# Deborah Acason > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Deborah_Acason > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Deborah_Acason.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Acason > Source revision: 1297622028 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Australian weightlifter (born 1983)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}} {{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}} {{MedalTableTop|Deborah Lovely 1 - Craig Franklin.jpg|150px|Deborah Acason at the 2008
Olympic Homecoming Parade in Brisbane|}} {{MedalSport | Women's [Weightlifting](/source/Olympic_weightlifting)}} {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}} {{MedalGold | [2006 Melbourne](/source/2006_Commonwealth_Games) |75 kg}} {{MedalSilver | [2002 Manchester](/source/2002_Commonwealth_Games) |75 kg snatch}} {{MedalSilver | [2002 Manchester](/source/2002_Commonwealth_Games) |75 kg clean & jerk}} {{MedalSilver | [2002 Manchester](/source/2002_Commonwealth_Games) |75 kg combined}} {{MedalBronze | [2010 Delhi](/source/2010_Commonwealth_Games) |+75 kg}} {{MedalBottom}} '''Deborah Esther Ainslie Acason''' (née '''Lovely''', born 20 June 1983{{Cite web |url=http://www.qwa.org/Alist/lovely.ASP |title=Queensland Weightlifting Association |access-date=24 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100909011409/http://www.qwa.org/Alist/lovely.ASP |archive-date=9 September 2010 |url-status=dead }}) is an Australian weightlifter. Initially a discus thrower (she won a bronze medal at the [1999 World Youth Championships in Athletics](/source/1999_World_Youth_Championships_in_Athletics)), she won three silver medals at the [2002 Commonwealth Games](/source/2002_Commonwealth_Games), a gold medal at the [2006 Commonwealth Games](/source/2006_Commonwealth_Games) and a bronze medal at the [2010 Commonwealth Games](/source/2010_Commonwealth_Games). She also participated in the [2004](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2004_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_75_kg) and [2008](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B75_kg) Olympic games. She also won awards in cycling, winning the 2005 Queensland open Keirin title, as well as gold medals in the 1 Lap Time Trial and Team Sprint. She competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where she placed 4th. This was her 5th Commonwealth Games Appearance.{{Cite web|url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n6025320-deb-lovely-acason.htm|title=Weightlifting {{!}} Athlete Profile: Deb LOVELY-ACASON - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games|website=results.gc2018.com|language=en-AU|access-date=2018-06-01}} Starting her sports career in throwing Acason has been coached in weightlifting by Michael Keelan since her beginnings.{{Cite news|url=http://www.rawbarbellclub.com/podcast/podcast-episode-31/|title=Deborah Lovely Acason - Two time Olympian & 5 Times Commonwealth Games Athlete|date=2018-05-13|work=RAW Barbell Club|access-date=2018-06-01|language=en-US}} She married Joshua Acason in December 2008.{{cite web|url=http://www.women.qld.gov.au/q150/2000/#item-deborah-lovely-acason|title= Deborah Lovely-Acason|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110330012137/http://www.women.qld.gov.au/q150/2000/#item-deborah-lovely-acason|archive-date=30 March 2011|url-status=usurped|publisher=[Queensland Government](/source/Queensland_Government)|website=Our Women, Our State|access-date=21 April 2021}} They have three daughters.{{Cite web|url=https://challengenews.online/2016-au-393-august/life-is-more-than-sport/|title=Life is more than sport|website=challengenews.online|language=EN|access-date=2017-08-13|archive-date=13 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813144248/https://challengenews.online/2016-au-393-august/life-is-more-than-sport/|url-status=dead}} She is Christian{{cite web|url=http://www.biblesocietynsw.com.au/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=19951 |title=Deb Lovely, Weight Lifting Testimony |publisher=Bible Society of NSW |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426041419/http://www.biblesocietynsw.com.au/LiteratureRetrieve.aspx?ID=19951 |archivedate=26 April 2012 |df=dmy }} and has been active in the Presbyterian church. In terms of her faith, she states "Without Jesus' love and forgiveness I know my life would be very different. I would have lived my life my way and made me the centre of everything and most likely made a mess of it all. I would not be married to my loving husband with three beautiful girls."{{Cite web|url=https://challengenews.online/2016-au-393-august/life-is-more-than-sport/|title=Life is more than sport|website=challengenews.online|language=EN|access-date=2017-08-13|archive-date=13 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813144248/https://challengenews.online/2016-au-393-august/life-is-more-than-sport/|url-status=dead}} Acason was an unsuccessful [Family First Party](/source/Family_First_Party) candidate for [Bundamba](/source/Electoral_district_of_Bundamba) at the [2012 Queensland state election](/source/2012_Queensland_state_election).{{cn|date=February 2023}} Acason has a double degree from [Griffith University](/source/Griffith_University) in Laws and Criminology and Criminal Justice, which she studied from 2002 to 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://www.griffith.edu.au/sport/griffith-gold/our-griffith-gold|title=Our Griffith gold|website=www.griffith.edu.au|language=en|access-date=2017-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813154220/https://www.griffith.edu.au/sport/griffith-gold/our-griffith-gold|archive-date=13 August 2017|url-status=dead}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20130128014809/http://lovelydeb.com/ |date=28 January 2013 |itle=Official website}} * {{IWF|name=Deborah Esther Ainslie Acason}} * {{AOC profile|name=Deborah Acason}} * {{CGF profile|name=Deborah Acason}} * {{CGA profile|deborah-acason|Deborah Acason}} * {{2006 Commonwealth Games profile|name=Deborah Esther Ainslie Lovely}} * {{2010 Commonwealth Games profile|437075|Deborah Acason}} * {{2014 Commonwealth Games profile|weightlifting/1030779/d_acason|Deborah Acason}} * {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|weightlifting/athlete-profile-n6025320-deb-lovely-acason|Deb Lovely-Acason}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Acason, Deborah}} Category:1983 births Category:Living people Category:Australian female weightlifters Category:Olympic weightlifters for Australia Category:Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics Category:Weightlifters at the 2008 Summer Olympics Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Category:Weightlifters at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:Weightlifters at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Category:Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Category:Weightlifters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Category:Australian Christians Category:Griffith University alumni Category:Family First Party politicians Category:Sportspeople from Ipswich, Queensland {{Australia-weightlifting-bio-stub}} Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in weightlifting Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in weightlifting Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in weightlifting Category:Commonwealth Games weightlifters for Australia --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Deborah Acason](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Acason) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deborah_Acason?action=history)). 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