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2006
Commonwealth Games - Melbourne AUS
75kg - Gold Medallist
Commonwealth Games - Melbourne AUS
75kg - Gold Medallist
2005
IWF World Champinships - Doha QAT
75kg - 12th place
Oceania Senior Championships - Melbourne AUS
75+kg - Bronze Medallist
IWF World Champinships - Doha QAT
75kg - 12th place
Oceania Senior Championships - Melbourne AUS
75+kg - Bronze Medallist
2004
Olympic Games - Athens GRE
75kg - 13th place
Oceania Senior Championships - FIJI
75kg - Gold Medallist
Olympic Games - Athens GRE
75kg - 13th place
Oceania Senior Championships - FIJI
75kg - Gold Medallist
2003
IWF World Junior Championships - Hermosillo MEX
75kg - 5th place
Commonwealth Championships - TONGA
75kg - Silver Medallist
Oceania Senior Championships - TONGA
75kg - Gold Medallist
IWF World Junior Championships - Hermosillo MEX
75kg - 5th place
Commonwealth Championships - TONGA
75kg - Silver Medallist
Oceania Senior Championships - TONGA
75kg - Gold Medallist
2002
IWF World Champinships - Warsaw POL
75kg - 9th place
Commonwealth Games - Manchester ENG
75kg - Triple Silver Medallist
IWF World Champinships - Warsaw POL
75kg - 9th place
Commonwealth Games - Manchester ENG
75kg - Triple Silver Medallist
2001
East Asian Games - Osaka JAP
75kg - 3rd place
IWF World Junior Chamionships - Thessaloniki GRE
75kg - 12th place
Oceania Senior Championships - Auckland NZL
75kg - Gold Medallist
East Asian Games - Osaka JAP
75kg - 3rd place
IWF World Junior Chamionships - Thessaloniki GRE
75kg - 12th place
Oceania Senior Championships - Auckland NZL
75kg - Gold Medallist
2000
IAAF World Junior Championships - Santiago CHI
Discus - 9th place
Hammer - 15th place
Junior Oceania Championships - Sunshine Coast AUS
75+kg - Bronze Medallist
IAAF World Junior Championships - Santiago CHI
Discus - 9th place
Hammer - 15th place
Junior Oceania Championships - Sunshine Coast AUS
75+kg - Bronze Medallist
1999
IAAF World Youth Championships - Bydgosczcz POL
Discus - Bronze Medallist
IAAF World Youth Championships - Bydgosczcz POL
Discus - Bronze Medallist
| Deborah is 26 years old and has 2 subject left to complete her Double Degree in Law & Criminology at Griffith University |
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| This is a summary of Deborah's sporting achievements |
2007
Arafura Games - Darwin AUS
Weightlifting
75+kg - Silver Medallist
Athletics
Hammer Throw - Gold medallist (Games Record)
Discus - Gold Medallist
Shot Put - Silver Medallist
Arafura Games - Darwin AUS
Weightlifting
75+kg - Silver Medallist
Athletics
Hammer Throw - Gold medallist (Games Record)
Discus - Gold Medallist
Shot Put - Silver Medallist
Deborah Lovely doesn't believe much in her life is pre-determined. She doesn't
believe she was born to run. Nor was she born to lift weights, throw discuses,
swing hammers or jettison javelins and shot puts. She wasn't put on this earth to
play rugby or football, nor was she destined to be a track cyclist.
What Lovely does believe, however, is that she was born with the desire to be the
best at everything she does. That might explain why the 24-year-old 2006
Commonwealth Games weightlifting gold medallist and Athens Olympian has
been able to achieve so much across various disciplines, on and off the field.
"Some people say I was born to run," she says. "But I never saw myself as a
weightlifter or being born to do any one thing. I love weightlifting and get the most
thrill from it compared to the other sports I've played. But on the football field, when
I've got an open run and I'm hammering down the wing, palming off little stick-like
wingers, that's a pretty good feeling as well.
"So, I suppose it just about the feeling I get from doing my best."
Lovely is one of those cherished sportspeople who has the capacity to inspire. Her
web page gives you a positive perspective on life. It lists numerous triumphs under
headings of five different sports.
Weightlifting is now her focus. But she represented Australia in junior athletics,
played high-level football and basketball, is knocking on the door of Wallaroos
(Australian) rugby selection and was ranked in the national top 10 in time-trial track
cycling. Also on her CV is an incredible list of community awards, civic honours and
voluntary services. She studies law and criminology at Griffith University in
Brisbane and speaks Japanese. Mostly through her association with the church -
where she met her fiance, Joshua Acason - Lovely has believed and achieved.
Now she faces a tough challenge, trying to become the first Australian female
weightlifter to compete at two Olympic Games.
"We'll only have one lifter in Beijing," says national high performance manager
Michael Keelan. "There's going to be three women, two Victorians - Seen Lee and
Jacquie White - and Deborah, competing for one position."
Keelan says Lee is in the box seat because of her recent results, while Lovely is
still coming back from injury.
"Deb's going to have to break her own Australian record to qualify," Keelan says.
"But I bet she's thinking she'll do it. She's got the fire, the determination and a great
faith in herself. She's a strong Christian, so no matter what happens to her, she
always says it has happened for a reason. She feels that it's not so much the goal,
but the journey towards it that counts. She's a strong person in many ways."
Keelan admits there is a stigma attached to the weightlifting. But he says Lovely
allocates time to talking to girls to get them involved in the sport.
"A lot of the girls think that if they take up weightlifting they'll become huge," Keelan
says. "But weightlifting accommodates girls from 40 kilos to 160 kilos so there's a
slot there for different types of people."
