Mattie Sasser

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Mattie Sasser
Personal information
Full nameMathlynn Langtor Sasser-Robert
Nationality
Born (1996-12-25) December 25, 1996 (age 28)
Mili, Marshall Islands
Weight57.54 kg (126.9 lb)
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Event–64 kg
Coached by David Ester
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing the Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg  Marshall Islands
Pacific Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Port Moresby 58 kg
Oceania Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Suva 58 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Gold Coast 63 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Honiara 59 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Auckland 59 kg
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2015 Port Moresby 58 kg
Pacific Mini Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Port Vila 63 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Mata Utu 58 kg
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Ashgabat 63 kg
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2019 Lima 64 kg
Pan American Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Guatemala City 64 kg

Mathlynn Langtor Sasser-Robert (born December 25, 1996) is a Marshallese-born American weightlifter who currently represents the Marshall Islands.

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Career

Sasser competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 58 kg event, in which she placed eleventh. [1] [2] She was the flag bearer for the Marshall Islands at the 2016 Parade of Nations. [3] As a dual citizen of both the Marshall Islands and the United States, she switched her sporting nationality in international competition and attempted to qualify for the United States team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She was injured during qualification, however, and required knee surgery. In 2023, she switched back to the Marshall Islands again to qualify for the 2024 games. She was coached by Casey Knuth and trained in Samoa before the games. [4]

Sasser went on to represent the Marshall Islands at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [5] She competed in her event on August 8, 2024, which was held in the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. She failed to lift her first and second attempts at the snatch at 94 kilograms, then successfully lifted the same weight on her last attempt. She successfully clean and jerked 110 kilograms for her first attempt, then lifted 115 kilograms for her second, ultimately failing her last attempt at 118 kilograms. She ended with a total of 209 kilograms, placing her tenth out of twelve competitors, the highest Olympic finish by a Marshallese athlete. The winner of the event was Luo Shifang with a total of 241 kilograms. [6] After her event, she commented her desire for more women in her country to pursue weightlifting. She also commented her concerns of the possible removal of weightlifting as an Olympic sport after the 2028 Summer Olympics. [7]

Major results

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
123Rank123Rank
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 58 kg 82848711011211219911
2024 Paris, France 59 kg 94949411011511820910
World Championships
2015 Houston, United States 58 kg 778082321001031062618329
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 64 kg 9497100121201211251321813
2019 Pattaya, Thailand 64 kg 961001039125126127
2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 59 kg 909494201121161162121020
Oceania Championships
2012 Apia, Samoa58 kg5010550765707161217
2013 Brisbane, Australia58 kg636770480858541474
2015 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea58 kg727575Bronze medal icon.svg959797Bronze medal icon.svg172Bronze medal icon.svg
2016 Suva, Fiji58 kg828588Silver medal icon.svg108113114Gold medal icon.svg199Gold medal icon.svg
2017 Gold Coast, Australia63 kg869092Gold medal icon.svg113115118Gold medal icon.svg205Gold medal icon.svg
2023 Honiara, Solomon Islands59 kg909597Gold medal icon.svg110115Gold medal icon.svg210Gold medal icon.svg
2024 Auckland, New Zealand59 kg929698Gold medal icon.svg112112112Silver medal icon.svg210Silver medal icon.svg
Pan American Games
2019 Lima, Peru 64 kg 96100102125128130232Silver medal icon.svg
Pan American Championships
2018 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic63 kg919598711512012472157
2019 Guatemala City, Guatemala64 kg95981015123127129Gold medal icon.svg227Bronze medal icon.svg
2021 Guayaquil, Ecuador64 kg97981015120125128Bronze medal icon.svg2235

References

  1. "Mathlynn Sasser". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  2. "Women's 58kg - Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 20, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  3. "Rio 2016 Olympic Ceremony - Flag Bearers" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. Retrieved August 20, 2016.
  4. Oliver, Brian (June 12, 2023). "US weightlifters battle for Paris 2024 rankings while former team-mate Sasser shines". Inside the Games . Archived from the original on April 19, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  5. Manukuo, Matt. "Going for Gold: Team Pacific at the Paris Olympics". PMN | Pacific Media Network. Retrieved July 19, 2024.
  6. "Weightlifting Women's 59 kg" (PDF). Paris Organising Committee for the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games . August 8, 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on August 25, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2025.
  7. Osifelo, Elizabeth (August 10, 2024). "Mathlynn Sasser Hopes to Inspire Future Generations in Weightlifting". Oceania National Olympic Committees . Pacnews. Archived from the original on December 6, 2024. Retrieved March 11, 2025.