OUR COACHES

Amy Richardson

Coach

Amy was first introduced to Olympic Weightlifting in 2012 when she began Crossfit. She trained and competed in Crossfit for two years, reaching her goal of becoming a regional team member in 2014. It was through this process that she fell in love with Olympic Weightlifting and decided to pursue lifting full-time.

Amy currently competes both locally and nationally, as a 55 kg lifter. She holds New England Records in both the 55 and 59 kg weight classes and is a nationally ranked lifter, placing 5th at the 2019 USA Weightlifting National Championships, also taking bronze on the clean and jerk. Amy loves sharing her passion and excitement for weightlifting through coaching. Her experiences as an athlete, both in training and competition, have helped her develop a strong understanding of weightlifting from a technical, physical, and emotional perspective that she feels will assist her in coaching her athletes to reach their full potential.

 
 

CREDENTIALS:

USA Level 1 Weightlifting Coach

EDUCATION:

2008 Salem State University- BS in Elementary Education and Psychology

2012 Salem State University- Masters in Special Education- PK-8

ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS:

2011 Level 9 Regional All Around Champion (Gymnastics)

9th Place All Around at 2011 Level 9 Eastern National Championships (Gymnastics)

2014 Crossfit Regional Team Member- Northeast Regional

USA Weightlifting Senior National Competitor (2014-2019)

2016 USA Weightlifting Nationals- 53kg class Bronze Medalist (Total and Clean and Jerk)

2019 USA Weightlifting Nationals- 55kg class Bronze Medalist (Clean and Jerk)

2019 USAW Weightlifting American Open Series III- 55kg class Champion

 
 

Marshall Rosenstein

Coach

Marshall was a bodybuilder and personal trainer at Gold’s Gym in the 1980’s and 1990’s. He was introduced to the sport of weightlifting in 1999 by coaches Ivan Rojas and David Lussier. He is a New England and national record holder in the 50-54 super heavyweight category. Marshall is a 21st generation lineage holder in the Chen family Taijiquan. He is also the lead software developer for TrainingIQ.

 

CREDENTIALS:

USAW Level 1 Weightlifting Coach

USAW Level 2 Weightlifting Coach

USAW Referee

EDUCATION:

1991- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute- Bachelor’s Degree

1995- University of Connecticut- Graduate School

ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENTS:

2019 USAW Masters National Gold Medalist