On Friday, May 24, Reeves—a senior sociology major at UTC—was announced as a member of the United States Olympic weightlifting team. The native of Hixson, Tennessee, will be representing the U.S. at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Strength in numbers: UTC students can now lift alongside one of the world’s best female weightlifters
UTC junior Olivia Reeves, a leading 2024 Olympic weightlifting qualifier, ranks second in the world in her weight class and broke seven world records in her last competition in Qatar in December. In her spare time, she wants to help put the UTC Weightlifting Club on the map.