Sarah Davies (weightlifter)

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Sarah Davies

Personal information
Born	(1992-08-19) 19 August 1992 (age 29) Preston, United Kingdom
Employer	Wisdom 4 Weightlifting
Height	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	64 kg (141 lb)
Sport
Country	England  Great Britain
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	64kg
Club	Atlas Weightlifting Club
Team	National team
Coached by	Cyril 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 2021 Tashkent 71 kg European Championships 2021 Moscow 64 kg Representing  England Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast 69 kg Commonwealth Championships 2017 Gold Coast 69 kg
Updated on 28 January 2022.

Sarah Davies (born (1992-08-19)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[]

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

Weightlifting career[]

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]

Davies is chairperson of the International Weightlifting Federation's Athlete Commission.

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

References[]

External links[]

• Sarah Davies at IWF
• Sarah Davies at IWF
• Sarah Davies at Olympedia
• Sarah Davies at the Commonwealth Games Federation
• Profile at britishweightlifting.org

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