Sarah Cochrane

Sarah Maureen Cochrane (born 23 September 1989) is an Australian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 64 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[1] She also won the silver medal in the women's 64 kg event at the 2019 Pacific Games held in Apia, Samoa.[2][3]

Sarah Cochrane
Personal information
Born (1989-09-23) 23 September 1989
Rockhampton, Queensland
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2022 Birmingham64 kg
Pacific Games
Silver medal – second place2019 Apia64 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Tashkent64 kg
Bronze medal – third place2019 Apia64 kg
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 (held online)64 kg
Silver medal – second place2019 Apia64 kg
Arafura Games
Bronze medal – third place2019 Darwin64 kg

Early life

Cochrane was born in Rockhampton, Queensland where she graduated from Glenmore State High School.[4] While living in Rockhampton, Cochrane reached top levels in women's artistic gymnastics while training at Victoria Park Gymnastics Club where she became a coach after achieving her own goals.[4]

In 2008, Cochrane relocated with her family to Townsville where she worked as a coach for Gymnastics Townsville.[4] She also became involved with CrossFit which is where her coach Bryce Knight first encouraged her to compete in weightlifting.[4]

Cochrane graduated from James Cook University in 2012 with a degree in speech pathology.[4] She has established her own business which specialises in working with children and young adults who use augmentative and alternative communication.[4]

Career

Representing Australia as a weightlifter for the first time in 2019, Cochrane just missed out on a spot at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

She competed in the women's 64 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[5] She finished in 7th place in this competition.[5] The 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships were also held at the same time and her total result gave her the gold medal in this event.[6][7] As a result, she qualified to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[8][9]

Achievements
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan64 kg9095100611011512182107
2022Colombia Bogotá, Colombia64 kg93981016113113118122116
Commonwealth Games
2022England Birmingham, England64 kg9397100—112116118—2162nd place, silver medalist(s)
Commonwealth Championships
2019Samoa Apia, Samoa64 kg8892961081121122043rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan64 kg90951001101151212101st place, gold medalist(s)

References
  1. Burke, Patrick (1 August 2022). "Murray, Davies and Charron set Commonwealth Games records to win weightlifting golds". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. Pavitt, Michael (10 July 2019). "Australian flagbearer leads weightlifting medal charge at Samoa 2019". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  3. "Pacific Games Apia – Sam 09.07.2019 – 15.07.2019 Contents (Senior)" (PDF). www.oceaniaweightlifting.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  4. "Rocky girl set to lift". CQ Today. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  5. "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  6. "Gold for Egypt and First World Records – Day 6 at the IWF World Championships and Commonwealth Championships". IWF. 12 December 2021. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  7. "2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. Oliver, Brian (23 December 2021). "Weightlifting ranking events for Commonwealth Games make it a busy February". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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