Tali Darsigny (born 8 March 1998) is a Canadian

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

. She has represented Canada at the Commonwealth Games in

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and

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, the Pan American Games in

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and the Summer Olympics in

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Career

Darsigny competed in the

2017 World Weightlifting Championships The 2017 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Anaheim, California, United States from 28 November to 5 December 2017. Doping bans Nine countries were banned from competing at the World Championships due to their history of doping at pre ...

, coming in ninth in the Women's 58 kg event. She competed in the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that was held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

where she won a silver medal in the Women's 58 kg event with a combined total of 200 kg. She also competed at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games (), officially the XVIII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Lima 2019, were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization held in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019, with preliminar ...

. In June 2021, Darsigny was named to Canada's Olympic team. She finished in 9th place in the women's 59 kg event. She won a bronze medal at the

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England betw ...

in the Women's 59 kg event.

Personal life

She is the daughter of weightlifter Yvan Darsigny. She is also the sister of Shad Darsigny.

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* * * * * * * 1998 births Living people Canadian female weightlifters Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Weightlifters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games weightlifters for Canada Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for Canada 21st-century Canadian sportswomen Sportspeople from Saint-Hyacinthe Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists in weightlifting Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in weightlifting Commonwealth Games weightlifters for Canada {{Canada-weightlifting-bio-stub