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Medal record
Representing Australia
Women's Powerlifting
World Games
Bronze medal – third place 1980 IPF Women's World Powerlifting Championships 60 kg
Silver medal – second place 1981 IPF Women's World Powerlifting Championships 60 kg
Silver medal – second place 1982 IPF Women's World Powerlifting Championships 67.5 kg
Silver medal – second place 1983 IPF Women's World Powerlifting Championships 67.5 kg
Gold medal – first place 1985 IPF Women's World Powerlifting Championships 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 1986 IPF Women's World Powerlifting Championships 67.5 kg
Bronze medal – third place 1987 IPF Women's World Powerlifting Championships 67.5 kg
Gold medal – first place 1988 IPF Women's World Powerlifting Championships 75 kg
Gold medal – first place 1989 IPF Women's World Powerlifting Championships 82.5 kg

Heidi Wittesch (born 1957) is a Australian powerlifter who won gold medals in the International Powerlifting Federation's Women's World Powerlifting Championships.

Achievements

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In 1987, the Australian Sports Commission awarded Heidi Wittesch a grant under the Sports Talent Encouragement Plan.[1]

On 16 October 1988, Wittesch set a World Record with a Deadlift of 217.5 kilos.[2]

Wittesch was a four-times World Powerlifting Champion when she was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1991.[3]

In the lead up to the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Wittesch was selected to be one of the torch-bearers on the Adelaide to Murray Bridge leg.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Australian Sports Commission Annual Report 1986-87" (PDF). Australian Institute of Sport. 1987. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Times Sport". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). 10 August 1988. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  3. ^ "Emotional induction into Hall of Fame". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). 12 December 1991. Retrieved 24 November 2013.
  4. ^ "JOURNEY OF THE TORCH - SOUVENIR EDITION". The Australian. 5 October 2000. {{cite news}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)
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