Olympic weightlifter Katherine Nye on how her bipolar II diagnosis changed her life
In 2019, champion weightlifter Katherine Nye was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder. Nye opens up about how her diagnosis changed her life and her road to the Olympics.
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This spring, champion weightlifter Katherine Nye officially qualified for the 2021 Tokyo Summer Olympic Games. For the 22-year-old from Oakland Township, Michigan, the journey to the Olympics hasn't been easy. After only training in weightlifting for three years, Nye made her international debut in 2018 and won silver at the IWF Junior World Championships. In 2019, at one of the heights of her competitive weightlifting career, Nye was diagnosed with bipolar II disorder -- a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include hypomania and depression -- and mild ADHD.