WOODLAWN, Ill. Audrey Nobbe can rack up some pretty heavynumbers: She dead-lifts 214.7 pounds, squats 181.7 pounds andbench-presses 82.5.
But perhaps the most impressive number is her age: She's a72-year-old great-grandmother.
At 4 feet, 10 inches, the softspoken woman with a halo ofred-blond curls looks more like a church organist - which she is -than a world champion powerlifter."Well, I enjoy it, and I'm doing it to keep fit and be ashealthy as I can at my age," said Nobbe, who has set records inSenior Olympics and Natural Athlete Strength Association events.In three years, the 120-pound woman has set eight of theassociation's American records and four of …
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