Olympic Weightlifting and Nursing Studies
Zoe Horseman is one of our final year student who is passionate about nursing. However, outside of the ward she is an avid weightlifter! She has been a member of the Edinburgh University Weightlifting Club for the past two years. This year Zoe has been working towards her biggest competition yet; the British University and College Weightlifting Championships. Zoe describes this as one of the most challenging and rewarding years of her life.
“I was incredibly nervous about undertaking the fourth and final year of my nursing degree. The prospect of writing a dissertation whilst training a minimum of 6 times a week for the competition was very daunting.”
Zoe submitted her honours dissertation on a Thursday afternoon, and the next day flew down to London travelling to St. Marys University in Twickenham on the Saturday. Luckily she didn’t have to cut weight, and weighed in at 66kgs to compete in the afternoon.
“I snatched 70kgs, then clean and jerked 85kgs, this gave me the winning total of 155kgs. It was such a big achievement to win the gold medal two days after submitting my dissertation. A fantastic experience, competing against some very talented lifters.”
Zoe is looking forward to next year when she hopes to defend the title – then as a nurse graduate and a fantastic sportswoman!
Tonks N Fawcett
Professor of Student learning (Nurse Education)
Share
