Carla Garrett

Carla Garrett was a weight thrower and weightlifter who competed at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics in the discus throw. In high school she had played both basketball and soccer, making All-State teams in New Mexico in both sports. She attended the University of Arizona where she won NCAA titles three times each in the shot put and discus throw. Garrett was more successful internationally in weightlifting where she won silver medals in the heavyweight class at the 1991 and 1993 World Championships, but the sport was not on the Olympic Program during her career. She was US heavyweight weightlifting champion from 1991-94.

Garrett later went into coaching, serving as the strength and conditioning coach at Salpointe Catholic High School in Tucson, Arizona and at Pima Community College. In 2015 she was named the strength and conditioning coach at the University of New Mexico. She has served as a strength coach and personal trainer for many Olympic and professional athletes. She is a member of the University of Arizona Sports Hall of Fame (1996), the New Mexico Track and Field Coaches Association Hall of Fame (2010), and the United States Weightlifting Hall of Fame (2012).

Personal Bests: DT – 60.54 (1992).