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Mercy Brown (weightlifter)

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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+1⁄2 in)
Weight90 kg (200 lb)
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportWeightlifting
Event–90kg
ClubCrystal Palace Weightlifting Club
Coached byGeorge Manners
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Silver medal – second place Førde 2016 +75 kg
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Taipei +90 kg

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

Early career

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

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

Junior results

  • 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

  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 August 10, 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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