Personal information | |
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Birth name | Amy Louise Williams |
Nationality | British |
Born | 28 February 1992 |
Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) |
Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) |
Sport | |
Country | Great Britain |
Sport | Weightlifting |
Event | –55kg |
Club | Wisdom 4 Weightlifting |
Amy Louise Williams (born 28 February 1992) is an English weightlifter.
Williams started with CrossFit in 2014 at the age of 22. [1] Later she change to Olympic weightlifting. Williams participated in her first competition in 2015.
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 | ||||||||||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | 55 kg | 73 | 76 | 35 | 94 | 97 | 30 | 173 | 31 | ||
2018 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 55 kg | 71 | 74 | 37 | 92 | 96 | 32 | 170 | 35 | ||
European Championships | ||||||||||||
2019 | Batumi, Georgia | 55 kg | 72 | 75 | 15 | 93 | 98 | 13 | 173 | 13 | ||
2018 | Bucharest, Romania | 53 kg | 70 | 75 | 9 | 90 | 12 | 165 | 11 |
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