Victoria Thornton lifted in her second USA Olympic Weightlifting Youth Nationals meet in Austin, Texas June 23, 2016. She was in the 39kg Under 11 class. She snatched 27kg (59.4 pounds), which was a new personal record, and clean and jerked 36kg (79.2 pounds) for a total of 63 kg (138.6 pounds). This was good enough to take away the bronze, which she happily did.