Pip Patterson

Phillipa (Pip) Patterson competed in 2014 at the Glasgow Games placing 5^th in the women’s under 53kg weight category.

Pip’s displayed strong results on the international stage, taking gold at the 2016 Oceania Weightlifting Championships, bronze in at the 2016 Commonwealth Championships and silver in the 2017 Oceania Weightlifting Championships. Pip was named New Zealand’s top female weightlifter (based on sinclair) in October 2017.

Pip and her husband, Richie Patterson, spend their time training, running a weightlifting/crossfit facility in Auckland and raising their son Cooper.