Sarah Fischer (weightlifter)
Austrian weightlifter (born 2000)
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Sarah Fischer (born 9 November 2000)[1] is an Austrian weightlifter. She is a three-time medalist at the European Weightlifting Championships.[2][3] She also represented Austria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[4] Her brother is weightlifter David Fischer.[5]
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| Born | 9 November 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Austria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | +87 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
At the 2017 Youth World Weightlifting Championships held in Bangkok, Thailand, Fischer won the silver medal in the women's +75 kg event.[6] In that same year, at the 2017 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania, she won the silver medal in the women's junior 90 kg event.[7]
In 2018, Fischer won the bronze medal in the women's 90 kg event at the Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[8]
In 2019, at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Batumi, Georgia, Fischer won the bronze medal in the women's 87 kg event.[3] In that same year, she also won the silver medal in the women's junior 87 kg event at the 2019 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Bucharest, Romania.[9]
In 2020, she won the bronze medal in the women's 87 kg event at the Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome, Italy.[1][10] In 2021, she competed in her event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Moscow, Russia.[11]
Fischer represented Austria at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She finished in 10th place in the women's +87 kg event.[12] At the 2021 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships in Rovaniemi, Finland, she won the silver medal in her event.[13]
Fischer won the bronze medal in her event at the 2022 European Weightlifting Championships held in Tirana, Albania.[14][15] She won the gold medal in her event at the 2022 European Junior & U23 Weightlifting Championships held in Durrës, Albania.[16]
In 2023, she competed in the women's +87 kg event at the European Weightlifting Championships held in Yerevan, Armenia.[17] She won the bronze medal in the Clean & Jerk.[17] She also competed at the 2024 European Weightlifting Championships held in Sofia, Bulgaria.[18]
Achievements
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | +87 kg | 93 | 97 | N/a | 117 | 123 | N/a | 220 | 10 | ||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | 87 kg | 97 | 14 | 125 | 9 | 222 | 10 | ||||
| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | Bucharest, Romania | 90 kg | 97 | 101 |  | 122 | 125 | | 226 |  | ||
| 2019 | Batumi, Georgia | 87 kg | 97 | 102 | 4 | 125 | 129 | | 231 | | ||
| 2021 | Moscow, Russia | 87 kg | 95 | 99 | 9 | 118 | 123 | 7 | 222 | 7 | ||
| 2022 | Tirana, Albania | +87 kg | 97 | 100 | 102 | | 128 | | 230 | | ||
| 2023 | Yerevan, Armenia | +87 kg | 99 | 104 | 5 | 128 | 132 | 134 | | 238 | 5 | |
| 2024 | Sofia, Bulgaria | +87 kg | 97 | 101 | 6 | 125 | 130 | 4 | 231 | 5 | ||
| 2025 | Chișinău, Moldova | 87 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2020 | Rome, Italy | 87 kg | 98 | 5 | 123 | | 221 | | ||||