I am a professional strongwoman from Ukraine, the strongest woman in the world in 2017 and 2022. I was doing sports for all my life, I was born and raised in Donetsk, where my sister and mother still live. Since the beginning of a full-scale invasion, I am living in the United States, now I live in Nashville, Tennessee, compete in competitions and get new sporting achievements!
Since the previous issue of the magazine, I have competed in my favorite competition, the Arnold Strongwoman Classic, taking 2nd place, and this was my 9th appearance in these games! I already have 2 wins in these competitions in 2019-2020, and still no one has managed to win three times, and I will try to do it next year.
Among my sporting achievements since I have been living in the USA are winnings in competitions such as World’s Strongest Woman 2022, Clash 91’s 2022, Shaw Classic Open (Women) 2023, America’s Strongest Woman 2024.
Now, between competitions, I’m doing my trainings, improving my language skills and updating documents, also, I have recently launched my own series of T – shirts in collaboration with the Surplus Strength brand – The Olga Tee.
In my preparation for the competition, I am supported by Cerberus Strength, the manufacturer of sports equipment, Bearfoot shoes, Aurora IV Wellness, Yesoul the manufacturer of equipment for the home workouts, as well as all my fans who have watched and supported me all these years!
In my preparation for the competition my coach Denis Berezhnyk helps me. We have been working with him since last year and he prepared me for the America Strongest Woman 2024, Rogue Invitational 2024 and Arnold Strongwoman Classic 2025, and I was on the podium on each of them, so I hope that in the future our cooperation will become even more productive.
I’ve known Denys for many years. During this time, he has become a multitime winner and finalist of national and international strongmen competitions. Also, he is a multiple record holder, in particular, in setting the world record for pulling the largest aircraft in the world – the AN-225 «Mriya». This achievement is registered in the National Ukrainian Book of Records, but we hope that it will also be noted in the international book of records. I am grateful to Denis for sharing his many years of experience and knowledge and helping me achieve high results
My next competition The America’s Strongest Woman will be held on October 10-11 in Las Vegas, so if you have the opportunity, come and support me, this year I will try to confirm my title of the strongest woman of America, which I received last year.
Also, I invite everyone who has the opportunity to go to Aberdeen, Scotland on October 31 – November 2 for the Rogue Invitational games, where I will also compete, last year at these competitions I won 2nd place and this time, I will try to improve my result.
Regarding plans for the future, I would like to open my own gym, with all the necessary equipment, in America strongwomen’s and strongmen’s is very popular, almost every week in any state there are some competitions of different levels, also the level of development of strongsport and the level of organization of competitions in America is ahead of other countries, so there will also be enough visitors in the gym.
And if we talk about the difficulties of life in America, and many people have encountered this, then the most difficult thing is the registration of various documents and certificates, in this regard, everything is done much faster in Ukraine. A certificate that in Ukraine can be ordered online and picked up ready in a few days, in America you can wait for months, this was the case in Nashville, perhaps in other cities or states of Uadminis-trative services are provided faster.
In the end, I will say that life in America is not as easy as it may seem, but if you have a big dream and you are pursuing it, everything becomes possible!
Therefore, I wish everyone who moved to the United States for one reason or another success and good luck, I am sure that you will succeed!
Be strong!
Olga Liashchuk
