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{{Short description|American weightlifter (born 1983)}}
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| birth_date       = {{birth-date and age|April 19, 1983}}
| birth_place      = [[Savannah, Georgia]], U.S.
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifting]] }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics|+ 75 kg]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Weightlifting Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalBronze | [[2005 World Weightlifting Championships|2005 Doha]] | + 75 kg }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 Pan American Games|1999 Winnipeg]] | [[Weightlifting at the 1999 Pan American Games|+ 75 kg]] }}<ref name=weight>[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418023619/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/cheryl-haworth-1.html "Chery Haworth."] [[Sports Reference]]. Retrieved April 13, 2017.</ref>
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'''Cheryl Ann Haworth''' (born April 19, 1983) is an [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] [[Olympic weightlifting|weightlifter]] for the [[United States]].

==Early life==
Haworth was born  in [[Savannah, Georgia]], to Shiela and Robert Haworth. She also has two sisters, Katie and Beth. At the age of 12, she began weightlifting to strengthen her muscles for [[softball]].<ref name="Cheryl Haworth">{{cite web |title=Cheryl Haworth Biography |url=http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/cheryl-haworth/bio/227111 |publisher=TV Guide |accessdate=January 29, 2013}}</ref> She graduated from [[Savannah Arts Academy]] in 2001 and received a degree from [[Savannah College of Art and Design]] in 2006.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fair |first=John D. |date=May 6, 2017 |title=Cheryl Haworth |url=https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/people/cheryl-haworth-b-1983/ |access-date=2022-10-17 |website=[[New Georgia Encyclopedia]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Her youngest sister Katie is also a champion weightlifter. Haworth is also an artist.<ref name="Cheryl Haworth" />

==List of weightlifting achievements==
* Bronze Medalist in Olympic Games (2000)
* Olympic team member (2000 + 2004 + 2008)
* Junior World Champion (2001 + 2002)
* Senior National Champion (1998–2008)
* Silver Medalist in Junior World Championships (1999)
* [[Pan Am Games]] Champion (1999)
* [[Goodwill Games]] Champion (2001)
* Inducted into the USA Weightlifting Hall of Fame (2015)<ref name=weight/>

==Documentary==
''Strong!'' is a 2012 documentary by [[Julie Wyman]]. It is about Cheryl Haworth's efforts at the end of her career to compete at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in [[Beijing]].<ref>[http://strongthefilm.com/ "Strong! A film by Julie Wyman."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120804073427/http://strongthefilm.com/ |date=2012-08-04 }} ''www.strongthefilm.com.'' Retrieved April 13, 2017.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
{{Footer Pan American Games Champions Weightlifting Women Super heavyweight}}
* [http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4020/4226305860_8cb5bf8833_o.jpg picture of Ch. Haworth, 2008]

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