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Thora Thorsteinsdottir, a roentgen technician, zone therapist and mother of four from Stoksevri, South Iceland, recently won the title of Iceland' s Strongest Woman in a weightlifting competition, according to a report reaching here from Reykjavik on Thursday.
"It has always been my dream to excel in strength," she told the local daily Frettabladid.
But she didn' t take the competition seriously until it began. By then her only thought was to win.
Her training partner Rosa won the fourth.
Talking about how they trained themselves, Thorsteinsdottir said they actually trained themselves mostly inside her living room which they changed into a weightlifting room due to the close-down of the nearby gym.
They just bought a weight lifting poll, a bench for bench presses and a lot of weights. Thorsteinsdottir' s husband helped her make a rack for knee bends.
"We have practised hard and are very enthusiastic," Thorsteinsdottir added. "We find weight lifting really fun. It is good to see what you' re capable of."
The family have not felt bothered by living in a makeshift weight room.
"They think it' s normal. It doesn' t bother them," Thorsteinsdottir said. Her children have been trying it out, it turned out to be fun for them too.
Although her husband is stronger than she is, now she can easily raise him up to her shoulders. Being asked whether her husband feels her as a threat, she said no.
"No, he will always be much stronger than I am. It doesn' t matter what I do," the strongest woman in Iceland said.
Iceland ranked No. 1 in the world in gender equality and also ranked in front in life expectancy (men actually live the longest in the world) according to recent statistics.
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