Plasmawr pupil Tegan Eason won powerlifting gold in Portugal earlier this month
A FAIRWATER schoolgirl has set her sights on breaking long-held world records after her recent world championship glory.
Tegan Eason, 14, from Fairwater competed in the AWPC Powerlifting World Championships in Trofa, Portugal earlier this month, and was triumphant.
The Year 10 student won gold in the 48kg class by achieving a 40kg bench press, 90kg deadlift and an 82.5kg squat, bringing up her total to 212.5kg on the day.
“It is kind of hard to wrap your head around,” said Tegan, who currently holds British and European powerlifting records.
Fresh off the back of world success, Tegan has begun setting her sights on next year’s competition and already has her eyes on achieving world record lifts.
“More records are the goal, that’s what I am working towards at the moment, to beat those world records for next year,” said Tegan.
“The girl who holds them is Russian and the records have been held for 21 years.
“Hopefully next year those weights will be possible for me to beat.
“It would be impressive to have and hopefully I will be able to keep it for quite a while,” she added.
Tegan now needs to lift 267.5kg across all her three lifts to achieve the new world record.
The next competitions on Tegan’s radar are the Salisbury Qualifier in March 2022, followed by the British Championships in May, the Europeans hosted by Hungary and finally the World Championships next year, held in Manchester.
Being the current world champion, Tegan automatically qualifies for the British, European and World Championships.
Tegan’s dad, Andrew Eason, 54, said, “Tegan could go to no competition next year and only attend the worlds, but she wants to do a few competitions beforehand.”
“Doing a few competitions is a good way of getting to know people and earn more recognition,” added Tegan.
“What I really enjoyed about the worlds was that I could talk to people who actually understand powerlifting and can relate to it.”
Since returning to Cardiff, Tegan is the talk of Plasmawr school.
“All my teachers have been coming up to me, talking to me about it, congratulating me,” said Tegan.
