Mary Theisen-Lappen

Olympian 2024

2024 Paris Olympic +81 kg fifth place...Earned silver at the 2023 IWF World Championships...Earned two Pan American Championships senior gold medals (2021, 2023)

Athlete Bio#

Age

Hometown

Eau Claire, WI

Education

Bachelors in Sport Management from Indiana State University (2014)...Masters in Education from University of Missouri (2019)

Information accurate as of August 21, 2024

Age: 33 (Nov. 3, 1990)

Coached by: Wilson (Wil) Fleming

Hometown: Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Train out of (city and gym): Bloomington, Indiana | 1Kilo

First year of competition: 2018, Team Spartacus Winter Open

Competition Personal records: 120 SN, 163 CJ, 283 T

Education

Attended Winona State University from 2009-11
Bachelors in Sport Management from Indiana State University (2014)
Masters in Education from University of Missouri (2019)
Threw for Indiana State from 2011-2014, competing in the shot, discus, hammer throw and weight throw
- Personal records:
- SP 17.30m/ 56' 9.25"
- DT 54.35m/ 178' 4"
- HT 57.24m/ 187' 9"
- WT 20.28m/ 66' 6.5"
Qualified for seven NCAA Championships (3 indoor, 4 outdoor), was a Division II national champion in the discus, and is a nine-time Division II All-American
- 2014 Outdoor: Shot, 6th place
- 2014 Indoor: Shot, 4th place
- 2012 Outdoor: Shot, 20th place
- 2011 Outdoor: Discus, champion…shot, 10^th place
- 2011 Indoor: shot, 6th place…weight throw, 6th place
- 2010 Outdoor: discus, 8th place…Shot, 14^th place
- 2010 Indoor: Shot, 8th place
- 2014 MVC Outdoor shot put champion, discus bronze, and hammer bronze
- 2014 MVC Indoor shot put champion, weight throw runner up

Accolades short list (Titles, American/World Records):

IWF bio
Competed at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Finished in fifth place after lifting 119 kg in the snatch and 155 kg in the C&J.
In July 2024, during training, jerked 188 kg from blocks, 1 kg over the world record
Ranks fifth overall in the +81 kg weight category
Entered the sport in 2018 after her collegiate throwing career as a full-time coach at Division III University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.
Holds the American senior +87 kg C&J record (163 kg from March 2022)
MTL has won five of her eight total international competitions. All but one were at +87 kg. She was a +81 kg at the 2023 Pan-American Games.
Has two Pan American Championships gold medals (2021, 2023)
Earned silver at the 2023 IWF World Championships
During Olympic qualifying, jumped three-time Olympian Sarah Robles as the top U.S. super heavyweight at the 2023 IWF Grand Prix II in Doha with a 283 kg total. Robles publicly announced her withdrawal from Olympic qualifying on February 24.

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