Cheryl Haworth (b. 1983), the strongest women weight lifter in the United States, grew up in Savannah, Georgia, where she was born. She specializes in the clean and jerk (a weight is brought to the chest and then thrust above the head) and the snatch (a barbell is lifted from the floor and above the head in one motion). She has broken records in both events.

Leibovitz, A. & Sontag, S. (2000). Women. New York, New York: Random House, p. 253.