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Sarah Cochrane
Personal information
Born (1989-09-23) 23 September 1989 (age 35)
Rockhampton, Queensland
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2022 Birmingham 64 kg
Pacific Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Apia 64 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent 64 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apia 64 kg
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 (held online) 64 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Apia 64 kg
Arafura Games
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Darwin 64 kg

Sarah Maureen Cochrane (born 23 September 1989) is an Australian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 64 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.[1] She also won the silver medal in the women's 64 kg event at the 2019 Pacific Games held in Apia, Samoa.[2][3]

Early life

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Cochrane was born in Rockhampton, Queensland where she graduated from Glenmore State High School.[4] While living in Rockhampton, Cochrane reached top levels in women's artistic gymnastics while training at Victoria Park Gymnastics Club where she became a coach after achieving her own goals.[4]

In 2008, Cochrane relocated with her family to Townsville where she worked as a coach for Gymnastics Townsville.[4] She also became involved with CrossFit which is where her coach Bryce Knight first encouraged her to compete in weightlifting.[4]

Cochrane graduated from James Cook University in 2012 with a degree in speech pathology.[4] She has established her own business which specialises in working with children and young adults who use augmentative and alternative communication.[4]

Career

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Representing Australia as a weightlifter for the first time in 2019, Cochrane just missed out on a spot at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[4]

Cochrane competed in the women's 64 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[5] She finished in 7th place in this competition.[5] The 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships were also held at the same time and her total result gave her the gold medal in this event.[6][7] As a result, she qualified to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[8][9]

Achievements

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
World Championships
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 64 kg 90 95 100 6 110 115 121 8 210 7
2022 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia 64 kg 93 98 101 6 113 113 118 12 211 6
Commonwealth Games
2022 England Birmingham, England 64 kg 93 97 100 — 112 116 118 — 216 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Commonwealth Championships
2019 Samoa Apia, Samoa 64 kg 88 92 96 108 112 112 204 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2021 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 64 kg 90 95 100 110 115 121 210 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ Burke, Patrick (1 August 2022). "Murray, Davies and Charron set Commonwealth Games records to win weightlifting golds". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  2. ^ Pavitt, Michael (10 July 2019). "Australian flagbearer leads weightlifting medal charge at Samoa 2019". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Pacific Games Apia – Sam 09.07.2019 – 15.07.2019 Contents (Senior)" (PDF). www.oceaniaweightlifting.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Rocky girl set to lift". CQ Today. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  5. ^ a b "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  6. ^ "Gold for Egypt and First World Records – Day 6 at the IWF World Championships and Commonwealth Championships". IWF. 12 December 2021. Archived from the original on 12 December 2021. Retrieved 24 December 2021.
  7. ^ "2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. ^ Oliver, Brian (23 December 2021). "Weightlifting ranking events for Commonwealth Games make it a busy February". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  9. ^ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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