Britain's strongest gran bidding for gold months after taking up powerlifting from pontefract facebook Watch Video

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Credit: SWNS<br/><br/>Britain's strongest gran is bidding for gold just months after taking up powerlifting “by accident”.<br/><br/>Dr Martine Barons, 63, will lift for Great Britain at the European Championships in Finland this summer.<br/><br/>The 5ft 6ins mum-of-two, who has four grandchildren, started lifting weights for fun but soon realised she was naturally talented.<br/><br/>Martine now trains three times a week while working full-time as an academic researcher at Warwick University.<br/><br/>Her hard work is paying off and she can now deadlift a colossal 125kg (19.7st) and squat 80kg (12.6st).<br/>