295 kg
Junior deadlift record
Under 105 kg national record
Before the platform
Strength started
in a garden shed.
I did not begin powerlifting with a national record in mind. I began because I was obsessed with getting stronger and proving to myself that I could keep improving.
Growing up, I often felt weaker and less powerful than the people around me, both inside and outside sport. Strength training gave me something honest: if I showed up, learned and worked consistently, I could change. More than six years ago, during Covid, that work started with whatever equipment I had in our garden shed.
Training began as a personal challenge: learn more, work harder and become stronger than I was yesterday.
I finally committed fully to powerlifting-specific training, with a close friend coaching me for free. I will always be grateful that he believed in me early.
Two months later I entered my first competition. It turned private ambition into a path I wanted to pursue seriously.
National champion. Northern Ireland athlete. Still ambitious enough to want the world stage next.
Why Northern Ireland
Small country.
Big statement.
Representing Northern Ireland is a huge honour. We do not always receive attention beyond local news and football, but that does not mean we should ever be counted out. I want to show that a small country is capable of big things - and bring more eyes to the athletes doing the work here.
Why Winnipeg
More than
another meet.
This is a chance to compete alongside, learn from and build relationships with some of the best powerlifters in the world - including athletes with World Championship experience. The standard is several levels above a local competition. It also brings together two things I have wanted for years: visiting Canada and doing what I love on an international platform.
Beyond powerlifting
A person a brand
can actually know.
I bring the same curiosity and commitment to the rest of my life. I am not interested in simply knowing that something works - I need to understand why.
Apprentice software engineer at BT with a genuine love of programming and problem-solving.
Helping other lifters understand their training and make progress of their own.
Raised on a pig farm and still regularly involved - hard work was never an abstract idea.
Walks, drives, animals, food, friends and an unapologetic love of Star Wars.
Long-term ambitionCompete at the World Championships.