MIWLF Archives - The Marshall Islands Journal

Mattie’s record-smashing gold show

By Journal on June 9, 2016 Jenly Tegu Wini, Kabuati Bob, Mack Capelle, Mathlynn Sasser, Mattie Sasser, MIWLF, Terry Sasser, Tia-Clair Toomey, Tony Muller, weightlifting News Archive

Marshall Islands weightlifters Mathlynn “Mattie” Sasser and Kabuati Bob joined over 200 athletes from 19 countries at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships and Olympic Games Qualification Tournament in Suva, Fiji last month. Mattie set numerous records on her way to winning gold and was honored at the tournament’s closing as the Best Junior Female Lifter […]

Mattie wins silver in Reno

By Journal on December 18, 2015 American Open, Kabuati "Tao" Bob, Mathlynn "Mattie" Sasser, MIWLF, Oceania Junior, RMI, Terry Sasser, weightlifter News Archive

Marshall Islands weightlifter Mathlynn “Mattie” Sasser made history for the RMI at the American Open earlier this month, beating 64 of the best women weightlifters in the US to win a silver medal, while breaking an Oceania Junior record that has stood for 14 years. Marshall Islands Weightlifting Federation’s (MIWLF) national lifters Sasser and Kabuati […]