Power Lifting and Weight Lifting

​ Katie Wade @katie_beresford_theurer.

Jade Irene Sofie Jayne Wilson 

Sport: Powerlifting

Academic course: Sociology and Criminology

Hometown: Bexhill

Best sporting achievement/personal best: Qualifying for BUCs at my first competition.

Why did you apply to study at Kent (new students) or what is your favourite thing about Kent Uni (returning students)? Studying at Kent allows me to pursue my athletic career alongside my degree through the instrumental and financial support my Kent Sport Scholarship provides.

With the Paris Olympics next summer in mind what is your favourite Olympics moment or favourite Olympian? Matthias Steiner winning Gold in the Beijing 2008 Olympics.

Achilleas Vourdas 

Sport: Weightlifting

Academic course: Anthropology 

Hometown: Torquay

Best sporting achievement/personal best: 88kg snatch, 110kg clean and jerk. 

Why did you apply to study at Kent (new students) or what is your favourite thing about Kent Uni (returning students)? Great Anthropology course that also offers a year of studying abroad in loads of countries. 

With the Paris Olympics next summer in mind what is your favourite Olympics moment or favourite Olympian? Pyrros Dimas power jerking a 213kg WR at the 1996 Atlanta Games to secure his second Olympic gold.