Another stereotype that should be banished, Keelan says, is the idea that the sport
is all muscle and no brains. Lee has a geology degree and works for a mining
company, White is a chemist and Lovely is studying law.
Many activities pose a balancing act for Lovely, but she uses sport to keep her on
the go. "People often want to hear about how I go from one sport to the other," she
says. "But I only got into weightlifting quite late. I saw it at the 1998 Commonwealth
Games.
"One of the Australian super heavyweights was lifting, and he looked like he was
under so much strain, veins popping out of his head. I thought he was crazy but
later I saw it as a challenge. I started to love it because it's just you against the bar.
There's no one else involved, no one can get in the way.
"Two years on, there's still high school girls who say to me that they wish they could
do what I do, and I urge them to do it, not just wish."
Lovely's Olympic fate will be sealed in a couple of hours on June 7. If she makes it,
it will be yet another impressive badge of honour.
"It takes about eight or nine years to coach someone to world standard," Keelan
says. "Deb's a bit of a freak. She came in and went to the Olympics after just five
years. Then again, she'll get on a rugby field and smash people, then get on a bike
around a velodrome and beat everyone. She's amazing."
Source: The Sun-Herald
believe she was born to run. Nor was she born to lift weights, throw discuses,
swing hammers or jettison javelins and shot puts. She wasn't put on this earth to
play rugby or football, nor was she destined to be a track cyclist.
What Lovely does believe, however, is that she was born with the desire to be the
best at everything she does. That might explain why the 24-year-old 2006
Commonwealth Games weightlifting gold medallist and Athens Olympian has
been able to achieve so much across various disciplines, on and off the field.
"Some people say I was born to run," she says. "But I never saw myself as a
weightlifter or being born to do any one thing. I love weightlifting and get the most
thrill from it compared to the other sports I've played. But on the football field, when
I've got an open run and I'm hammering down the wing, palming off little stick-like
wingers, that's a pretty good feeling as well.
"So, I suppose it just about the feeling I get from doing my best."
Lovely is one of those cherished sportspeople who has the capacity to inspire. Her
web page gives you a positive perspective on life. It lists numerous triumphs under
headings of five different sports.
Weightlifting is now her focus. But she represented Australia in junior athletics,
played high-level football and basketball, is knocking on the door of Wallaroos
(Australian) rugby selection and was ranked in the national top 10 in time-trial track
cycling. Also on her CV is an incredible list of community awards, civic honours and
voluntary services. She studies law and criminology at Griffith University in
Brisbane and speaks Japanese. Mostly through her association with the church -
where she met her fiance, Joshua Acason - Lovely has believed and achieved.
Now she faces a tough challenge, trying to become the first Australian female
weightlifter to compete at two Olympic Games.
"We'll only have one lifter in Beijing," says national high performance manager
Michael Keelan. "There's going to be three women, two Victorians - Seen Lee and
Jacquie White - and Deborah, competing for one position."
Keelan says Lee is in the box seat because of her recent results, while Lovely is
still coming back from injury.
"Deb's going to have to break her own Australian record to qualify," Keelan says.
"But I bet she's thinking she'll do it. She's got the fire, the determination and a great
faith in herself. She's a strong Christian, so no matter what happens to her, she
always says it has happened for a reason. She feels that it's not so much the goal,
but the journey towards it that counts. She's a strong person in many ways."
Keelan admits there is a stigma attached to the weightlifting. But he says Lovely
allocates time to talking to girls to get them involved in the sport.
"A lot of the girls think that if they take up weightlifting they'll become huge," Keelan
says. "But weightlifting accommodates girls from 40 kilos to 160 kilos so there's a
slot there for different types of people."
Another stereotype that should be banished, Keelan says, is the idea that the sport
is all muscle and no brains. Lee has a geology degree and works for a mining
company, White is a chemist and Lovely is studying law.
Many activities pose a balancing act for Lovely, but she uses sport to keep her on
the go. "People often want to hear about how I go from one sport to the other," she
says. "But I only got into weightlifting quite late. I saw it at the 1998 Commonwealth
Games.
"One of the Australian super heavyweights was lifting, and he looked like he was
under so much strain, veins popping out of his head. I thought he was crazy but
later I saw it as a challenge. I started to love it because it's just you against the bar.
There's no one else involved, no one can get in the way.
"Two years on, there's still high school girls who say to me that they wish they could
do what I do, and I urge them to do it, not just wish."
Lovely's Olympic fate will be sealed in a couple of hours on June 7. If she makes it,
it will be yet another impressive badge of honour.
"It takes about eight or nine years to coach someone to world standard," Keelan
says. "Deb's a bit of a freak. She came in and went to the Olympics after just five
years. Then again, she'll get on a rugby field and smash people, then get on a bike
around a velodrome and beat everyone. She's amazing."
Source: The Sun-Herald
| May 11, 2008 |
Multi-talented Deborah Lovely is determined she can make another Olympics,
writes David Sygall.
writes David Sygall.
| 6 December 2009 |
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2008
Olympic Games - Beijing CHN
75+kg - 8th Place
Olympic Games - Beijing CHN
75+kg - 8th Place
| Congratulations to Josh & Deborah on their up coming 1st Anniversary 13/12/09 |
| Congratulations to Rebekah Lovely (Deborah's youngest sister) & Daniel Chan on their marriage on 21/11/09 |
| Deborah has made her long awaited return to competition since the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Competing for the first time as Deborah Acason producing performances of: Snatch 103 / Clean & Jerk 125 Total 228kg Thereby assigning D. Lovely to the pages of history and launching new exceptional performances by Deborah Asacon :) |
