Hiro Zhou has been a competitive weightlifter since 2011. He was first introduced to olympic weightlifting through crossfit seminars when he certified for Cross Fit level 1. Since than, Hiro has medalled in many competitive meets including: Winterlift, Scholastics Championships, Variety Village Open etc. Hiro is also an NCCP Certified Olympic weightlifting coach and is now currently coaching two athletes that are qualified for provincials.
Killian Newman has been a competitive lifter since 2010. He has been to two Provincial meets and competed in nationals in 2013. Killian was first introduced to olympic weightlifting through the varsity volley ball training program. After he fell in love with the sport of weightlifting, he pursued weightlifting over volleyball and began training with the Variety Village weightlifting club.
Hiro and Killian saw the increase in the popularity in weightlifting. However, at the time, everyone trained alone and there were no intended forms of communication between lifters. In 2012, Killian could no longer commute to Variety Village to train but he enjoyed the concept of having a training team for support. He wanted to bring the intense training atmosphere from Variety Village to the SCC. Hiro had been talking about having a weightlifting club for the past few years. However, without funding from the school and recognition from UTSU it was difficult to get it kickstarted.
It started as just a facebook group, consisted of a handful of lifters posting their goals and training schedules. It quickly gained popularity after the Outdoor demonstration in August 2013 and was brought the attention of Amanda Santos, President of UofT Iron Sports.
U of T Iron Sports was originally a strength club created for Powerlifters. Amanda Santos saw the opportunity to expand IronSports and collaborated with Hiro and Killian to create a weightlifting division to accompany the powerlifting division. The weightlifters at the SCC now had a club recognized by UTSU and annual meets and demonstration sessions.
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