Rebekah Tiler

Rebekah Tiler (born 13 January 1999[1]) is a former[2] British weightlifter, who (as of April 2018) holds all three British Records in the 69 kg class.[3][1] She competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow where she finished fourth.[1] She was the UK's only woman weightlifter at the 2016 Olympics. She has three younger sisters: Lisa, Emily and Sophie.[4] In 2020 she switched to Powerlifting and broke the British Record on the Squat in the 84 kg class.[5]

Rebekah Tiler
Personal information
Full nameRebekah Jade Tiler
Born (1999-01-13) January 13, 1999
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight69 kg (152 lb)
Sport
Country United Kingdom
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)Women's 69 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2016 Førde69 kg
Representing  England
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place2016 Penang69 kg

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2016Brazil Rio de Janeiro, Brasil69 kg98101101101221261261022710
World Championships
2015United States Houston, United States63 kg939396171181211221321113
European Championships
2017Croatia Split, Croatia69 kg93961002nd place, silver medalist(s)12012412442244
2016Norway Førde, Norway69 kg9598993rd place, bronze medalist(s)1201231263rd place, bronze medalist(s)2223rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2014Scotland Glasgow, Scotland69 kg919195411812312332094

References
  1. Ben Dirs (9 May 2014). "GB weightlifter Rebekah Tiler, 15, dreams of Olympic gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  2. "British Olympian Rebekah Tiler quits weightlifting at 19 as funding cuts bite". June 2018.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "Rebekah Tiler sisters: 'In our house it's really competitive!'". BBC Sport. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
  5. https://www.britishpowerlifting.org/documents/1029_female_classic_records_26-07-21.pdf


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