Tom
Sroka
Athlete Bio#
Hometown
Chicago
Name: Tom Sroka
Team: Team MDUSA
Coach: Glenn Pendlay/Don McCauley
Hometown: Chicago, Ill.
Current Residence: Lake Wylie, S.C.
Year of birth: 1986
Weight class: 105+kg
Height: 6-0
What year did you being lifting? November 2011
How did you get involved? Did cleans to get better at throwing. A friend of mine, Ingrid Marcum, showed me how to do a snatch and got me in touch with Glenn. After spending a week with him at California Strength, I decided to move out there and train full time and have been with Glenn since.
Favorite Competition Lift? Clean & Jerk
Favorite Training Lift? Push Press
Education: Bachelors in Physical Education (K-12) and Exercise Science
Personal Goals: Snatch 182, Clean & Jerk 227; make the World and Pan Am Teams; Compete at the 2020 Olympics
Favorite Food: Lasagna and Oreos
Favorite Book: Of Mice and Men and Old Man and the Sea
Favorite TV Show: Cops and Duck Dynasty
Favorite Song: I am not too picky about what I listen to.
Hobbies/Interested outside of Weightlifting: Golfing, bowling and reading
Most people don’t know that…. I was a three-time All-American Shot Putter in college and performed musicals during high school.
