now-retired AF MSgt and always had great things to say about Olympic Lifters)

Interests other than weightlifting: Doing bad things to bad people (comes with the job)

Other information you would like to share:

[SherwinChia]

"BULL"- I guess the name says it all ;) Welcome to the forum. Hope to be seeing more of you in action soon.

Sherwin.