Inside a raucous La Chapelle Arena, alumna Broome successfully lifted 119kg to take bronze in the women’s up to 50kg category.
Venezuela’s Clara Sarahy Fuentes Monasterio won gold with a Paralympic record 124kg lift as China athlete Jinping Xiao took silver.
Broome’s success in Paris sees the 23-year-old become a back-to-back Paralympic medallist, having also won bronze at Toyko 2020 in the same category.
There was more success for Loughborough in the Men’s -65kg competition as university-based Mark Swan won silver. Swan, 22, lifted 213kg to confirm his place in the history books at his first Paralympic Games.
China’s world recorder holder Zou Yi won gold (215kg) with Algeria athlete Hocine Bettir winning bronze (209kg).
Speaking to the media after her bronze medal lift, Olivia Broome said: “I tried not to cry…it really shows off all the hard work that we put into it. It’s great.
“[I’m] over the moon, happy, emotional is another word. I don’t think I can put into words what this means to me. My experience in Paris has been amazing, it’s very different from Tokyo, it has been a dream really."
She added: "My parents were up in the stands and my physio pointed them out to me so I knew where to look when I came off.
"It is a dream to have them come and watch, support the sport and see what it is all about, and to get to experience it.
"As soon as I am walking out, I'm like head down, I don't see anyone but as soon as I do my lift, I am like ‘hi’, ‘hi’, ‘hi’ and waving.
“It is the same processes for each lift but I could hear everyone in the stadium, and it is such a nice feeling to have the crowds cheering, even the French fans cheering which is amazing.”
Loughborough’s latest medal count at the Paralympic Games now stands at 13 – four gold, five silver, four bronze.
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