Mercy Brown (weightlifter)

Mercy Brown
Personal information
Birth name Mercy Opeyemi Brown
Nationality British
Born (1996-06-20) 20 June 1996
London
Residence London
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 1⁄2 in)
Weight 90 kg (200 lb)
Sport
Country  United Kingdom
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) –90kg
Club Crystal Palace Weightlifting Club
Coached by George Manners
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Førde 2016+75 kg
Universiade
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  United Kingdom
World Championships
2015United States Houston, United States+75 kg101105105261211231262822728
2014Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan75 kg899294161111161161821018
European Championships
2016Norway Førde, Norway+75 kg1001031063rd, bronze medalist(s)12312713042303rd, bronze medalist(s)
Universiade
2017Chinese Taipei New Taipei, Taipei+90 kg98103104512513413632343rd, bronze medalist(s)
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2014Scotland Glasgow, Scotland75 kg919194511211211232034[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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