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Help Hema get to IPF Powerlifting World Championships

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Given by 145 generous donors in around 4 months

Help Hema get to IPF Powerlifting World Championships

Christchurch, Canterbury

My name is Hema Govind, I've been powerlifting for 8 years and am looking to represent New Zealand at the IPF Powerlifting World Championships in Germany. This is my fundraising page as there is no goverment funding or grants available to individual athletes in this sport.

Some of my achievements to date are:

3 x National Champion

1 x Asia/Oceania Champion

4 x NZ Representative

- Placed Top 10 in the World at Both Junior & Open Worlds

Official Records Broken:

- 2 Commonwealth

- 11 Oceania

- 16 National

- 36 Provincial

Biggest Female Squat in South Island History (205kg)

Only 1 of 2 females in NZ History to Squat over 200kg at U84kg

Only 1 of 2 females in NZ History to Total 500kg at U76kg

#15 Best NZ female lifter of all time

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Flights, Accomodation; and Entry fees.

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Countdown is on till I head away to Worlds  20 May 2025

Thank you all for your donations, I've raised almost 3.5k so far. Not long until I begin my travels to Germany on 6th of June! I'll then have a week to get acclimatised before I compete on the 13th.

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This campaign started on 26 Jan 2025 and ended on 6 Jun 2025.