Sarah Davies (weightlifter)

Sarah Davies
OLY
Personal information
Born (1992-08-19) 19 August 1992 (age 32)
Preston, United Kingdom
EmployerWisdom 4 Weightlifting
Height162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country England
 Great Britain
SportWeightlifting
Weight class64kg
ClubAtlas Weightlifting Club
TeamNational team
Coached byCyril Martin and Dave Sawyer
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)101kg Snatch 125kg Clean and Jerk
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Tashkent 71 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2021 Moscow 64 kg
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Klaipeda 63 kg
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Birmingham 71 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast 69 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Gold Coast 69 kg
Updated on 28 January 2022

Sarah Davies OLY (born 19 August 1992) is a British weightlifter, competing in the 64 kg and 69 kg categories internationally and representing England and Great Britain at international competitions. She won the silver medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[1]

Beauty pageantry

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Before her weightlifting career, Davies was active in beauty pageantry, winning the Miss Leeds title.[2]

Weightlifting career

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She has competed at five world championships and five European Senior Championships. She was the first British person to win the European u23 Championships in 2015. She competed in the 2014 and 2018 Commonwealth Games representing England and won the silver medal at the 2018 Games. Davies started weightlifting in September 2011 and made her international debut after just two and a half years of training in the sport.

Davies won silver medals representing England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games (-69 kg)and Great Britain at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships (-64 kg).

Davies won a silver medal at the 2021 European Weightlifting Championships in Moscow, again representing Great Britain.[3]

In November 2021, Davies became the first British person to win a World silver medal by taking silver in the clean and jerk as well as the total.

On 12 April 2022, Davies was sanctioned by British Weight Lifting after she admitted she had made comments of a racial discriminatory nature against a fellow athlete. As part of the sanction, Davies was deselected from representing Great Britain & England for a period of three months, which included the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania. BWL also called for Davies to resign from her role as Chair of the International Weightlifting Federation's Athletes' Commission with immediate effect.[4] Davies has since stepped down from her position as chair of the IWF Athletes' Commission.[5]

Davies won Gold medals representing England at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (-71 kg).[6][7]

Davies is the current holder of 6 British records across 2 different weight classes.

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan 64 kg 97 100 100 7 127 127 133 4 227 5
World Championships
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 71 kg 96 99 102 7 126 129 132 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 234 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 64 kg 95 98 100 11 124 129 130 9 222 8
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 64 kg 92 94 95 16 118 121 123 8 217 15
2017 United States Anaheim, United States 63 kg 88 91 93 15 118 121 124 6 209 6
2015 United States Houston, United States 69 kg 86 89 91 34 113 113 117 27 202 30
2014 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan 63 kg 83 86 90 29 105 108 109 28 191 29
European Championships
2021 Russia Moscow, Russia 64 kg 96 98 101 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 122 126 129 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 230 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia 64 kg 93 96 98 5 121 125 125 4 223 4
2017 Croatia Split, Croatia 63 kg 87 87 90 8 112 115 118 4 208 5
2016 Norway Førde, Norway 58 kg 83 86 88 7 106 106 109 11 192 7
2015 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia 58 kg 82 86 86 10 106 106 110 9 188 9
2014 Israel Tel Aviv, Israel 63 kg 80 80 84 14 104 108 109 11 188 11
British International Open
2019 United Kingdom Coventry, Great Britain 64 kg 96 99 101 1 123 123 127 2 224 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2022 England Birmingham, England 71 kg 97 101 103 1 126 126 130 1 229 1st place, gold medalist(s)[8]
2018 Australia Gold Coast, Australia 69 kg 92 95 95 4 119 122 128 1 217 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017 Australia Gold Coast, Australia 69 kg 89 92 92 3 115 115 120 3 212 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2014 Scotland Glasgow, Scotland 63 kg 83 83 83 6 105 105 110 7 188 7

References

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  1. ^ Oliver, Brian (13 December 2021). "Landmark weightlifting medal for Britain's Davies as American Alwine takes gold". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Beauty queen becomes weightlifter". BBC News.
  3. ^ "Great Britain's Sarah Davies wins weightlifting silver at European Championships". bbc.co.uk. BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  4. ^ "British Weight Lifting Sanctions Olympian Sarah Davies". britishweightlifting.org. British Weight Lifting. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  5. ^ Oliver, Brian (12 April 2022). "Davies resigns from IWF Board and weightlifters' leadership role following BWL disciplinary hearing". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
  6. ^ Burke, Patrick (1 August 2022). "Murray, Davies and Charron set Commonwealth Games records to win weightlifting golds". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Birmingham 2022 Results". results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Birmingham 2022 Results". results.birmingham2022.com. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
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