Hazel Greene
Hazel Greene-Pereira (born 19 January 1960) is an Irish three time archer for Ireland in the Summer Olympic Games,[1] powerlifter and fencer.
Early life[]
She was born in Ballingarry and is the youngest of three children. Greene and her family moved to Naas when she was eight. She is a great-niece of Richard Greene. After leaving school in 1978 she took up archery.
Archery[]
In 1979 she set five Irish records at the Kildare Open Championships. Greene qualified for the Summer Olympic Games in 1980, 1984 and 1988. She finished nineteenth, twentieth and 38th respectively.[2]
Powerlifting[]
She won in her age group and weight division at the World Association of Benchpress and Deadlifting World Championships in 1997.[3] She lifted 315lb (143kg) setting a WABDL record that lasted for two years.
Fencing[]
In 2005 she began fencing and came sixth in the épée in the Veterans age group at the United States Fencing Association National Championships in 2007.[4]
References[]
- ^ "HAZEL GREENE-PEREIRA". www.olympic.org. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ "Hazel Greene-Pereira". www.sports-reference.com/. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ Byrne, Peter. "Greene hits the target in US". www.irishtimes.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
- ^ O'Dwyer, Michael. "Olympic Countdown". www.tipperaryathletics.com. Retrieved 21 January 2020.
External links[]
- 1960 births
- Living people
- Irish female archers
- Olympic archers of the Republic of Ireland
- Archers at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Archers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Archers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Powerlifters
- Irish female épée fencers
- Irish sportspeople stubs
- European archery biography stubs