Weightlifting
Ashley Kolomoisky sporting a beaming smile in her Commonwealth Games debut on July 27 in Glasgow (early morning July 28 AEST). Photo: AAP Image/Dean Lewins via AP
July 28, 2026, 9:01 pm
Ashley’s uplifting Commonwealth Games debut
Young weightlifter Ashley Kolomoisky's beaming smile said it all after placing fifth on debut in Glasgow.
By Shane Desiatnik
From left: Jewish Australian weightlifters Layla Bloom, Ashley Kolomoisky and Ellie Zalcman at the 2025 Oceania Youth and Junior Championships.
May 9, 2025, 1:47 pm
Jewish trio Oceania junior weightlifting titles
Three Jewish Australian teenage weightlifters won golds at the 2025 Oceania Youth and Junior Championships.
By Shane Desiatnik
Ashley Kolomoisky wearing her bronze medal next to her coach Caity Haniver at the 2024 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships.
September 27, 2024, 4:29 pm
Ashley wins bronze at Commonwealth championships
Ashley Kolomoisky, 18, won bronze for Australia at the 2024 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Suva.
By Shane Desiatnik
July 21, 2023, 6:37 am
Ashley wins silver in Aus debut
Kolomoisky, who shifted from gymnastics to weightlifting only a few years ago, lifted 67kg in the snatch and 87kg in the clean & jerk (CJ), to record a total of 154kg.
By Shane Desiatnik
Ashley Kolomoisky (left) on the podium in Townsville.
April 27, 2023, 12:48 pm
Ashley earns silver at nationals
Kolomoisky ... was delighted with her result, and has even more good news to celebrate, as she made the Australian squad for the 2023 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships
By Shane Desiatnik
November 25, 2022, 2:02 pm
Jewish sport this week from Victoria, NSW, and ACT
By AJN STAFF
The Maccabi FC U16 boys' Colts team last Sunday. Absent: Josh Parasol and Noah Pook Photo by: Gabriel Altman
September 16, 2022, 10:31 am
Mid-September Melbourne sport shorts
By AJN STAFF
Maccabi Victoria Jewish Junior Sportswoman of the Year, Layla Bloom, in action at the 2022 Australian Junior and U23 Weightlifting Championships. Photo: Australian Weightlifting Federation
September 9, 2022, 10:02 am
Teenage weightlifters raise the bar at nationals
By Shane Desiatnik
Layla Bloom, 16, proudly holding the Australian flag at the 2022 Weightlifting World Youth Championships earlier this month in Mexico.
July 1, 2022, 8:30 am
Bloom set for weightlifting first at Maccabiah
By Shane Desiatnik
Leora Yates competing at the 2022 Victorian Masters Weightlifting Championships on June 25.
June 30, 2022, 8:01 pm
Yates yields solid results at Vic Masters
By Shane Desiatnik
Leora Yates competing at the 2022 Controlled Chaos Classis weightlifting tournament in Melbourne.
March 25, 2022, 2:28 pm
Sport shorts from NSW and Vic as April nears
By AJN STAFF
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