Tenishia Thornton wins the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for June

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Tenishia Thornton has been awarded the Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month Award for the month of June.

Tenishia Thornton, at the age of 16, bagged an astonishing three gold medals and the title of world youth champion at the World Youth Championships held in Leon, Mexico.

Competing in the women’s 55kg class, the young Maltese lifter stunned the field with a successful 78kg lift snatch, a successful 100kg lift in the clean and jerk, and a total of 178kg to set a new Commonwealth and national record.

This category was made up of 17 athletes from 13 different countries, including Egypt, Mexico, Australia, Canada, Croatia, Ecuador, United States, Italy, Tunisia, Turkiye, India, New Zealand, and Malta.

Tenishia Thornton was accompanied by her coach, Jesmond Caruana, who is also the President of the Malta Weightlifting Association (MWA).

The trophy for the June 2022 Atlas Youth Athlete of the Month, together with the sports apparel voucher, were presented to Tenishia Thornton by Matthew von Brockdorff, Managing Director and CEO of Atlas Insurance. The Malta Sports Journalists Association was represented by President Sandro Micallef and Administrator Stephen Azzopardi.

This award is a joint initiative of the Malta Sports Journalists Association and Atlas Insurance. The adjudicating panel of this award takes note of all the youths’ achievements during the month under review and invites local sports associations and federations to send their nominations for consideration if they feel that any of their under-21 athletes have distinguished themselves during that month.

Nominations for this award may be sent via email to info@maltasportsjournalists.com. The rules and regulations of the award can be viewed on the website www.maltasportsjournalists.com.

Photo caption: Stephen Azzopardi, MSJA's Administrator, Tenishia Thornton, Matthew von Brockdorff, Managing Director & CEO of Atlas Insurance and Sandro Micallef MSJA's President.

Tenishia Thornton tirbaħ l-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħa tax-Xahar għal Ġunju

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Tenishia Thornton ingħatat l-unur tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħa tax-Xahar għal Ġunju.

Il-weightlifter Maltija ta’ 16-il sena, irnexxilha tirbaħ tliet midalji tad-deheb u spiċċat fl-ewwel post ġenerali fil-kategorija tal-55kg tal-Kampjonati Dinjija taż-Żgħażagħ IWF li saru f’Leon, il-Messiku.

Thornton kienet qed tieħu sehem fil-kategorija tal-55 kilogramma fejn irnexxilha terfa’ 78 kilò fis-snatch, 100 kilò fil-clean & jerk għal total ta’ 178 kilò u kisbet rekord ġdid fil-Commonwealth u ieħor nazzjonali.

B’kollox f’din il-kategorija ħadu sehem 17-il atleta minn 13-il pajjiż differenti fosthom l-Eġittu, il-Messiku, l-Awstralja, il-Kanada, il-Kroazja, l-Ekwador, l-Istati Uniti, l-Italja, it-Tuneżija, it-Turkija, l-Indja, New Zealand u Malta.

Tenishia Thornton kienet akkumpanjata mill-kowċ tagħha, Jesmond Caruana, li huwa wkoll il-President tal-Malta Weightlifting Association (MWA).

It-trofew tal-Atlas Atleta Żagħżugħa tax-Xahar għal Ġunju 2022 kif ukoll il-vawċer ta’ abbiljament sportiv abbinat ma’ dan il-premju ġew ippreżentati lil Tenishia Thornton minn Matthew von Brockdorff Direttur Maniġerjali u Kap Eżekuttvi ta’ Atlas Insurance. L-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports kienet irrappreżentata mill-President Sandro Micallef u l-Amministratur Stephen Azzopardi.

Dan il-premju ta’ kull xahar jingħata b’inizjattiva konġunta tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports u Atlas Insurance. Il-panel li jiġġudika r-rebbieħa ta’ dan il-premju jieħu nota tas-suċċessi miksuba matul dak ix-xahar u fl-istess ħin jistieden lill-assoċjazzjonijiet u federazzjonijiet sportivi sabiex jibagħtu n-nomini tagħhom. In-nominati li jiġu evalwati jridu jkunu taħt il-21 sena.

In-nominazzjonijiet għandhom jaslu b’imejl lil info@maltasportsjournalists.com. Ir-regolamenti ta’ dan l-unur jinsabu fuq is-sit elettroniku tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports li hu www.maltasportsjournalists.com.

Ritratt: Mix-xellug: Stephen Azzopardi, Amministratur tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports Tenishia Thornton u  Matthew von Brockdorff Direttur Maniġerjali u Kap Eżekuttvi ta’ Atlas Insurance u Sandro Micallef President tal-Għaqda Ġurnalisti Sports.

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