Boady Santavy

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Boady Santavy
OLY
Personal information
NicknameBoady-Bob
Born (1997-05-22) May 22, 1997 (age 28)
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight94 kg (207 lb)
Sport
Country Canada
Sport Weightlifting
Coached byDalas Santavy
Achievements and titles
World finalsjunior x3 - senior x2
Highest world ranking10th (2018)
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 181 kg (2021)
  • Clean and jerk: 210 kg (2019)
  • Total: 389 kg (2021)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lima –96 kg
Pan American Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2020 Santo Domingo –96 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Guatemala City –96 kg
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Gold Coast –94 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Tashkent –96 kg

Boady Santavy OLY (born May 22, 1997) is a Canadian weightlifter from Sarnia, Ontario. [1]

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Career

2015 Pan American Games

Santavy made his international senior debut at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada. [2] At the games Santavy competed in the 85 kg event and finished in 6th (and last) place with a total of 322 kg. Santavy snatched 146 kg and clean and jerked 176 kg.

2017 World Weightlifting Championships

Santavy moved up to compete in the 94 kg event at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships held in Anaheim, California. Santavy finished in sixth place with an overall lift of 366 kg. [3]

2018 Commonwealth Games

Santavy qualified to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games to be held in the Gold Coast, Australia. Santavy qualified as the number one ranked athlete in the 94 kg event. [4] Santavy unofficially broke the Commonwealth record in the 94 kg event in training in March 2018, weeks before the games. [5]

2020 Olympics

In June 2021, Santavy was named to Canada's Olympic team. [6] [7] He finished forth in men's 96 kg event with a total of 386 kg.

2024 Olympics

In June 2024, Santavy was again named as part of the Canadian Olympic team. [8] He competed in the men's 89 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He lifted 163 kg in the Snatch to place ninth provisionally and failed to register a lift in the Clean & Jerk.

Major results

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
123Rank123Rank
Summer Olympics
2021 Tokyo, Japan 96 kg 1731771782002052083864
2024 Paris, France 89 kg 158163166186187188DNF
World Championships
2015 Houston, United States 85 kg 143148152 24175179 179 2532325
2017 Anaheim, United States 94 kg 157160165719520120663665
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 96 kg 171175178 6203208212 93837
2019 Pattaya, Thailand 96 kg 170175175520320321063806
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 96 kg 172176178Silver medal icon.svg201206207133795
2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 96 kg 160166169101861921961336212
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto, Canada 85 kg 1411461481711761803226
2019 Lima, Peru 96 kg 166171176203208215384Silver medal icon.svg
Pan American Championships
2016 Cartagena, Colombia85 kg1451501524173176180893288
2019 Guatemala City, Guatemala96 kg160165169Bronze medal icon.svg196201207Bronze medal icon.svg370Bronze medal icon.svg
2021 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic96 kg175181187Gold medal icon.svg202208Silver medal icon.svg389Silver medal icon.svg
2024 Caracas, Venezuela89 kg168173173Bronze medal icon.svg

Personal life

Santavy's father, Dalas, competed at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships, while his grandfather, Bob, represented Canada at the 1968 and 1976 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and Montreal respectively. Santavy's grandfather also won a bronze at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City. Santavy's younger brother Noah is also a weightlifter. [9]

2018 hit-and-run incident

On Sunday, March 18, 2018, Santavy struck and seriously injured a Sarnia, Ontario man, then fled the scene. The victim suffered a broken shoulder blade, clavicle, lacerated spleen, brain bleed and other superficial wounds. [10] Santavy turned himself in to police the following day. [11]

References

  1. "Boady Santavy". olympic.ca. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. "Boady Santavy carries on weightlifting legacy at Pan Am Games". CBC News . Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. Paul, Dave (4 January 2018). "After record-shattering year, Boady Santavy has eye on Olympics". Sarnia Journal. Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  4. "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  5. English, Nick (12 March 2018). "Boady Santavy (94kg) Unofficially Breaks Canadian Snatch and C&J Records". www.barbend.com. BarBend Inc. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  6. "Tokyo 2020 Absolute Ranking Lists" (PDF). www.iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  7. Awad, Brandi (18 June 2021). "Five Team Canada weightlifters set to show their strength at Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  8. "Two weightlifters announced to Canadian Olympic Team for Paris 2024". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  9. Graber, Mike (8 November 2016). "Canadian Weightlifter Boady Santavy Breaks Records, Aims for Olympics". www.barbend.com. BarBend Inc. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  10. "Facing hit-and-run charges at home, Canadian weightlifter Boady Santavy claims silver on day of drama at Commonwealth Games". National Post. 8 April 2018.
  11. nurun.com. "Commonwealth Games contender charged in crash". Sarnia Observer. Retrieved 2018-04-02.