Uncensored Humanity UH 015 - Katelyn Reuther Getting To Know

Our guest today is my friend and teammate Katelyn Reuther. I am very excited to have Katelyn on the podcast. She has a very interesting background and I can't wait to dig into it. Katelyn was home schooled all the way through high school. She was active growing up playing different sports such as soccer and being on the swim team. She was also involved in horseback riding and the speech and debate team.

Katelyn has always been active in her church and went to college to study youth ministries. She worked at church summer camps through high school and college. Katelyn got her start coaching during her senior year of college when her coach asked her to be the player / manager of the JV soccer team.

After college Katelyn got a job coaching soccer camps for kids. She got an opportunity through the company running the soccer camps to take a position in Ireland coaching Futbol (or soccer to us from the states) to kids over there. She lived and coached there for 5 years. While in Ireland she played Futbol for a local club team for fun. A local gym had a clinic for Olympic Weightlifting that she attended. She enjoyed the clinic and signed herself up for a weightlifting meet with basically no idea what she was doing. At the meet she met some people from a weightlifting club that invited her to come and train with them. That club had some of the best lifters in the area and she got the chance to train with them and learn the sport.

Now that Katelyn is back in the states she is coaching and competing in Olympic Weightlifting. She is one of the most dedicated lifters we have at the club and is a great example to all our lifters. Her goal in weightlifting is to qualify for the USAW American Open and the Senior National Championships. She coaches weightlifting at Crossfit Intent in northeast Ohio. She has two level one Olympic Weightlifting certifications. One from USAW and the other from British Weightlifting (Great Britain's National Governing Body for Weightlifting).

Katelyn is always a huge help at the club. She helps coach the lifters during practice and at meets. She seems to always be the first to suggest team get togethers and plan meet travel carpools as well. She is a huge asset to the team and she is becoming a great coach. You can follow her on Instagram @KateLeoLifts. I really enjoyed our conversation and I hope that you will as well.

 

 

 

 

 

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Artwork by Kathryn Kidwell

Intro music Rover by S Strong – available on Youtube audio library

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