Melaica Tuinfort

Dutch Paralympic powerlifter

Melaica Tuinfort

Personal information

Born|  (1990-03-11) 11 March 1990 (age 35)
Sport
Country| Netherlands
Sport| Paralympic powerlifting

Medal record

Summer Paralympics
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | +86 kg
World Championships
| 2014 Dubai | +86 kg

Melaica Tuinfort (born 11 March 1990) is a Dutch Paralympic powerlifter. She won the bronze medal in the women's +86 kg event at the 2016 Summer Paralympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1][2]

At the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates she won the bronze medal in the women's +86 kg event.[3]

## References

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1. ^ "Melaica Tuinfort". Team NL (in Dutch). Retrieved 7 January 2020.
2. ^ Pavitt, Michael (15 September 2016). "World's strongest Paralympian delivers world record as powerlifting competition draws to a close". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
3. ^ "Results Book" (PDF). 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 July 2020. Retrieved 27 July 2020.

## External links

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* Melaica Tuinfort at Paralympic.org
* Melaica Tuinfort at TeamNL (archive) (in Dutch)

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