Sarah Robles

Sarah Robles
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1988-08-01) August 1, 1988 (age 35)
San Diego, California
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight140 kg (309 lb)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportWeightlifting
Event+87kg
ClubTeam Houston
Coached byTim Swords
Achievements and titles
Olympic finalstwo time bronze medalist (2016 & 2020)
World finals2017 senior world champion 2008 junior world silver medalist
Regional finalsfive time Pan American champion (2017-2020; 2022)

2019 Pan American Games champion

2010 Pan American silver medalist
National finalseleven time national champion
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 128 kg (2018)
  • Clean and jerk: 162 kg (2018) AM
  • Total: 290 kg (2018) AM
Medal record
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Rio de Janeiro +75 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo +87 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Anaheim +90 kg
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Cali +75 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2019 Lima +87 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Miami +90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Santo Domingo +90 kg
Gold medal – first place 2019 Guatemala City +87 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Santo Domingo +87 kg
Gold medal – first place 2022 Bogotá +87 kg
Silver medal – second place 2010 Guatemala City +75 kg
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bariloche +87 kg
Disqualified 2013 Margarita Island +75 kg

Sarah Elizabeth Robles (born August 1, 1988) is an American weightlifter. She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and earned a bronze medal in weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the first US athlete to medal in Olympic weightlifting in 16 years. She repeated her feat in the +87 kg category at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, once again earning bronze, and becoming the first US woman to earn two Olympic weightlifting medals.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Sarah Robles Becomes First U.S. Woman to Win Two Olympic Weightlifting Medals". August 2, 2021. Archived from the original on August 2, 2021.
  2. ^ Oliver, Brian (2 August 2021). "Unstoppable weightlifter Li wins again as Britain's Campbell ends 37-year medal wait". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 August 2021.

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