 Nguyen training in the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships training hall | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Nguyễn Thẩm | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Thammy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 September 1996 Vietnam | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Portobello Institute (BSc)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.47 m (4 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 49.00 kg (108 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 49 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Mohamed Faizal Baharom, Beata Jung | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Tham "Thammy" Nguyen Gough (née Nguyen; /θjæm wɪn/; Vietnamese: Nguyễn Thẩm, [ŋwiən˦ˀ˥˦ tʰaːm˧˩]; born 15 September 1996) is an Irish retired weightlifter and entrepreneur, known for being the first Irish weightlifter to win a senior medal at the European Weightlifting Championships.
Emigrating from Vietnam at an early age, her family experienced hardships in Ireland to the extent of not being able to afford food for the week. She moved to different towns before settling in Clarehall, where she then found out about Olympic weightlifting in a gym.
In her early weightlifting years, she competed at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in 2015 as the first woman to represent Ireland at the competition. The same year, she competed at the World Weightlifting Championships, once again becoming the first Irish woman to represent the country in the championships. Eight years later, she competed at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships, lifting 98 kilograms in the clean and jerk, earning the first bronze and first medal ever for the nation. The following year, in the same competition, she earned the first total medal for the nation.
She supported her weightlifting career financially through her business interests, which include salons, a gym, and a clothing brand. On 1 April 2024, she retired from competitive weightlifting and continued to follow through on her businesses.