Olivia Broome

Olivia Broome (born 13 June 2001) is a para powerlifter who won a bronze medal in the under-50 kg events at the 2020 and 2024 Summer Paralympics. She is the British and world junior record holder in the under-50 kg event, and has won multiple Para Powerlifting World Cup medals. She also won the junior under-50 kg event at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships, silver medal in the women's 50 kg event, and a silver medal in the lightweight event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Personal life Broome is from Chorley, Lancashire. She has been a student at Loughborough University.

Career Broome started para powerlifting at the age of 15, and trains at the British Weightlifting Centre at Loughborough University.

She came 10th in the under-50 kg event at the 2017 World Para Powerlifting Championships in Mexico City, She won a medal at that year's British Championships. She received the 2017 British Weight Lifting Young Lifter of the Year award. Broome came third in the 2020 Para Powerlifting World Cup event in Manchester. At the March 2021 Para Powerlifting World Cup event in Manchester, Broome lifted , a new British record. She came second in the event. She won the junior event, and finished second in the senior event. At the Games, she finished third in the under-50 kg event, after lifting on her second attempt.

A few months after the Paralympics, she won the gold medal in the junior women's 50 kg event at the 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Tbilisi, Georgia. She also won the silver medal in the senior women's 50 kg event. In May 2022, Broome was selected for the para powerlifting event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. She finished second in the event, behind fellow English competitor Zoe Newson.

Broome finished third in the under-50 kg event at the 2024 Summer Paralympics, after lifting . She won the 2025 British Championships with a best lift of .

Representing England, Broome won the bronze medal in the lightweight powerlifting competition at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.