Sarah Robles

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.

Basics

  • Height: 1.79 m (5’10”)
  • Weight: 140 kg (309 lb)

Sport

  • Weightlifter for the United States
  • Weight Class: +87 kg
  • Club: Team Houston
  • Coach: Tim Swords

Titles and PRs

  • Olympics
    • 2016 Rio de Janerio – Bronze medal – third place (> 75 kg)
    • 2020 Tokyo – Bronze medal – third place (> 87 kg)
  • World Junior Championships
    • 2008 Cali – Silver medal – second place (> 75 kg)
  • World Championships
    • 2017 Anaheim – Gold medal – first place (> 90 kg)
  • Pan American Games
    • 2019 Lima – Gold medal – first place (> 87 kg)
  • Pan American Championships
    • 2010 Guatemala City – Silver medal – second place – (> 87 kg)
    • 2013 Margarita Island – DQ – (> 75 kg)
    • 2017 Miami – Gold medal – first place (> 90 kg)
    • 2018 Santo Domingo – Gold medal – first place (> 90 kg)
    • 2019 Guatemala City – Gold medal – first place (> 87 kg)
    • 2020 Santo Domingo – Gold medal – first place (> 87 kg)
    • 2022 Bogotá- Gold medal – first place (> 87 kg)
    • 2023 Barilochi – Silver medal – second place (> 87 kg)
  • Personal Bests
    • Snatch – 128 kg (2018)
    • Clean and Jerk – 162 kg (2018) (American Record)
    • Total – 290 kg (2018) (American Record)