Louise Sugden

Louise Sugden is a British powerlifter and former international wheelchair basketball player.

Louise Sugden
Personal information
Full nameLouise Sugden
Born (1984-07-20) 20 July 1984
Newbury, England
Sport
Country Great Britain
 England
SportWheelchair Basketball and Powerlifting
Achievements and titles
Paralympic finals2008
20122020
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Women's wheelchair basketball
Paralympic World Cup
Gold medal – first place2011 Para World CupWheelchair basketball
Representing  England
Women's powerlifting
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold CoastHeavyweight
Representing  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo 86 kg

Wheelchair Basketball

Sugden was born in Newbury. She started playing wheelchair basketball at age 13.

She competed in 6 European championships, winning bronze in five of them. She brought home a gold from the 2011 Paralympic World Cup.[1] She competed in the Beijing and London Paralympic Games.[2] She retired from international competition in 2016, then from the sport as a whole in 2017.

Powerlifting

In 2017 she started Para powerlifting. Nine months after starting in the sport, she won a silver medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.[3] She was due to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games but withdrew due to a shoulder injury.[4]

At the 2020 Paralympic Games, Sugden won powerlifting bronze in the women's 86 kg category, securing the medal with her final lift. The Newbury lifter successfully made 131 kg in the last round to claim the bronze.[5]

Sugden was a guest on The Last Leg of Tokyo 2020 a few hours after landing in London.

References
  1. Paralympic World Cup: Brits win wheelchair basketball gold, 27 May 2011, retrieved 13 April 2018
  2. Louise Sugden, archived from the original on 14 April 2018, retrieved 13 April 2018
  3. "Commonwealth Games: England's Louise Sugden wins Para-powerlifting silver", BBC Sport, 10 April 2018, retrieved 13 April 2018
  4. "Louise Sugden has withdrawn from the 2022 Commonwealth Games". Team England. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  5. Sugden surges to powerlifting bronze, 1 September 2021, retrieved 1 September 2021
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