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Nationality | English |
Born | Greater Manchester, England | 18 February 2003
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Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) |
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Country | Great Britain |
Sport | Weightlifting |
Emily Steel (born 18 February 2003)[1] is an English weightlifter who broke the British U23 record in the clean and jerk in 2023. She also has the role Dynamite on British TV endurance sports game show Gladiators.
Steel grew up in the Altrincham and Hale areas of Greater Manchester. She was a competitive swimmer in her youth, and competed nationally.[2] She attended Cheadle Hulme School. In 2020, she became the CrossFit European champion in her age category.[3] Steel went on to study sport and exercise science at Loughborough University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in 2024.[4]
As a weightlifter, she held the under-20 64kg snatch record at the British age group weight lifting championships.[5] Competing at the 2023 BUCS Weightlifting and Para Powerlifting Championships in Bangor in April 2023, Steel won gold and broke the British U23 record in the women's 64kg clean and jerk, when she lifted 71kg in the snatch and 100kg in the clean and jerk, giving her a total of 171kg.[6]
Steel performs as Dynamite on the British TV endurance sports game show Gladiators shown on BBC One from January 2024.[7] At 20 years-of-age she was the youngest Gladiator competing on the re-booted series,[8] and was not born when the original British version of the show was broadcast.[9]
5 ft 5 in tall,[10] she is also a full-time CrossFit athlete.[11][12]