Vanessa Garcia
Athlete Bio#
Hometown
Alvin
Name: Vanessa Garcia
Team: Team Houston
Coach: Garret Taylor and Tim Swords
Hometown: Alvin, Texas
Current Residence: Lubbock, Texas
Year of birth:1994
Weight class: 48kg
Height: 5-0
What year did you being lifting? 2009
How did you get involved? I wanted to get out of track practice one day and it happened to be the day of powerlifting tryouts. After the Powerlifting season, my coach taught me the Olympic lifts and I haven't looked back.
Favorite Competition Lift? Snatch
Favorite Training Lift? Snatch balance and 3/4 Jerks
Education: Associate's Degree in General Studies from Alvin Community College in 2012. Currently studying for my Bachelor's in Nutrition and Dietetics at Texas Tech University.
Personal Goals: PR at each meet, go six-for-six at a national meet, win the Senior Nationals, make the Junior World Team and the Senior World Team
Favorite Food: Spinach lasagna
Favorite Book: Night, Poisonwood Bible, and the Pretty Little Liars series
Favorite TV Show: The Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother
Favorite Song: “Superwoman” and “If I Ain't Got You” by Alicia Keys; “Titanium” by David Guetta
Hobbies/Interested outside of Weightlifting: Singing, going out with friends and yoga
Most people don’t know that…. I like folding clothes, I am half Mexican and half Salvadorean and I enjoy sewing