{"id":29557,"date":"2026-09-20T09:23:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T09:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29557"},"modified":"2026-09-20T09:23:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T09:23:00","slug":"from-tears-to-team-gb-british-south-asian-mum-wins-world-powerlifting-silver-five-months-after-qualifier-heartbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=29557","title":{"rendered":"From tears to Team GB: British South Asian mum wins World Powerlifting silver five months after qualifier heartbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Five months after walking out of a powerlifting competition in tears and questioning whether she should continue in the sport, British South Asian mum Aneela Rose has completed a remarkable comeback, winning World Championship silver for Team GB.<\/p>\n

The mum-of-two secured second place at the AWPC World Powerlifting Championships in Manchester on 9 September, recording a combined 247.5kg in the M4 under-56kg class.<\/p>\n

For Aneela, who is in her 50s and going through menopause, the medal also marks a return to the world podium eight years after she won World Championship gold in her age and weight class.<\/p>\n

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Aneela Rose attempts a 90kg squat at the AWPC World Championships on 9 September. Image: Supplied\/AneelaRose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But her route back to the international stage was far from straightforward.<\/p>\n

Just five months earlier, on 5 April, Aneela competed at a qualifier in Nottingham where her season appeared to unravel before it had properly begun.<\/p>\n

She failed all three of her squat attempts, meaning she was eliminated from the competition without progressing to the bench press or deadlift.<\/p>\n

Aneela left the venue in tears and began questioning whether it was time to walk away from competitive powerlifting.<\/p>\n

Instead, 13 days later, she walked back onto a competition platform.<\/p>\n

Competing at another qualifier in Eastbourne, Aneela needed a 232kg total to reach the British Championships.<\/p>\n

She lifted 242kg ten kilograms more than required.<\/p>\n

\u201cNottingham was horrible,\u201d Aneela said. \u201cI left in tears and I seriously questioned whether I wanted to carry on.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut 13 days later, I went back. For me, strength is what you do after things go wrong and sometimes it\u2019s simply about going back and trying again.\u201d<\/p>\n

That decision ultimately took her all the way to the world stage.<\/p>\n

In July, Aneela won silver at the ABPU British Championships and secured her place on Team GB.<\/p>\n

Then, on 9 September, just over five months after the disappointment in Nottingham, she stepped onto the podium at the World Championships in Manchester with a silver medal.<\/p>\n

It is the latest chapter in a sporting journey which began more than a decade ago.<\/p>\n

Aneela took up strength training in 2013 before entering competitive powerlifting in 2016. Two years later, she became a world champion, winning gold in her age and weight category at the 2018 AWPC World Championships.<\/p>\n

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Aneela Rose deadlifting in the Arctic in -23 temperatures. Image: Supplied\/AneelaRose<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now in her 50s, Aneela says she is lifting heavier and feels physically stronger than when she began training.<\/p>\n

For her, that carries a message which goes beyond medals.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re constantly told what gets worse as women get older,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut for me, my physical strength has got better, my appetite for trying things has got bigger, and my need for other people\u2019s approval has got smaller.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow many sports are there where you can actually get stronger and better as you get older?\u201d<\/p>\n

As a British woman of South Asian heritage competing internationally in a strength sport, Aneela is also conscious that she may not fit some traditional perceptions of what a powerlifter looks like.<\/p>\n

At five-foot-two and competing at under 56kg, she hopes her presence on the international stage can challenge some of those assumptions.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m five-foot-two, have a petite frame, menopausal, a mum and a British woman with South Asian heritage,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m probably not what some people picture when they hear \u2018international powerlifter\u2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople make very quick assumptions about what strength looks like. I quite enjoy being the person who messes with that picture.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her pursuit of physical challenges has not been restricted to competition platforms.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Aneela travelled to Svalbard in the High Arctic, where she deadlifted outdoors in temperatures of -23C during the polar night, around 600 miles from the North Pole.<\/p>\n

In August, she went to the other temperature extreme, deadlifting on sand in the Dubai desert in 45C heat.<\/p>\n

Away from powerlifting, Aneela is a businesswoman and runs Rose Media Group, the PR agency she founded in 2004.<\/p>\n

But it is what happened between April and September that perhaps best illustrates what her latest medal represents.<\/p>\n

A season which began with three failed squat attempts and thoughts of giving up ended with Aneela wearing Team GB colours and collecting a World Championship silver medal.<\/p>\n

Eight years after becoming a world champion, she is not attempting to recreate the athlete she once was.<\/p>\n

Instead, she wants to discover what she is capable of now.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not trying to be the athlete I was eight years ago,\u201d Aneela said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to find out what this version of me can do.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m not done yet!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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