GUYANESE Duarte Hetsberger made his mark when he debuted at the South American Powerlifting Championships in Brazil with a splash on Monday, collecting hardware on his first attempt.
The local powerlifter captured a bronze medal in the Squat-200kg, Bench- 130kg and Deadlift- 230kg.
He finished with a total of Total 560kg, earning himself third place in the 83 kg master’s category.

President of the Guyana Power Lifting Federation (GPLF), Paul Meusa, says Hetsberger who was the country’s lone representative this year, represented Guyana well in a tough class.
“We are fully appreciative of this result. Many times you send a team and you are short on results, so after sending a short contingent and have [sic] tangible returns, we are appreciative, his

winning a medal is one of three accomplishments. We did send a national coach who completed a Level One certificate, further improving on his certification and we sent Colin Austin, one of our Category Two referees, who officiated at the games and kept his Category Two status at the IPF (International Powerlifting Federation), so all in all, a small contingent but successful,” Musa added.

The GPLF head said that Hetsberger has room for improvement and they look forward to more success for him in the future