Sarah Cochrane

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]

Sarah Cochrane

Personal information
Born	(1989-09-23) 23 September 1989 (age 34) Rockhampton, Queensland
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Weightlifting
Medal record Women's weightlifting Representing  Australia Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham 64 kg Pacific Games 2019 Apia 64 kg Commonwealth Championships 2021 Tashkent 64 kg 2019 Apia 64 kg Oceania Championships 2021 (held online) 64 kg 2019 Apia 64 kg Arafura Games 2019 Darwin 64 kg

Early life

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

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

She 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

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

References

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. (PDF). www.oceaniaweightlifting.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2019. Retrieved 18 July 2019.
4. "Rocky girl set to lift". CQ Today. 28 May 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
5. "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. (PDF) from the original on 17 December 2021. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
6. . 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. (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. (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 August 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.

External links

• Sarah Cochrane at the International Weightlifting Federation