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Lystus Ebosele

Lystus Ebosele is an Irish powerlifting champion. She won a gold medal at 84+ junior weight category at World Powerlifting Championships 2023. While training for the 2024 Arnold Classics, she has managed to raw squat 240 kilograms "for a Double". She also has the role "Cyclone" in the BBC sports entertainment show Gladiators.

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Lystus Ebosele
Personal information
Nickname
Cyclone
NationalityIrish
Born (2001-02-09) 9 February 2001
Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland
Occupations
Height5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight96 kg (212 lb)1
Sport
CountryRepublic of Ireland Ireland
SportPowerlifting
Event
84+ kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Squat (raw) 240 kg (518 lb)2
Deadlift 227.5 kg (501.5 lb)3

Lystus Ebosele (born 9 February 2001)45 is an Irish powerlifting champion. She won a gold medal at 84+ junior weight category at World Powerlifting Championships 2023.4 While training for the 2024 Arnold Classics, she has managed to raw squat 240 kilograms (518 lbs) "for a Double".2 She also has the role "Cyclone" in the BBC sports entertainment show Gladiators.

Early life and career

Lystus Ebosele was born on 9 February 2001 in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland.6 She became the Junior European Champion in the European Powerlifting Federation in 2022, and took the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) Junior world title in the 84+ weight-class in Romania in 2023.42 In addition to powerlifting, Ebosele also competed in shot put events as a teenager.7

In 2025, Ebosele debuted on the British TV endurance sports show Gladiators as "Cyclone",89 becoming the "first-ever Irish Gladiator".1011 She joined the show in the "heats" stage of the second series, saying: "I've got the look, I've got the energy and I've got the muscles".121314

Personal life

Ebosele is 5 ft 10 in tall,121315 and weighs around 95–96 kg.1 Her brother is the Irish professional association footballer Festy Ebosele.916

References

References

  1. "Gladiators - Celebrity Special 2025". bbc.co.uk. ("...a 5ft10... 96 kilo Stallion..." - after The Wall event.).
  2. Whiteley, Jo (23 January 2024). "Lystus Ebosele (84KG) Raw Squats 240 Kilograms for a Double". barbend.com.
  3. "Lystus Ebosele". openpowerlifting.org.
  4. "Ebosele Lystus". goodlift.info.
  5. "Cyclone (Lystus Ebosele)". GladiatorsTV.
  6. Cahill, Rachel (18 January 2025). "Wexford woman set to join hit BBC show as newest gladiator". Enniscorthy Guardian.
  7. "Lystus Ebosele". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  8. Hennessy, David (5 February 2025). "Gladiator, ready!". theirishworld.com.
  9. O'Connor, Barry (15 February 2025). "Wexford athlete creating a storm in Gladiators". bbc.com.
  10. "Irish Gladiator Cyclone wants to inspire women to 'take up space'". www.rte.ie. 4 February 2025.
  11. Byrne, Pádraig (1 March 2025). "Ireland's first Gladiator on inspiring the next generation of women". Wexford People. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  12. "Gladiators Series 2 - Meet the new additions to the Gladiators Class of 2025". BBC Media Centre. 15 January 2025.
  13. "New Gladiators Revealed: BBC Gladiators Series 2". GladiatorsTV. 15 January 2025.
  14. "Gladiators: Meet Cyclone And Hammer, The Two New Superhumans Joining BBC Series". TV Zone UK. 15 January 2025.
  15. "BBC One - Gladiators - Cyclone". bbc.co.uk.
  16. "Enniscorthy's Lystus Ebosele named as a Gladiator for upcoming season of the popular programme". southeastradio.ie. 18 January 2025.
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