From a Nottingham council estate to a Team GB weightlifting queen: How Paris bronze medallist Emily Campbell rose to the top of her sport after funding her own training journey - and is now a poster girl for body positivity (with an eye on Strictly!)

From a Nottingham council estate to a Team GB weightlifting queen: How Paris bronze medallist Emily Campbell rose to the top of her sport after funding her own training journey - and is now a poster girl for body positivity (with an eye on Strictly!) By Mark Duell Published: 10:14 BST, 12 August 2024 | Updated: 10:14 BST, 12 August 2024 e-mail View comments Growing up on a council estate in Nottingham , she relied on free fruit and veg from the local market and worked in a special needs school to fund her training journey. But weightlifter Emily Campbell is now a two-time Olympic medallist after ending Team GB 's Paris 2024 campaign with a bronze after winning silver at Tokyo 2020. Now, the advocate for body positivity is setting her sights on Strictly Come Dancing - and you wouldn't bet against her appearing on the BBC show soon given the hard work and determination she has put in to make it to the pinnacle of her sport.

Campbell, who went to Paris with a celebrity hair-stylist and was the only member of the British weightlifting squad to make the Games, won bronze yesterday. Her medal in the women's +81kg category meant the 19st 9lb weightlifter became the first Briton in the sport to win two Olympic medals in over half a century. British weightlifter Emily Campbell set a new combined personal best of 288kg over snatch and clean-and-jerk disciplines at Paris 2024 yesterday as she won the bronze medal Campbell celebrates on stage during the women's +81kg gold medal event in .