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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.
- 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
- 140 kg (309 lb)
- American
- August 1, 1988 (age 35), San Diego, California
- Weightlifting Career
- +87-Kilogram World Records
- Onto The Olympic Games
Robles is a force in American weightlifting. She lives in League City, TX, and trains at Team Houston under coach Tim Swords. In high school, Robles was a shotputter who, after earning a college scholarship and taking her talents for tossing to the collegiate level, quickly realized her proclivity for handling a barbell. Now, she’s the number two r...
Snatch — Li Wenwen, 148 kilograms (326 pounds)Clean & Jerk — Li Wenwen, 187 kilograms (412.3 pounds)Total — Li Wenwen, 335 kilograms (738.5 pounds)The Women’s +87-kilogram weight class will compete squarely in the middle of the 2020 Games. Group B is scheduled for Sunday, August 1, 2021, at 10:50 p.m. EST. Group A’s session begins on Monday, August 2, 2021, at 12:50 a.m. EST. We will see how well Robles fares against the best in the world. Judging by the lifts scored previously by her competi...
Aug 2, 2021 · TOKYO – Houstonian Sarah Robles made history Monday by becoming the first U.S. woman to win two Olympic weightlifting medals when she claimed bronze at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
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Aug 3, 2021 · Sarah Elizabeth Robles of the United States poses with her bronze medal in the women's +87kg weightlifting at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) SOURCE: Seth Wenig/AP. TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — She's the Olympic medalist you've never heard about.
Aug 10, 2021 · Her previous lift gave her a total of 282 kg. and secured her second straight Olympic bronze medal. Robles became the first American woman to win two Olympic weightlifting medals and the first American lifter since 1964 – also in Tokyo – to win multiple medals.
Aug 2, 2021 · USA's bronze-medal lifter Sarah Robles: On strength and the right tool for the right job. Sarah Robles made history here in Tokyo by becoming the first American woman (USA) to win two Olympic medals in weightlifting. She recently spoke to Tokyo 2020 about body image, being a role model and what it means to be strong.
Aug 2, 2021 · Robles, a two-time bronze medalist, is the first U.S. weightlifter to win multiple medals in 57 years.
