: one who lifts barbells in competition or as an exercise
weight liftingnoun
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Nilsson, an Olympic-class weight lifter, was born in Sweden in 1949 and moved to Australia in 1980 to train Swedish athletes for the Moscow Olympics.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
3 July 2026 Lines, a competitive weight lifter, was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2024, according to his lawsuit.—
Maggie Harrison Dupré,
Futurism,
2 July 2026 If a peptide stack is popular among weight lifters, who’s to say which peptide did what?—
Dhruv Khullar,
New Yorker,
6 Apr. 2026 People on GLP-1s are supposed to be especially mindful of their protein intake, to prevent muscle loss on extremely low-calorie diets, but so are weight lifters.—
Rachel Sugar,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for weight lifter