Rebekah Tiler

Rebekah Tiler
Personal information
Full nameRebekah Jade Tiler
Born (1999-01-13) January 13, 1999 (age 25)
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country United Kingdom
SportWeightlifting
EventWomen's 69 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Førde 69 kg
Representing  England
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Penang 69 kg

Rebekah Tiler (born 13 January 1999[1]) is a former[2] British weightlifter, who (as of April 2018) holds all three British Records in the 69 kg class.[3][1] She competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow where she finished fourth.[1] She was the UK's only woman weightlifter at the 2016 Olympics. She has three younger sisters: Lisa, Emily and Sophie.[4] In 2020 she switched to Powerlifting and broke the British Record on the Squat in the 84 kg class.[5]

  1. ^ a b c Ben Dirs (9 May 2014). "GB weightlifter Rebekah Tiler, 15, dreams of Olympic gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. ^ "British Olympian Rebekah Tiler quits weightlifting at 19 as funding cuts bite". June 2018.
  3. ^ "British Women's Senior Records" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Rebekah Tiler sisters: 'In our house it's really competitive!'". BBC Sport. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  5. ^ "British Records - Female Classic" (PDF). www.britishpowerlifting.org. 26 July 2021.