Ben Watson (weightlifter)
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Full name | Benjamin Mathieu Watson | |||||||||||||
Nationality | British | |||||||||||||
Born | Oxford, England | 20 March 1990|||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (186 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||
Weight | 17 st 11 lb (113 kg)[1] | |||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||
Event(s) | 105 kg | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 11 October 2014. |
Ben Watson (born 20 March 1990) is a British weightlifter from Oxfordshire.[2] He competed for England in the men's 105 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games[3] where he won a bronze medal.[4]
Major results[]
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Representing Great Britain | ||||||||||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2011 | Paris, France | 105 kg | 135 | 140 | 29 | 155 | 160 | 29 | 300 | 29 | ||
Representing England | ||||||||||||
Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||
2018 | Brisbane, Australia | +105 kg | 155 | 160 | 5 | 185 | 192 | 6 | 352 | 6 | ||
2014 | Glasgow, Scotland | 105 kg | 147 | 152 | 157 | 1 | 180 | 6 | 337 | |||
Commonwealth Championships | ||||||||||||
2017 | Gold Coast, Australia | +105 kg | 148 | 153 | 5 | 175 | 180 | 184 | 8 | 337 | 6 | |
2013 | Penang, Malaysia | 105 kg | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 328 | 6 |
References[]
- ^ a b "Ben Watson". teamengland.org. Commonwealth Games England. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 profile". Retrieved 11 October 2014.
- ^ Knox, Mike (31 May 2014). "Watson delighted with Commonwealth Games call-up". Oxford Mail. UK. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
- ^ Mulvihill, Callum (30 July 2014). "Ben Watson "absolutely ecstatic" with bronze in 105kg at Commonwealth Games". Sports Mole. UK. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
External links[]
- Ben Watson on Facebook
- Ben Watson on Twitter
Categories:
- 1990 births
- Living people
- English male weightlifters
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
- British weightlifting biography stubs