DEBORAH ACASON
GET IN TOUCH
OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING COACH & SPORTS TRAINER
THE IPSWICH OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING ACADEMY IS ABOUT IMPROVING TECHNIQUE IN OLYMPIC LIFTS AND GETTING MORE PEOPLE INTO OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING. FROM BEGINNER TO EXPERIENCED ATHLETES, IOWA HAS 2 OF THE MOST EXPERIENCED COACHES AROUND. BOTH HAVE LIFTED AT THE ELITE LEVEL AND TOGETHER HAVE 50 YEARS OF COACHING EXPERIENCE.
BENEFITS OF OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING
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"WHAT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE TODAY WILL SOON BECOME YOUR WARM-UP"
DEBORAH ACASON
2 TIME OLYMPIAN AT ATHENS 2004 OLYMPICS (12TH), BEIJING 2008 OLYMPICS (6TH), AND 5 TIME COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLIST AT 4 COMMONWEALTH GAMES, GOLD, 3 SILVER, BRONZE
17 YEARS OF ELITE OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTING TRAINING
15 YEARS OF WEIGHTLIFTING & ATHLETICS
AUSTRALIAN WEIGHTLIFTING FEDERATION ACCREDITATION LEVEL 3 AUSTRALIAN ATHLETICS COACHING LEVEL 1
PERSONAL TRAINING WITH ELITE ATHLETES
ACHIEVED ELITE ATHLETE LEVEL IN ATHLETICS, RUGBY, TRACK CYCLING
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ABOUT US
Deborah Acason & Mike Keelan
Olympic Weightlifting Coaching
ABOUT US
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Mike Keelan, CEO of Australian Weightlifting Federation (AWF)
Former school/TAFE teacher and university lecturer
International referee
Level 3 AWF Accredited Coach
Olympic and Commonwealth Games Coach
Coached hundreds of weightlifters from beginner to Olympic level
Former Elite weightlifter with British Olympic Weightlifting Team