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NEWPORT — Cathy has 12 national medals. She has been undefeated at the National World Qualifying Events for the last three years consecutive, and over 100 wins with only two losses in the USA.
In 2017 at the 39th World Arm Wrestling, which was held in Budapest, Hungary she competed in four classes: Woman’s Grand Masters Left ages 50+; Woman’s Grand Masters Right ages 50+; Women’s Senior Open Class Left ages 21-90; Women’s Senior Open Class Right ages 21-90 and the Budapest Grand Masters for which she got two golds.
Since she had back to back Gold Medals in the Grand Masters classes that shot the U.S. Women’s Masters Class to the top of the leader board and they ended up with the First Place Trophy out of 64 countries and over 1600 entries.
In Malaysia she got 1 Gold and 1 Silver in Masters class and in Bulgaria she got one Silver and one Bronze in Masters class
She started this at the age of 48, now she’s 53 and more determined to be the first American woman to take medals in all four classes
This all started at a little country 4-H fair in Cornish. A friend challenged her and said if she won he would buy her some fries. She entered and received her fries. A couple of years after that she went down to a practice with Granite Arms and have been with this team ever since. Her coach and mentor Badger Drewes started this team 30+ years ago. As a result of her time competing in this sport she has been proud to stand on the podium at the World Arm wrestling events six times. three times for gold, two for silver and one for bronze. She feels very blessed to have had the success she has had in the past five years
On April 6, 2018 she traveled to Southbend, Indiana to compete in the USAF National Championships. There she entered five categories and brought home five more gold medals. This has now qualified her for the 40th world competition which is to be held this year in Antalya, Turkey in mid October 2018. With the addition of these medals it now puts her count at 17 gold medals for just the USAF competitions, she now has more of these than any other woman in the country.
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