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Alyssa Walker off to Bulgaria Championship;
Arm Wrestling Growing
By Christine Ouellet girls and boys in arm wrestling. “We
have the same rules, same technique,
lyssa Walker, 14 years old, just same weight classes: 50-55, 55-60,
Awon gold in the world junior and 60-65. It is just that the boys are
qualifiers, and she will be heading to more into it. I am hoping that the girl
Bulgaria in September to represent community will grow. I am in the
Canada in arm wrestling. She is weight 50 k class. To win, you have
already considered one of the best in to have confidence, strength, and
Canada in her division. technique… a lot of technique. It is
mostly how you can beat somebody,
Alyssa and her father, Scott Walker, by watching how they do and how
traveled quite a bit around Ontario to
they place their arm, but strength is
participate in competitions and she also essential. My dad inspired me,
won many of them. In 2024, she came
it is what keeps me going in that
in second place and interestingly, in sport. My dad is an arm wrestler,
2025, she met the same girl who had we go to competitions together, he
beaten her the previous year. This
is my biggest supporter. He gets in Photo Submitted
year it was Alyssa’s turn to win the competitions too. He is very proud of
National Junior Championship. “It
me, we are in this thing together.”
was awesome watching her,” said
her father. Scot Walker remembers how
Alyssa started arm wrestling by
Alyssa, a grade 9 student at St-
accompanying him and watching
Joseph’s, said her interest for the
sport started with her dad, “Dad him in competitions. “We ended
up watching kids’ classes in the
started to do arm wrestling in a park
and he got me into it, almost 1 ½ competitions I was in, and my
years ago. It is something so unique children wanted to compete as
and very special and I am good well. So, we put them in these
at it. It is not too popular, not too competitions, and she started doing
many people know about it, but it is really well in her weight class, she park. But he remembers as a kid the club to grow significantly and
growing. People come up to me and was winning many medals and has growing up, measuring up to his dad. gather very knowledgeable people
my sister; I hope I am a role model for made a lot of progress within the last He discovered the Cornwall Arm who can advise his daughters.
a few girls who come to the club. We year and a half. Arm wrestling is Wrestling Club through social media, He competed professionally across
are going to Bulgaria in September growing in Ontario, it was awesome and he became a member. Now he Ontario, Kingston, Picton, Toronto,
where there will be some very strong watching her. I am also her personal runs the club out of his residence Coburg, Montreal, Hawkesbury,
girls from around the world, and I trainer.” and offered his garage, which he Belleville, which has a huge arm
am just going to do my best.”
He personally started arm transformed into a gym with all the wrestling community, and the Ottawa
There is no difference between wrestling a few years ago in the equipment needed to train. It allowed Open Wrestling Championship.