Jack Oliver (weightlifter)
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
Born | Sidcup, England | 4 January 1991||||||||||||||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
Event | –77kg | ||||||||||||||
Club | Europa Weightlifting Club | ||||||||||||||
Coached by | Andy Callard & Tamas Feher | ||||||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
Olympic finals | 10th | ||||||||||||||
Regional finals | 1st | ||||||||||||||
National finals | 1st | ||||||||||||||
Personal best | 320 kg (2015) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Updated on 18 April 2018 |
Jack Simon Oliver (born 4 January 1991) is a weightlifter competing in the 77 kg category, representing England and Great Britain.[1]
Career
Oliver represented England at the Commonwealth games in Delhi in 2010, and competed in his first World Weightlifting Championships for Great Britain in Paris, France in 2011.[2] That year, he also won the Commonwealth Championship.[3] In 2012 Oliver competed in the European Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest,[4] and was later selected to represent Team GB at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5]
London 2012 Olympics
Oliver represented Team GB in the Olympic weightlifting at London 2012, competing in the 77 kg event. Oliver was successful in two of his three snatch attempts at ExCeL, lifting 140 kg on his 3rd attempt. In the clean and jerk Oliver completed three good attempts, finishing with a lift of 170 kg giving him an 8 kg personal best. Oliver's total of 310 kg meant he finished 10th overall, the best result of any British weightlifter at the London 2012 games.[6][7]
At the 2014 Commonwealth Games, he finished in 4th, lifting 142 kg in the snatch and 171 kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 313 kg.[8]
At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, he won the silver medal the 77 kg division. He lifted 145 kg in the snatch and 167 kg in the clean and jerk for a total of 312 kg.[9]
Major results
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
Representing Great Britain | ||||||||||||
Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
2012 | London, Great Britain | 77 kg | 135 | 140 | 11 | 160 | 165 | 170 | 10 | 310 | 10 | |
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2015 | Houston, United States | 77 kg | 136 | 140 | 33 | 170 | 176 | 28 | 316 | 29 | ||
2013 | Wrocław, Poland | 85 kg | 135 | 140 | 22 | 173 | 21 | 313 | 21 | |||
2011 | Paris, France | 77 kg | 132 | 137 | 140 | 26 | 155 | 160 | 29 | 300 | 26 | |
European Championships | ||||||||||||
2019 | Batumi, Georgia | 81 kg | 142 | 146 | 12 | 172 | 176 | 14 | 322 | 13 | ||
2016 | Førde, Norway | 77 kg | 140 | 144 | 15 | 173 | — | 14 | 317 | 15 | ||
2015 | Tbilisi, Georgia | 77 kg | 140 | 145 | 10 | 170 | 175 | 10 | 320 | 11 | ||
2012 | Antalya, Turkey | 77 kg | 137 | 142 | 14 | 162 | 19 | 304 | 16 | |||
Universiade | ||||||||||||
2011 | Shenzhen, China | 77 kg | 130 | 14 | 152 | 15 | 282 | 15 | ||||
Representing England | ||||||||||||
Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||
2018 | Gold Coast, Australia | 77 kg | 141 | 145 | 167 | 4 | 312 | |||||
2014 | Glasgow, Scotland | 77 kg | 138 | 142 | 3 | 171 | 5 | 313 | 4 | |||
2010 | Delhi, India | 77 kg | 121 | 9 | 142 | 148 | 7 | 269 | 8 | |||
Commonwealth Championships | ||||||||||||
2017 | Gold Coast, Australia | 77 kg | 127 | 131 | 6 | 155 | 160 | 10 | 291 | 10 | ||
2011 | Cape Town, South Africa | 77 kg | 130 | 135 | 137 | 155 | 160 | 297 |
References
- ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/weightlifting/15668661
- ^ http://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=oliver-jack-1991-01-04&id=6083
- ^ "Weightlifting | Athlete Profile: Jack OLIVER - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ http://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=oliver-jack-1991-01-04&id=6083
- ^ http://sport.leeds.ac.uk/page.asp?section=360§ionTitle=Olympic+Scholar[permanent dead link]
- ^ http://www.iwf.net/results/athletes/?athlete=oliver-jack-1991-01-04&id=6083
- ^ http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/jack-oliver
- ^ "Glasgow 2014 - Men's 77kg Group A". g2014results.thecgf.com. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Weightlifting | Result Men's 77kg - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games". results.gc2018.com. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
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External links
- 1991 births
- Living people
- British male weightlifters
- Olympic weightlifters of Great Britain
- Weightlifters at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Weightlifters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- People from Sidcup