Gay Games Ambassador Chris Morgan wins European Championship Gold in Nancy, France in June 2018.
AFTER a long period of injury and illness, Chris has returned from the GPC European Powerlifting Championships in Nancy, France with a Gold Medal in the Masters 2, Unequipped Deadlift setting a new British record at 235 kilos at a bodyweight of the 88.8 kilos class (90 Kilo Class).
Chris will now arrive at the Gay Games in Paris this summer as a current European and World Champion.
Speaking about the recent European Championships, Chris said: “It’s wonderful to be back in the Great Britain Team representing my country again, this time winning medals and setting records in Masters categories. Powerlifting as a sport has always helped with my own personal evolution, so to be back after a short career break feels wonderful”.
“What Powerlifting means to me has changed over this last few years, with me starting to enjoy the sport again thanks to the members of GPC-GB, I feel very grateful to have this opportunity. After so many injuries over these last few years, it feels wonderful to be back in contention for medals and records.
“I’m very much looking forward to representing the Federation of Gay Games in Paris as one of their Global Ambassadors, helping them to promote their Scholarship programme and assisting them to deliver the message of – Participation, Inclusion, Personal Best”.
Chris has been one of the UK’s leading openly gay athletes since starting his Powerlifting career at the Gay Games in Amsterdam in 1998. During his eighteen year career he has represented England and Great Britain a total of twenty-six times, winning a total of twenty-eight international medals.
He has been World Champion nine times, European Champion four times, British Champion eighteen times and has won six Gay Games gold medals.
From 2010 to 2015, he was the overall Best Lifter six times at the British Deadlift Championships consecutively and in 2011 was the overall Best Lifter at the European Deadlift Championships. He is the holder of several World and British records in the Deadlift and is a qualified International Category Referee.
Chris constantly works as a global ambassador to help the organisation that gave him confidence to be an openly gay athlete. His role for the Federation of Gay Games is to inspire and motivate young gay athletes worldwide. He is also the Co-President of the LGBT Powerlifting Union and the Meet Director of the LGBT International Powerlifting Championships.
The Gay Games take place in Paris on August 4 – 12 and as of June 16 there are 9,500 atheletes registered to attend.
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Forthcoming competitions and events Chris will appear at during the 2018 – 2019 season
July 2018 – LGBT International Powerlifting Championships (London, England) – Meet Director
August 2018 – Federation of Gay Games (Paris, France) – Ambassador Duties
Sept 2018 – GPC World Powerlifting Championships (Eger, Hungary) – Lifting and Refereeing
May 2019 – GPC European Powerlifting Championships (Tiszakecske, Hungary) – Lifting and Refereeing
July 2019 – LGBT International Powerlifting Championships (TBC – Bid Stage) – Meet Director
October 2019 – GPC World Powerlifting Championships (Nove Zamky, Slovakia) – Lifting and Refereeing
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