Olympic athlete Emily Campbell has called out gym brands for not being size-inclusive as she claims she can't find her size in stores. The 30-year-old has been a role model to plus-size women since taking silver in the +87kg at the Tokyo Olympics three years ago. This year Campbell claimed Team GB 's final medal of the Paris Olympics 2024 with bronze in the women's +81kg weightlifting.
She finished with a total of 288kg, lifting 126kg in the snatch and 162kg in the clean and jerk and celebrated with a cartwheel across the stage. But when she's not showing the world that bigger women can be strong too — she's calling out brands for not giving plus-size women what they need to be just like her. Most recently, she appeared on the Great Company podcast , speaking to host Jamie Laing , about how she often struggles to find her size in store.
The British weight lifter said: "I'm a plus-size female, you know, very proud to be a plus-size female as well. Had to create this body to do my sport most effectively. "I wasn't this big when I first started weightlifting.
I used to be able to walk in a shop and buy clothes. I can't walk in a shop and buy clothes. Now, gym kit stops at size 16, size 16.
I'm thinking, well, I'm a size 22-24. Where's my gym kit? All of a sudden I'm having to wear men's horrible baggy T-shirts that don't fit me or whatever." She went on to say that she doesn't understand how people expect larger women to take steps to improve their fitness by working out if th.