Mercy Brown (weightlifter)

Mercy Brown (born 20 June 1996 in London) is an English weightlifter. She holds three British records.[1]

Mercy Brown
Personal information
Birth nameMercy Opeyemi Brown
NationalityBritish
Born (1996-06-20) 20 June 1996 (age 28)
London
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5+12 in)
Weight90 kg (200 lb)
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportWeightlifting
Event–90kg
ClubTSN Weightlifting
Coached byGeorge Manners
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Silver medal – second place Førde 2016 +75 kg
European U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Bucharest +87 kg
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei +90 kg

Early career

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Brown at the 2017 Summer Universiade

Brown started lifting in 2011 at the age of 15.[2] She earned her first medal (bronze) in 2013 at the European U17 Championship.[3]

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing   Great Britain
World Championships
2015   Houston, United States +75 kg 101 105 105 26 121 123 126 28 227 28
2014   Almaty, Kazakhstan 75 kg 89 92 94 16 111 116 116 18 210 18
European Championships
2016   Førde, Norway +75 kg 100 103 106   123 127 130   230  
Universiade
2017   New Taipei, Taipei +90 kg 98 103 104 5 125 134 136 3 234  
Representing   England
Commonwealth Games
2014   Glasgow, Scotland[4] 75 kg 91 91 94 5 112 112 112 3 203 4

Junior results

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  • 2016 European Junior Championships: Bronze [5]
  • 2016 World Junior Championships: Bronze [6]
  • 2015 European Junior Championships: Gold [7]
  • 2015 World Junior Championships: 8th
  • 2014 European Junior Championships: Bronze
  • 2014 World Junior Championships: 6th

References

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  1. ^ "British Women Weightlifting Records" (PDF). BWL.
  2. ^ "Weightlifting glory for UEL strongwoman". www.uel.ac.uk.
  3. ^ "Girl's +69 kg - Result". www.iwf.net.
  4. ^ "Women's 75 kg - Result". results.glasgow2014.com. Archived from the original on 10 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Three weightlifting gold medals on a dark day for Russia". www.insidethegames.biz. 9 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Mercy Brown sets three British records and new PBs to win bronze at 2016 IWF Junior World Championships". britishweightlifting.org. 4 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Euro gold for UEL's Mercy Brown". eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk. 16 October 2015.
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