Maude Charron

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| fullname = Maude G. Charron

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|04|28|df=y}}

| birth_place = Rimouski, Quebec,{{cite web |title=Maude Charron |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n6027195-maude-charron.htm |website=results.gc2018.com |publisher=2018 Commonwealth Games |accessdate=23 August 2018}} Canada

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| height = 155 cm

| weight = 63 kg

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| sport = Weightlifting

| weight_class = 64 kg

| pb = Snatch 107kg{{cite web |title=La Rimouskoise Maude Charron remporte trois médailles d'or |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1786868/maude-charron-competition-championnats-panamericians-halterophilie |website=radio-canada.ca |date=21 April 2021 |publisher=Radio Canada |accessdate=22 April 2021}} NR

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| coach = Spencer Arnold

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Maude G. Charron (born 28 April 1993) is a Canadian weightlifter,{{cite web|url=https://www.iwf.net/new_bw/athletes_newbw/?athlete=charron-maude-g-1993-04-28&id=13670|title=Maude Charron IWF profile|publisher=iwf.net|accessdate=19 February 2020}} 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.

Career

Charron won the silver medal in the snatch at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships.{{cite web|title=2017 World Weightlifting Championships - Maude Charron|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=405|publisher=iwf.net|accessdate=2 December 2017}}

She continued her international weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. There she lifted a Commonwealth Games record when she lifted {{convert|122|kg|lbs}} 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.{{cite web |title=Canadian gymnast Ellie Black earns 2nd gold at Commonwealth Games |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/commonwealthgames/news/commonwealth-games-ellie-black-2nd-gold-1.4609755 |publisher=Canadian Press |website=CBC Sports |date= April 7, 2018 |access-date=2021-07-28}}

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. 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.{{cite news |title=Canada's Maude Charron wins Olympic weightlifting gold |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/weightlifting/maude-charron-gold-medal-tokyo-2020-1.6118730 |access-date=July 27, 2021 |publisher=CBC Sports |date=July 27, 2021}} 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.{{cite news |title=Maude Charron shares weightlifting gold with Canadian denied triumph in 2012 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/weightlifting/maude-charron-reflects-weightlifting-gold-medal-tokyo-olympics-1.6119961 |website=CBC Sports |date=July 28, 2021}}

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.{{cite news |title=Maude Charron, Josh Cassidy named Canada's flag-bearers for Commonwealth Games |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/commonwealthgames/commonwealth-games-flag-bearer-charron-cassidy-1.6527513 |website=CBC Sports |date=July 21, 2022}} She noted her excitement at her family being able to attend, which had not been the case at the Olympics due to the pandemic.{{cite news |title=Canadian weightlifter Maude Charron ready for new chapter at Commonwealth Games |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/commonwealthgames/canada-weightlifting-maude-charron-commonwealth-games-preview-1.6537098 |last=Smart |first=Zack |website=CBC Sports |date=July 30, 2022}} Charron mounted a successful title defence in Birmingham.{{cite news |title=Charron, Deguchi and McIntosh top the podium for Canada at Commonwealth Games |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/sports/charron-deguchi-and-mcintosh-top-the-podium-for-canada-at-commonwealth-games-1.6010004 |website=CTV News |date=August 1, 2022}}

In December 2022, she won the bronze medal in the women's 59{{nbsp}}kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.{{Cite news |last=Oliver |first=Brian |date=8 December 2022 |title=Colombians go wild as Álvarez beats two Olympic champions at weightlifting World Championships |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1131428/alvarez-colombia-wins |access-date=10 December 2022}} In that same month, she was also elected as member of the IWF Athletes' Commission.{{Cite news |last=Oliver |first=Brian |date=21 December 2022 |title=Three Olympic weightlifting champions and 700,000 Instagram followers - the new IWF Athletes Commission |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1131877/new-members-iwf-athletes-commission |access-date=24 December 2022}}

Charron won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina.{{Cite news |last=Oliver |first=Brian |date=28 March 2023 |title=Pan American title for Canada's Olympic weightlifting champion Charron |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1135327/pan-american-weightlifting-youths |access-date=29 March 2023}} 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.{{cite news |title=Charron, de Grasse lead Canada in rainy trip down Seine as Céline Dion closes Paris 2024 opening ceremony|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/paris-olympics-opening-ceremony-july-26-1.7276042 |work=CBC Sports|date=July 26, 2024|access-date=July 26, 2024}} She won the silver medal in the women's 59{{nbsp}}kg event.{{Cite web |title=Weightlifting Results Book |url=https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240811193408/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2024 |access-date=12 August 2024 |website=2024 Summer Olympics}}

Major results

width=65 \| 1 ! width=65 \| 2 ! width=65 \| 3 ! width=45 \| Rank ! width=65 \| 1 ! width=65 \| 2 ! width=65 \| 3 ! width=45 \| Rank
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan=2 width=40 \| Year ! rowspan=2 width=250 \| Venue ! rowspan=2 width=60 \| Weight ! colspan=4 \| Snatch (kg) ! colspan=4 \| Clean and jerk (kg) ! rowspan=2 width=65 \| Total ! rowspan=2 width=40 \| Rank
colspan=13 \| Olympic Games
2021	align=left \| Tokyo, Japan	64 kg	102	105	~~108~~	{{n/a}}	~~128~~	128	131	{{n/a}}	236	{{gold1}}
2024	align=left \| Paris, France	59 kg	101	104	106	{{n/a}}	126	130	~~132~~	{{n/a}}	236	{{silver2}}
colspan=13 \| World Championships
2017	align=left \| Anaheim, United States	63 kg	95	99	102	{{silver02}}	118	~~122~~	122	5	224	5
2018	align=left \| Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	64 kg	97	97	97	11	120	~~123~~	123	9	220	10
2019	align=left \| Pattaya, Thailand	64 kg	100	103	~~106~~	6	123	127	~~130~~	5	230	6
2022	align=left \| Bogotá, Colombia	59 kg	~~100~~	100	103	{{silver2}}	123	~~127~~	128	4	231	{{bronze3}}
2023	align=left \| Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	59 kg	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
colspan=13\|IWF World Cup
2020	align=left\| Rome, Italy	64 kg	~~101~~	101	105	{{silver2}}	126	~~130~~	130	{{silver2}}	235	{{silver2}}
2024	align=left\| Phuket, Thailand	59 kg	100	103	106	{{bronze3}}	125	~~129~~	130	5	236	{{bronze3}}
colspan=13 \| Pan American Games
2019	align=left \| Lima, Peru	64 kg	97	97	101	{{n/a}}	~~123~~	123	~~128~~	{{n/a}}	224	4
2023	align=left \| Santiago, Chile	59 kg	95	99	101	{{n/a}}	115	120	125	{{n/a}}	226	{{silver2}}
colspan=13 \| Pan American Championships
2017	align=left \| Miami, United States	63 kg	90	90	93	{{bronze3}}	115	118	122	4	215	{{bronze3}}
2018	align=left \| Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	63 kg	95	98	99	6	117	120	123	5	218	5
2019	align=left \| Guatemala City, Guatemala	64 kg	97	97	101	{{bronze3}}	121	125	~~128~~	{{bronze3}}	226	4
2021	align=left \| Guayaquil, Ecuador	64 kg	100	104	107	{{gold1}}	125	129	133	{{gold1}}	240	{{gold1}}
2023	align=left \| Bariloche, Argentina	59 kg	98	101	~~104~~	{{gold1}}	~~124~~	124	~~127~~	{{gold1}}	225	{{gold1}}