April Hutchinson

April Hutchinson, born April Lea Christina Hutchinson on 30 April 1976, is a Canadian competitive powerlifter from London, Ontario, who has been a three-time member of Team Canada. She took up serious powerlifting training to improve her health, trained at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, and entered her first meet, the Central Canadian Powerlifting and Bench Press Championships, in November 2021, where she won the Masters division. In August 2022 she took first place overall in the Masters division at the North American Regional Powerlifting Championships in Panama City and set a North American deadlift record. She holds the North American Powerlifting Federation deadlift record in the M1 84 kilogram plus class for women, with a best deadlift of 509 pounds. Her public criticism of Canadian powerlifting eligibility policy in 2023 led to a suspension by the Canadian Powerlifting Union that was later shortened.