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| Full name | Benjamin Mathieu Watson | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 March 1990 Oxford, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (186 cm) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 17 st 11 lb (113 kg) [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 105 kg | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 11 October 2014 | |||||||||||||||
Benjamin Mathieu "Ben" Watson (born 20 March 1990) is a British weightlifter from Oxfordshire. [2] He competed for England in the men's 105 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games [3] where he won a bronze medal. [4]
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| 2011 |  Paris, France | 105 kg | 135 | 140 | 29 | 155 | 160 | 29 | 300 | 29 | ||
Representing  England | ||||||||||||
| Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||
| 2018 |  Brisbane, Australia | +105 kg | 155 | 160 | 5 | 185 | 192 | 6 | 352 | 6 | ||
| 2014 |  Glasgow, Scotland | 105 kg | 147 | 152 | 157 | 1 | 180 | 6 | 337 |  | ||
| Commonwealth Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | Gold Coast, Australia | +105 kg | 148 | 153 | 5 | 175 | 180 | 184 | 8 | 337 | 6 | |
| 2013 |  Penang, Malaysia | 105 kg | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 328 | 6 |
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