Sarah Davies (weightlifter)

Sarah Davies (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]

Sarah Davies
Personal information
Born (1992-08-19) 19 August 1992
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 place2021 Tashkent71 kg
European Championships
Silver medal – second place2021 Moscow64 kg
European U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 Klaipeda63 kg
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2022 Birmingham71 kg
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold Coast69 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Bronze medal – third place2017 Gold Coast69 kg
Updated on 28 January 2022.

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]

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
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
123Rank123Rank
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2021Japan Tokyo, Japan64 kg97100100712712713342275
World Championships
2021Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan71 kg969910271261291322nd place, silver medalist(s)2342nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand64 kg95981001112412913092228
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan64 kg92949516118121123821715
2017United States Anaheim, United States63 kg8891931511812112462096
2015United States Houston, United States69 kg868991341131131172720230
2014Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan63 kg838690291051081092819129
European Championships
2021Russia Moscow, Russia64 kg96981012nd place, silver medalist(s)1221261292nd place, silver medalist(s)2302nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia64 kg939698512112512542234
2017Croatia Split, Croatia63 kg878790811211511842085
2016Norway Førde, Norway58 kg8386887106106109111927
2015Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia58 kg8286861010610611091889
2014Israel Tel Aviv, Israel63 kg808084141041081091118811
British International Open
2019United Kingdom Coventry, Great Britain64 kg9699101112312312722242nd place, silver medalist(s)
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2022England Birmingham, England71 kg97101103112612613012291st place, gold medalist(s)[8]
2018Australia Gold Coast, Australia69 kg929595411912212812172nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017Australia Gold Coast, Australia69 kg899292311511512032123rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2014Scotland Glasgow, Scotland63 kg838383610510511071887

References
  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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