Maggie Lynes

Lynes represented England in the shot put at the Commonwealth Games in 1994 and 1998,^[1][2][3] and Great Britain at the 1994 European Championships.

She won a total of 22 medals at AAA, UK and AAA Indoor Championships between 1986 and 1998, including twice winning the AAA Indoor Championships title (1993/94),^[4] finishing second at the 1993 UK Championships,^[5] and second at the 1995 AAA Championships.^[6]

Lynes also competed for Great Britain in weightlifting, and was one of the pioneers of women's competitive weightlifting. She was a triple gold medallist at the first EEC weightlifting championships and went on to win a total of six European Championship medals, including two gold medals in the Clean and Jerk. She narrowly missed a medal in the Clean and Jerk at the 1989 World championships, finishing fourth by virtue of a slightly heavier body-weight.

Lynes went on to compete for England in weightlifting at the 2002 Commonwealth Games,^[7] where she finished 6th, becoming the first English athlete to compete in two different sports at the Commonwealth Games.^[8]

She was appointed England team manager for the weightlifting squad at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games.^[9]