Michelle Kettner

Australian weightlifter

Michelle Kettner
Personal information
Full nameMichelle Kettner
Born (1973-02-19) 19 February 1973 (age 51)
Melbourne, Australia
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight67.70 kg (149.3 lb)
Sport
Country Australia
SportWeightlifting
Weight class69 kg
ClubBurwood PCYC
TeamNational team
Coached byPaul Coffa
Updated on 28 September 2016.

Michelle Kettner (born (1973-02-19)19 February 1973 in Melbourne) is a former Australian weightlifter, competing in the 69 kg category and representing Australia at international competitions, having held Commonwealth, Oceania and Australian records.

She participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the 69 kg event. She competed at six world championships (1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999), most recent was the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships.[1] In 2000 she became the first Australian female to snatch 100 kg and set Australian records in both the snatch and clean and jerk in that year.

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2000 Australia Sydney, Australia 69 kg 9
World Championships
1999 Greece Piraeus, Greece 69 kg 92.5 97.5 100 9 110 117.5 117.5 17 207.5 12
1998 Finland Lahti, Finland 63 kg 82.5 87.5 87.5 11 102.5 107.5 107.5 11 185 11

References

  1. ^ "1999 Weightlifting World Championships - Michelle Kettner". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.

External links

  • Michelle Kettner at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
  • "Weightlifting - Michelle Kettner (Australia)". The-sports.org. 19 September 2000. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  • "Michelle Kettner Pictures and Photos". Getty Images. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  • "Image : Australia's Michelle Kettner sticks out her tongue at the crowd as she finishes a lift in the snatch event of the women's 69 kg weightlifting competition at the Summer Olympic Games in Sydney Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2000". Canoe.ca. Archived from the original on 22 February 2001. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  • "Telstra International Weightlifting Challenge (Olympic Test Event) - 69kg Snatches". YouTube. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2017.


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