In 2024, Etta broke the youth world record for clean and jerk .
She is off to Bahrain for the Senior World Championship in December 2024 to break the remaining two youth world records on her journey towards the 2028 Olympics.
But first…she needs YOUR help.
MEET ETTA
Etta Love is a young, queer, Olympic Weightlifter. At seventeen years old, Etta has broken many records and is ranked as the #1 youth in the sport within her category. In 2024, Etta broke the youth world record . She trains for up to four hours every day while balancing school and family, She is 100% focused on achieving her goal – a gold at the 2028 Olympics.
Etta’s Accomplishments
New Youth Clean and Jerk World Record
October 2024, Junior (U21) World Championships, Leon, Spain (146kg)
Youth World Champion
May, 2024, U18 Youth World Olympic Weightlifting Competition, Lima, Peru (243kg total)
Youngest Lifter in the World to Qualify for Junior Worlds
March 2021, Canadian Invitational (210 kg total)
Youngest North American Female to ever break a 200kg total
North American Final Dec 2020
Broke Pan American U18 Clean & Jerk Record
October 2022, Lima, Peru (131kg/288.8lb)
Broke Pan American her own U18 Clean & Jerk Record
October 2023, Panama (136kg/300lb)
Broke Pan American U18 Snatch Record
October 2023, Guadalajara, Mexico
(106kg/233.6lb)
What is Olympic Weightlifting?
Olympic Weightlifting involves two types of lifts: the ‘snatch’ and the ‘clean and jerk’. Athletes are categorized based on their body weight, and the combined maximum weight they lift determines the overall winner.
Traditionally male-dominated, women have only been allowed to participate in the Olympic Games for the sport since 2000.
Etta’s 2024 Goal
YOUTH WORLD RECORD
NO CANADIAN HAS HELD AN OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING WORLD RECORD IN OVER 40 YEARS!