Maude Charron

Maude G. Charron (born 28 April 1993) is a Canadian weightlifter,^[3] who competes in the 63/64 kg category and represents Canada at international competitions. She is an Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion in the women's 64 kg division. Charron also owns the clean & jerk Commonwealth Games record, the snatch and total Canadian weightlifting records, all the Panamerican records in her weight class.

Maude Charron

Personal information
Full name	Maude G. Charron
Born	(1993-04-28) 28 April 1993 (age 31) Rimouski, Quebec,[1] Canada
Height	155 cm (5 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight	63 kg (139 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	64 kg
Team	Team Canada
Coached by	Spencer Arnold
Achievements and titles
Personal best	Snatch 107kg[2] NR Cl&Jerk 133kg[2] Total 240kg[2] NR
Medal record Women's Weightlifting Representing  Canada Olympic Games 2020 Tokyo –64 kg 2024 Paris –59 kg World Championships 2017 Anaheim –63 kg 2022 Bogotá –59 kg Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast 63 kg 2022 Birmingham 64 kg Pan American Games 2023 Santiago 59 kg IWF World Cup 2020 Rome –64 kg Pan American Championships 2021 Santo Domingo –64 kg 2023 Bariloche –59 kg 2017 Miami –63 kg FISU World University Championships 2018 Poland –64 kg 2016 Merida –63 kg

Career

Charron won the silver medal in the snatch at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships.^[4]

She continued her international weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. There she lifted a Commonwealth Games record when she lifted 122 kilograms (269 lb) in the clean and jerk on the way to the gold medal. This record beat compatriot Christine Girard's record from the 2006 Commonwealth Games by 1 kg.^[5]

In her buildup to the 2020 Summer Olympics Charron competed at the 2020 Pan American Weightlifting Championships which were held in 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. She had a very successful competition in Santo Domingo on her way to gold setting personal bests and a Panamerican Record in all of the snatch, clean & jerk, and total lifted categories.^[2] Charron won the gold medal in 64 kg division at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with a 105 kg snatch and 131 kg clean and jerk, for a total of 236 kg.^[6] Following her victory she dedicated her gold medal win to fellow Canadian Olympic champion Christine Girard, who had only received her gold six years after the 2012 Summer Olympics after the other two athletes in front of her were disqualified.^[7]

Charron joined the Canadian team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, and was named as co-flagbearer for the opening ceremony alongside wheelchair racer Josh Cassidy.^[8] She noted her excitement at her family being able to attend, which had not been the case at the Olympics due to the pandemic.^[9] Charron mounted a successful title defence in Birmingham.^[10]

In December 2022, she won the bronze medal in the women's 59 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.^[11] In that same month, she was also elected as member of the IWF Athletes' Commission.^[12]

Charron won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina.^[13] She also won the gold medal in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.

Named to her second Canadian Olympic team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Charron was named Canada's co-flagbearer for the opening ceremonies, alongside sprinter Andre De Grasse.^[14] She won the silver medal in the women's 59 kg event.^[15]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean and jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Olympic Games
2021	Tokyo, Japan	64 kg	102	105	108	—	128	128	131	—	236
2024	Paris, France	59 kg	101	104	106	—	126	130	132	—	236
World Championships
2017	Anaheim, United States	63 kg	95	99	102		118	122	122	5	224	5
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	64 kg	97	97	97	11	120	123	123	9	220	10
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	64 kg	100	103	106	6	123	127	130	5	230	6
2022	Bogotá, Colombia	59 kg	100	100	103		123	127	128	4	231
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	59 kg	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
IWF World Cup
2020	Rome, Italy	64 kg	101	101	105		126	130	130		235
2024	Phuket, Thailand	59 kg	100	103	106		125	129	130	5	236
Pan American Games
2019	Lima, Peru	64 kg	97	97	101	—	123	123	128	—	224	4
2023	Santiago, Chile	59 kg	95	99	101	—	115	120	125	—	226
Pan American Championships
2017	Miami, United States	63 kg	90	90	93		115	118	122	4	215
2018	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	63 kg	95	98	99	6	117	120	123	5	218	5
2019	Guatemala City, Guatemala	64 kg	97	97	101		121	125	128		226	4
2021	Guayaquil, Ecuador	64 kg	100	104	107		125	129	133		240
2023	Bariloche, Argentina	59 kg	98	101	104		124	124	127		225

References

1. "Maude Charron". results.gc2018.com. 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
2. "La Rimouskoise Maude Charron remporte trois médailles d'or". radio-canada.ca. Radio Canada. 21 April 2021. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
3. "Maude Charron IWF profile". iwf.net. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
4. "2017 World Weightlifting Championships - Maude Charron". iwf.net. Retrieved 2 December 2017.
5. "Canadian gymnast Ellie Black earns 2nd gold at Commonwealth Games". CBC Sports. Canadian Press. April 7, 2018. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
6. "Canada's Maude Charron wins Olympic weightlifting gold". CBC Sports. July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
7. "Maude Charron shares weightlifting gold with Canadian denied triumph in 2012". CBC Sports. July 28, 2021.
8. "Maude Charron, Josh Cassidy named Canada's flag-bearers for Commonwealth Games". CBC Sports. July 21, 2022.
9. Smart, Zack (July 30, 2022). "Canadian weightlifter Maude Charron ready for new chapter at Commonwealth Games". CBC Sports.
10. "Charron, Deguchi and McIntosh top the podium for Canada at Commonwealth Games". CTV News. August 1, 2022.
11. Oliver, Brian (8 December 2022). "Colombians go wild as Álvarez beats two Olympic champions at weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
12. Oliver, Brian (21 December 2022). "Three Olympic weightlifting champions and 700,000 Instagram followers - the new IWF Athletes Commission". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 24 December 2022.
13. Oliver, Brian (28 March 2023). "Pan American title for Canada's Olympic weightlifting champion Charron". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
14. "Charron, de Grasse lead Canada in rainy trip down Seine as Céline Dion closes Paris 2024 opening ceremony". CBC Sports. July 26, 2024. Retrieved July 26, 2024.
15. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 August 2024. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

External links

• Maude Charron at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Maude Charron at IAT Database Weightlifting (in German)
• Maude Charron at Olympics.com
• Maude Charron at Olympedia
• Maude Charron at Team Canada

Olympic Games
Preceded by Marie-Philip Poulin Charles Hamelin	Flagbearer for  Canada Paris 2024 (with Andre De Grasse)	Succeeded by Most recent