Athlete Profile: Maria Htee

My name is Maria Htee. I was born in Thailand and immigrated to Canada in 2007. My parents told me before I came to Canada, Canada is land of the opportunity. If you have a dream you can achieves success with hard work and determination.

I began lifting in 2010 and competed in three provincial bodybuilding show, Two in bikini and one in figure show where I won the provincial overall title in 2013. Two weeks following my figure show, I competed in my first every powerlifting competition and won the 52kg class after that I got the iron bug. I compete for team Canada at 57kg and 63kg classic open divisions.

My best lifts
Squat 181kg/398lb
Bench 103kg/226lb
Deadlift 188kg/413lb

AWARDS AND ACCOPLISHMENTS
-2015 COMMONWEALTH CHAMPIONS GOLD
-2015 IPF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BRONZE
-2017 IPF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SLIVER
-TWO TIME CANADIAN NATIONAL CHAMPION
-2017 ARNOLDS CHAMPION GOLD

-Pound for pound the best female lifter in Canada
-Pound for pound second best female lifter on the world

Most notable records
57kg world record total 452.5Kg

Canadian records
57kg
Squat 174kg/382lb
Deadlift 188kg/413lb
Total 459.5kg/1010.5lb

63kg
Squat 181kg /398lb
Bench 103kg/226lb
Total 468.5kg/1030.7lb

You can find Maria here:
https://www.instagram.com/maria_htee/