The Halterophilia Record of Great Britain, Emily Campbell, says that she plans to open a dedicated force training gymnasium to try to “inspire” more people to take sport.
The 30 -year -old first talked about his desire to open a gymnasium After winning an Olympic bronze medal in the female category + 81kg at the 2024 Paris Games.
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Since he said that the second Olympic medal – having won the money at the Tokyo – Campbell Games has marked history as the first British weightlifting To win five consecutive European titles.
She collected her latest gold medal in the + 87 kg category in Chisinau, Moldova, Monday and Wednesday, said that she was looking for a place to set up her sports business in her hometown of Nottingham.
“My big goal is to obtain an opening of a force gymnasium in Nottingham very soon,” said Campbell BBC East Midlands today.
“I work very hard in the background to set the wheels in motion.
“I really need Nottingham support to find locals. So if there is someone on the advice that could help me, it would be fantastic.”
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When Campbell entered history as the first British woman to win an Olympic alteration medal at the Tokyo Games in 2021, she helped her by the support of the community in which she grew up.
The efforts of friends and family who have spent years helping him to collect funds to train and compete when funding was rare, before his success pierced in Japan has catapulted her in sports celebrity, is something that continues to drive it.
“I feel like I have given a gift to everyone in my community that helped me and believed in me when perhaps the world in the widest,” said Campbell.
“It always means the world for me.”
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While establishing herself as one of the best weightlifting in Great Britain was the way to repay Campbell's faith, she now seeks to use the profile that her collection of Olympic Games, Commonwealth and European medals gave her back.
Campbell has long used the sport it has conquered and the attention it has given, as a means of Promote bodily positivity.
Managing a gym in the city in which she was raised is the way she now wants to have a direct impact on people's lives.
Making it a “humble installation” which is “accessible to everyone” – beginners to those who seek to advance in sport – is its ambition.
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“I hope people watch our sport and you can be 45 kg and 4 feet 11 inches, or be like me, almost 6 feet and 130 kg, and you can always perform at a high level,” said Campbell.
“There is a category of weight for everyone in our sport and I think it certainly inspires more people to realize that they adapt much more than they think.”
