Tham Nguyen

Tham "Thammy" Nguyen Gough (; ; , ; born 15 September 1996) is an Irish retired weightlifter who is known for being the first Irish weightlifter to win a senior medal at the European Weightlifting Championships.

Immigrating to Ireland from Vietnam at an early age, Nguyen and her family experienced hardships in the country. She moved to different towns before settling in Clarehall, where she then discovered Olympic weightlifting in a gym. She supported her weightlifting career financially through her businesses.

Nguyen first competed at the European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in 2015 as the first woman to represent Ireland at the competition. She also became the first Irish woman ever to compete at the World Weightlifting Championships in that same year. After a break of eight years, she competed at the 2023 European Weightlifting Championships and lifted 98 kilograms in the clean and jerk, which earned the first medal ever for the nation with a bronze. She earned the first total medal for the nation at the following European Championship. She retired in April 2024 after narrowly failing to qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Provided by Wikipedia