Zoe Smith

Zoe Smith (born 26 April 1994 in Greenwich, London)[1] is an English weightlifter. She holds (as at August 2016) four British clean and jerk records spread across three weight classes.[2][3] In October 2010 Smith won a bronze medal in the women's 58kg division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, her first senior international competition,[4] to become the first Englishwoman to win a Commonwealth Games weightlifting medal.[5]

For other uses, see Zoe Smith (disambiguation).

Zoe Smith
Zoe Smith at the London Youth Games
Personal information
Birth nameZoë Smith
NationalityBritish
Born (1994-04-26) 26 April 1994
Greenwich, London
Height1.59 m (5 ft 2 1⁄2 in)
Weight58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Country United Kingdom
SportWeightlifting
Event(s)–58kg
ClubEuropa WLC
Coached byAndrew Callard
Medal record
Women's Weightlifting
European Championship
2014 Tel Aviv Women's 58 kg
2019 Batumi–64 kg
Commonwealth Games
2010 Delhi Women's 58 kg
2014 Glasgow Women's 58 kg
2018 Gold Coast Women's 63 kg
Updated on 31 May 2019.

Early life

Smith attended De Lucy primary school in Abbey Wood and Townley Grammar School for Girls in Bexleyheath.[6][7]

Sporting career

Smith was training as a gymnast when it was suggested she take up weightlifting to help her borough Greenwich compete in the London Youth Games.[8]

She missed being selected for the 2016 Olympics following a shoulder injury.[9][10] Following UK Sport's decision to cut funding for weightlifting in 2016, Smith launched a crowdfunding appeal in July 2018, seeking to raise £10,000 to help her qualify for the 2020 Olympics.[11] This target was reached by June 2019.

London 2012 Olympic Games

In May 2012 Smith was chosen, as part of Team GB, to represent Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics in London. She competed in the Women's 58kg division and she took the British record with a clean and jerk lift of 121.0 kg (266.8 lb). The record previously stood at 119.0 kg (262.4 lb). With a snatch of 90.0 kg (198.4 lb) she was placed 12th in her weight-class with a total of 211.0 kg (465.2 lb).

Career highlights
  • 2018: Commonwealth Games Silver Medal
  • 2014: Commonwealth games Gold medal and Games records in the Clean and Jerk and Total.
  • 2014: British Senior Championships: Champion.
  • 2014: European Weightlifting Championships:Clean & Jerk Bronze, Total Bronze.
  • 2012: British clean and jerk record (London 2012 Olympics).[3]
  • 2012: European Weightlifting Championships: 4th.
  • 2010: Commonwealth Games: Bronze in Total.
  • 2010: English Senior Championships: Champion.
  • 2010: European Youth Championships: Snatch Bronze; Clean & Jerk Silver; Total Silver.
  • 2009: British Junior Championships: Champion.
  • 2009: British U17 Championships: Champion.
  • 2009: World Youth Championships: 8th.
  • 2009: European Junior Championships: 6th.
  • 2008: European Youth Championships: Clean & Jerk Silver.
  • 2008: Commonwealth Youth Games: Gold.
  • 2008: BOA Athlete of the Year – Weightlifting.

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
123Rank123Rank
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2012 London, Great Britain58 kg90939313116121121921110
World Championships
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan64 kg929295141171201201521517
2015 Houston, United States63 kg94971001112012412892219
European Championships
2019 Batumi, Georgia64 kg9296986122126128224
2016 Førde, Norway63 kg93969841161191192154
2014 Tel Aviv, Israel58 kg8686905114118118204
2012 Antalya, Turkey58 kg8589'92411011612042084
British International Open
2019 Coventry, Great Britain64 kg919410021201251301225
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold Coast, Australia63 kg879092110112115207
2014 Glasgow, Scotland53 kg899295112115118202
2010 Delhi, India58 kg8080854103106108188

References
  1. "THE ENGLAND TEAM | Sporting Life | Commonwealth Games, Delhi 2010, Medal Table". Archived from the original on 25 October 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  2. "British Women's Senior Records" (PDF). Britishweightlifting.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 August 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  3. Ben Dirs. "Olympics weightlifting: Zoe Smith hits back at Twitter critics". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 6 November 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  4. Shah, Sonali (6 October 2010). "Commonwealth Games 2010: What makes Zoe Smith special?". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 3 December 2020. Retrieved 12 October 2010.
  5. Hart, Simon (6 October 2010). "Commonwealth Games 2010: Zoe Smith makes British weightlifting history". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 13 August 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  6. "Starting Blocks athlete Zoe Smith selected to Team GB". Greenwichstartingblocks.org. Archived from the original on 7 August 2012. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
  7. "Olympic weightlfting: Back to school for Olympian Zoe Smith". BBC News. 30 July 2012. Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  8. "Team 2012 – Zoe Smith". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 14 April 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  9. "Rio 2016: Zoe Smith ruled out of Rio as Rebekah Tiler takes weightlifting spot". BBC Sport. 29 June 2016. Archived from the original on 22 July 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  10. Shephard, Sarah (20 May 2017). "Zoe Smith: 'You're treated differently when you're not an Olympian. I'm a coffee wench now'". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 23 July 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019 – via www.theguardian.com.
  11. "Zoe Smith interview: The Olympian forced to crowdfund her way back to the top". The Independent. 24 August 2018. Archived from the original on 4 June 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.


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