Women's Weightlifting with Amanda Thompson

Students have contributed the questions which I will ask today's guest, Amanda Thompson, based on their readings of course materials including the classic feminist phenomenological article “Throwing Like a Girl,” by Iris Marion Young.

Amanda is a Chartered Professional Coach in Olympic Weightlifting. Amanda is NCCP Competition Development Certified in Weightlifting, as well as an NCCP Learning Facilitator and Coach Evaluator, among other fitness related certifications. She sits as the VP Administration for our PSO (provincial sport organization) the NS Weightlifting Association. Through Amanda’s club, the Hubtown Weightlifting Club, she has produced National level competitors in all age categories. She has founded an annual women’s event titled “Women in Weightlifting” which brought high level female role models to NS to work with our athletes. She also founded a youth weightlifting program, one of the only few in the province. Amanda is incredibly passionate for moving women forward in sport at all levels. She sits on a committee with our NSO (national sport organization) titled The Committee for the Advancement of Women in Weightlifting and participates in a provincial task force aimed at advancing women in sport. Additionally, Amanda is a Canadian Women in Sport (formerly CAAWS) learning facilitator.