Maude G. Charron (born 28 April 1993) is a Canadian weightlifter, who competes in the 63/64 kg category and represents Canada at international competitions. She is an Olympic and Commonwealth Games champion in the women's 64 kg division. Charron also owns the clean & jerk Commonwealth Games record, the snatch and total Canadian weightlifting records, all the Panamerican records in her weight class.
Career Charron won the silver medal in the snatch at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships.
She continued her international weightlifting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Australia. There she lifted a Commonwealth Games record when she lifted in the clean and jerk on the way to the gold medal. This record beat compatriot Christine Girard's record from the 2006 Commonwealth Games by 1 kg.
In her buildup to the 2020 Summer Olympics Charron competed at the 2020 Pan American Weightlifting Championships which were held in 2021 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. She had a very successful competition in Santo Domingo on her way to gold setting personal bests and a Panamerican Record in all of the snatch, clean & jerk, and total lifted categories. Charron won the gold medal in 64 kg division at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo with a 105 kg snatch and 131 kg clean and jerk, for a total of 236 kg. Following her victory she dedicated her gold medal win to fellow Canadian Olympic champion Christine Girard, who had only received her gold six years after the 2012 Summer Olympics after the other two athletes in front of her were disqualified.
Charron joined the Canadian team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, and was named as co-flagbearer for the opening ceremony alongside wheelchair racer Josh Cassidy. She noted her excitement at her family being able to attend, which had not been the case at the Olympics due to the pandemic. Charron mounted a successful title defence in Birmingham.
In December 2022, she won the bronze medal in the women's 59kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia. In that same month, she was also elected as member of the IWF Athletes' Commission.
Charron won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina. She also won the gold medal in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.
Named to her second Canadian Olympic team for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, Charron was named Canada's co-flagbearer for the opening ceremonies, alongside sprinter Andre De Grasse. She won the silver medal in the women's 59kg event.
At the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, Charron won her third consecutive gold medal at the event, taking first place in the women's 63 kg competition.
Major results Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean and jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank Olympic Games 2021 Tokyo, Japan 64 kg 102 105 108 128 128 131 236 2024 Paris, France 59 kg 101 104 106 126 130 132 236 World Championships 2017 Anaheim, United States 63 kg 95 99 102 118 122 122 5 224 5 2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 64 kg 97 97 97 11 120 123 123 9 220 10 2019 Pattaya, Thailand 64 kg 100 103 106 6 123 127 130 5 230 6 2022 Bogotá, Colombia 59 kg 100 100 103 123 127 128 4 231 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 59 kg — — — — — — — — — —2025 Førde, Norway 63 kg99 103 103128131133236IWF World Cup 2020 Rome, Italy 64 kg 101 101 105 126 130 130 235 2024 Phuket, Thailand 59 kg 100 103 106 125 129 130 5 236 Pan American Games 2019 Lima, Peru 64 kg 97 97 101 123 123 128 224 4 2023 Santiago, Chile 59 kg 95 99 101 115 120 125 226 Pan American Championships 2017 Miami, United States 63 kg 90 90 93 115 118 122 4 215 2018 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 63 kg 95 98 99 6 117 120 123 5 218 5 2019 Guatemala City, Guatemala 64 kg 97 97 101 121 125 128 226 4 2021 Guayaquil, Ecuador 64 kg 100 104 107 125 129 133 240 2023 Bariloche, Argentina 59 kg 98 101 104 124 124 127 225
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