Van Ulft continues to excel among her young peers.
On May 24, 2023, strength athlete Rory van Ulft posted a clip of the young athlete on his Instagram page Recording a 100 kg squat with a raw back. According to the title of the post The squat weighs three times Van Ulft’s body weight at the time of the elevator. That means the 10-year-old weighed around 33.1 kilograms (73 pounds) for the powerful performance.
“I was told it was a big deal…”
Van Ulft wore a lifting belt and knee wraps to help her with this feat.
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For someone in her age group, amazing milestones of strength and power are nothing new to van Ulft. The athlete has earned a reputation for being unusually strong for someone who has only been on this planet a decade. What’s perhaps even more impressive is that van Ulft hasn’t tucked himself into a weightlifting corner. She has shown that she can master both the basic techniques of powerlifting (like this squat) and the standards of Olympic lifting.
Documented examples include van Ulft logging a sumo deadlift weighing 111 kilograms (244.7 pounds) in September 2022 while weighing 32.3 kilograms (71.1 pounds). Then, earlier this year, in January 2023, van Ulft recorded a 66 kilogram (145.5 pounds). -pound) Clean & Jerk during the 2023 Variety Village Open in Toronto, Canada. The latter rise made van Ulft the youngest person of all time, regardless of gender. clean and jerk twice their body weight during a sanctioned strength training competition.
These days, in the spring of 2023, van Ulft seems to be pushing it full steam ahead. In addition, she shows even more sporting versatility and coordination. Recent Instagram clips on van Ulft’s managed profile show the athlete taking occasional forays into competitive gymnastics. Given the different demands for strength and balance in powerlifting, Olympic lifting and gymnastics, it’s clear that van Ulft can seemingly master any athletic challenge.
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For a competitor who is involved in a variety of strength sports and competitive disciplines, only time will tell which outstanding milestone van Ulft will next publicly showcase. The only fact that seems inevitable in advance will be how outstanding her performance is for someone her young age.
Featured image: @roryvanulft on Instagram
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