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| Nickname | Boady-Bob | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 22, 1997 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Dalas Santavy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| World finals | junior x3 - senior x2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest world ranking | 10th (2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Boady Santavy OLY (born May 22, 1997) is a Canadian weightlifter from Sarnia, Ontario. [1]
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.
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]
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]
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.
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.
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Tokyo, Japan | 96 kg | 173 | 178 | — | 200 | 208 | — | 386 | 4 | ||
| 2024 | Paris, France | 89 kg | 158 | 163 | — | — | DNF | — | ||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Houston, United States | 85 kg | 143 | 148 | 24 | 175 | 25 | 323 | 25 | |||
| 2017 | Anaheim, United States | 94 kg | 160 | 165 | 7 | 195 | 201 | 6 | 366 | 5 | ||
| 2018 | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 96 kg | 171 | 175 | 6 | 203 | 208 | 9 | 383 | 7 | ||
| 2019 | Pattaya, Thailand | 96 kg | 170 | 5 | 203 | 210 | 6 | 380 | 6 | |||
| 2021 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 96 kg | 172 | 176 | 178 |  | 201 | 13 | 379 | 5 | ||
| 2023 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 96 kg | 160 | 166 | 10 | 186 | 192 | 196 | 13 | 362 | 12 | |
| Pan American Games | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Toronto, Canada | 85 kg | 141 | 146 | — | 171 | 176 | — | 322 | 6 | ||
| 2019 | Lima, Peru | 96 kg | 166 | 171 | 176 | — | 203 | 208 | — | 384 | | |
| Pan American Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | Cartagena, Colombia | 85 kg | 145 | 150 | 152 | 4 | 173 | 176 | 89 | 328 | 8 | |
| 2019 | Guatemala City, Guatemala | 96 kg | 160 | 165 | 169 |  | 196 | 201 | | 370 | | |
| 2021 | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 96 kg | 175 | 181 |  | 202 | 208 | — | | 389 | | |
| 2024 | Caracas, Venezuela | 89 kg | 168 | | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
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]
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]
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