Sarah Davies
Quick Facts
Biography
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.
Beauty pageantry
Before her weightlifting career, Davies was active in beauty pageantry, winning the Miss Leeds title.
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.
Davies is chairperson of the International Weightlifting Federation's Athlete Commission.
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 | ||||||||||||
2017 | Anaheim, United States | 63 kg | 88 | 15 | 118 | 121 | 6 | 209 | 6 | |||
2015 | Houston, United States | 69 kg | 86 | 89 | 34 | 113 | 27 | 202 | 30 | |||
2014 | Almaty, Kazakhstan | 63 kg | 83 | 86 | 29 | 105 | 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 | 4 | 223 | 4 | |
2017 | Split, Croatia | 63 kg | 87 | 90 | 8 | 112 | 115 | 118 | 4 | 208 | 5 | |
2016 | Førde, Norway | 58 kg | 83 | 86 | 7 | 106 | 11 | 192 | 7 | |||
2015 | Tbilisi, Georgia | 58 kg | 82 | 10 | 106 | 9 | 188 | 9 | ||||
2014 | Tel Aviv, Israel | 63 kg | 80 | 84 | 14 | 104 | 11 | 188 | 11 | |||
British International Open | ||||||||||||
2019 | Coventry, Great Britain | 64 kg | 96 | 99 | 101 | 1 | 123 | 2 | 224 | |||
Representing England | ||||||||||||
Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||
2018 | Gold Coast, Australia | 69 kg | 92 | 95 | 4 | 119 | 122 | 1 | 217 | |||
2014 | Glasgow, Scotland | 63 kg | 83 | 6 | 105 | 7 | 188 | 7 |