Zoe Smith

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Zoe Smith
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Zoe Smith at the London Youth Games
Personal information
Birth nameZoë Smith
NationalityBritish
Born (1994-04-26) 26 April 1994 (age 27)
Greenwich, London, England
Height1.59 m (5 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country United Kingdom
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–58kg
ClubEuropa WLC
Coached byAndrew Callard
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Tel Aviv Women's 58 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Batumi –64 kg
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Delhi Women's 58 kg
Gold medal – first place 2014 Glasgow Women's 58 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast Women's 63 kg
Updated on 31 May 2019.

Zoe Smith (born 26 April 1994 in Greenwich, London)[1] is an English weightlifter. She holds (as at August 2016) four British clean and jerk records spread across three weight classes.[2][3] In October 2010 Smith won a bronze medal in the women's 58kg division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, her first senior international competition,[4] to become the first Englishwoman to win a Commonwealth Games weightlifting medal.[5]

Early life[]

Smith attended De Lucy primary school in Abbey Wood and Townley Grammar School for Girls in Bexleyheath.[6][7]

Sporting career[]

Smith was training as a gymnast when it was suggested she take up weightlifting to help her borough Greenwich compete in the London Youth Games.[8]

She missed being selected for the 2016 Olympics following a shoulder injury.[9][10] Following UK Sport's decision to cut funding for weightlifting in 2016, Smith launched a crowdfunding appeal in July 2018, seeking to raise £10,000 to help her qualify for the 2020 Olympics.[11] This target was reached by June 2019.

London 2012 Olympic Games[]

In May 2012 Smith was chosen, as part of Team GB, to represent Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics in London. She competed in the Women's 58kg division and she took the British record with a clean and jerk lift of 121.0 kg (266.8 lb). The record previously stood at 119.0 kg (262.4 lb). With a snatch of 90.0 kg (198.4 lb) she was placed 12th in her weight-class with a total of 211.0 kg (465.2 lb).

Career highlights[]

• 2021: Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo. Zoe came eighth in the 59kg class.

• 2019: European Senior Championships Bronze Medal • 2019: British Senior Championshps: Champion

  • 2018: Commonwealth Games Silver Medal

• 2017: British Championships Silver Medal

  • 2014: Commonwealth games Gold medal and Games records in the Clean and Jerk and Total.
  • 2014: British Senior Championships: Champion.
  • 2014: European Weightlifting Championships:Clean & Jerk Bronze, Total Bronze.

• 2014: English Senior Championships: Champion

  • 2012: British clean and jerk record (London 2012 Olympics).[3]

• 2012: British Senior Championships: Champion

2011: World Youth Championships: Silver

  • 2010: Commonwealth Games: Bronze in Total.

• 2010: British Senior Championships: Silver

  • 2010: English Senior Championships: Champion.
  • 2010: European Youth Championships: Snatch Bronze; Clean & Jerk Silver; Total Silver.
  • 2009: British Junior Championships: Champion.
  • 2009: British U17 Championships: Champion.
  • 2009: World Youth Championships: 8th.
  • 2009: European Junior Championships: 6th.
  • 2008: European Youth Championships: Clean & Jerk Silver.
  • 2008: Commonwealth Youth Games: Gold.
  • 2008: BOA Athlete of the Year – Weightlifting.

• 2008: British Under 17s Champion

• 2007: British Under 17s and Under 18s Champion

Major results[]

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2012 United Kingdom London, Great Britain 58 kg 90 93 93 13 116 121 121 9 211 10
2020 Japan Tokyo, Japan 59 kg 87 87 91 8 113 116 119 6 200 8
World Championships
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 64 kg 92 92 95 14 117 120 120 15 215 17
2015 United States Houston, United States 63 kg 94 97 100 11 120 124 128 9 221 9
European Championships
2019 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia 64 kg 92 96 98 6 122 126 128 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 224 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2016 Norway Førde, Norway 63 kg 93 96 98 4 116 119 119 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 215 4
2014 Israel Tel Aviv, Israel 58 kg 86 86 90 5 114 118 118 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 204 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2012 Turkey Antalya, Turkey 58 kg 85 89 '92 4 110 116 120 4 208 4
British International Open
2019 United Kingdom Coventry, Great Britain 64 kg 91 94 100 2 120 125 130 1 225 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2018 Australia Gold Coast, Australia 63 kg 87 90 92 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 110 112 115 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 207 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2014 Scotland Glasgow, Scotland 53 kg 89 92 95 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 112 115 118 1st place, gold medalist(s) 202 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2010 India Delhi, India 58 kg 80 80 85 4 103 106 108 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 188 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References[]

  1. ^ "THE ENGLAND TEAM | Sporting Life | Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010, Medal Table". Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  2. ^ "British Women's Senior Records" (PDF). Britishweightlifting.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b Ben Dirs. "Olympics weightlifting: Zoe Smith hits back at Twitter critics". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  4. ^ Shah, Sonali (6 October 2010). "Commonwealth Games 2010: What makes Zoe Smith special?". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  5. ^ Hart, Simon (6 October 2010). "Commonwealth Games 2010: Zoe Smith makes British weightlifting history". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  6. ^ "Starting Blocks athlete Zoe Smith selected to Team GB". Greenwichstartingblocks.org. Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Olympic weightlfting: Back to school for Olympian Zoe Smith". BBC News. 30 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  8. ^ "Team 2012 – Zoe Smith". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 April 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  9. ^ "Rio 2016: Zoe Smith ruled out of Rio as Rebekah Tiler takes weightlifting spot". BBC Sport. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. ^ Shephard, Sarah (20 May 2017). "Zoe Smith: 'You're treated differently when you're not an Olympian. I'm a coffee wench now'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
  11. ^ "Zoe Smith interview: The Olympian forced to crowdfund her way back to the top". The Independent. 24 August 2018. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.

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