![]() When preparing for the interview, we found an interesting fact that Emily Campbell calls herself a “Queen of Sleep”. About Emily’s official and nonofficial titles and further path to the Games Also, she was invited recently to Wimbledon, and she enjoyed watching high-level sports. ![]() Moreover, boxing is her favorite sport to watch. She told us that she has many friends among professional athletes, especially in boxing and track and field. We noticed that Emily attends sports events in England and cheers for her fellow countrymen from different disciplines. She feels confident as she has a good training group, especially with people of good energy. Also surrounding people play a crucial role. The main thing is a good beat and good energy. But she doesn’t mind if someone has their own music. By the way, Emily prefers something happy, dancing, festival. Music is also a great way to be in the proper mood. Things that bring extra energy and field of interest ![]() Knowing the feeling of the weights she’s going to lift gives her mental strength. She said that she likes consistency in training, to work on movement to feel it to be sure of every move under the load. Namely about how she prepares herself mentally and what drives her motivation during training. ![]() The next question we asked Emily was about preparations for competitions. She did her first C&J of 95 kg one day and then did 145 kg the next day. By the way, in Armenia, it was 142 kg and her back issue happened there just 2-3 weeks before the competition. The team decided that it wasn’t very productive, and she needs to work more on Clean. She doesn’t perform front squats anymore, since it’s not in her program. About back squat, she admitted that she doesn’t really do back squat, but the best ever was 225 kg, around 230 kg for a single. So, here are the numbers: her best ever Snatch is 125 kg, 124 kg last year in Birmingham, and 165 kg in Colombia in C&J. We asked Emily to share her best results in Snatch, C&J, squat, and back squat. They’re working on the physiological state, nutrition, and training regime enabling them to fix quickly the issues. She’s cooperating closely with the team now and everything is alright. What about her current recovery, Elimy has some physiotherapy after coming back to England for intensive rehab. So, they’re working hard to get her back under control as it was really difficult to come back into shape for Riyadh and perform to the maximum to get the medal at the contest. Together with a personal trainer, they decided to secure the ranking in the Olympics, which was an important thing. Having missed the WWC in Riyadh because of injuryĪs we found out Emily didn’t compete at the WWC in Riyadh because of the back injury. So, having such incredible titles under the belt, namely 3x European Champion, an Olympic silver medalist, a World bronze medalist, and Britain’s first-ever women’s weightlifting Olympic medal winner, we decided to dig deeply into her sports life, training routine, and some interesting facts that will present this superb girl-lifter from the other side. In just five years Campbell has gone from a novice to competing on the biggest stage in her sport, having already been crowned European champion. About Emily's official and nonofficial titles and further path to the Gamesīeing the first British female in weightlifting who gained an Olympic medal, Emily is also famous for her body-positivity attitude in sports and proactive position in standing for the rights of black people and equality.Things that bring extra energy and field of interest.Having missed the WWC in Riyadh because of injury.
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