Olympic Weightlifter Mattie Rogers Suffers Mini-Stroke During Training

Mattie Rogers, 29, is an American Olympic weightlifter and four-time silver medalist at the World Weightlifting Championships. She holds U.S. records in the snatch, clean & jerk, and total in the 76 kg category and competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the 87 kg class. 

On Friday, as she was preparing for the 2025 USAW National Championships, Rogers suffered a transient ischemic attack (TIA) during training. It is also commonly called a mini-stroke.

Rogers shared the news on Sunday via Instagram stories. “I had a TIA (mini stroke) in training Friday & spent the weekend in the hospital getting tests and what not. While I’m still awaiting answers, luckily I don’t really have any deficits lingering and am feeling mostly normal today,” shared Rogers from her hospital.

To further complicate matters, it appears that Rogers does not have health insurance. “The American healthcare system has once again proved to be a giant steaming pile of shit (especially when you don’t have health insurance), but from what I was able to gather I am okay to try to train pending no return of any symptoms,” explained Rogers.

As for competing in the USAW Nationals, Rogers is slated to compete on Sunday, June 29 in the Women’s 77kg weight category. She was the favorite heading into the event. But despite her medical emergency on Friday, Rogers is not ruling out competing next weekend.

“So I am going to TRY, and it hasn’t been that much time off & will TRY to attend nationals, but it is very much a day by day process/decision at the moment,” Rogers said.

Rogers’ news comes just two weeks after it was revealed that Bayley Martin shared he was withdrawn from Torian Pro due to a “mini heart attack”. Following that episode Martin began to question whether the COVID vaccine played a part in his heart condition.

And just like Martin, many will likely be asking the same question about Rogers. 

Back on May 29, 2021, Rogers spoke about her second COVID vaccine shot on X. Her tweet read, “Okay second shot of vaccine is no joke wtf am I dead”