Olivia Broome

Olivia Broome (born 13 June 2001)[1] is a para powerlifter who won a bronze medal in the under-50 kg events at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics.

[3] Broome started para powerlifting at the age of 15,[4] and trains at the British Weightlifting Centre at Loughborough University.

[2] In 2019, she received some money from a Westminster charity, in order to help fund her attempts to qualify for the 2020 Summer Paralympics.

[8] At the March 2021 Para Powerlifting World Cup event in Manchester, Broome lifted 100 kilograms (220 lb), a new British record.

[12] A few months after the Paralympics, she won the gold medal in the junior women's 50 kg event at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia.