Lystus Ebosele
Lystus Ebosele is an Irish powerlifting champion. She won a gold medal at 84+ junior weight category at World Powerlifting Championships 2023. While training for the 2024 Arnold Classics, she has managed to squat 240 kilograms "for a Double". She also has the role "Cyclone" in the BBC sports entertainment show Gladiators (2024 [British TV series)|Gladiators].
Early life and career
Lystus Ebosele was born on 9 February 2001 in Enniscorthy, County Wexford, Ireland. She became the Junior European Champion in the European Powerlifting Federation in 2022, and took the International Powerlifting Federation Junior world title in the 84+ weight-class in Romania in 2023. In addition to powerlifting, Ebosele also competed in shot put events as a teenager.In 2025, Ebosele appeared on the British TV endurance sports show Gladiators as "Cyclone", becoming the "first-ever Irish Gladiator". She joined the show in the "heats" stage of the second series, saying: "I've got the look, I've got the energy and I've got the muscles".