 Brown at the 2017 Summer Universiade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Mercy Opeyemi Brown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 June 1996 London | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5+1⁄2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (200 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country |  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | –90kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | TSN Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | George Manners | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mercy Brown (born 20 June 1996 in London) is an English weightlifter. She holds three British records. [1]
Brown started lifting in 2011 at the age of 15. [2] She earned her first medal (bronze) in 2013 at the European U17 Championship. [3]
| 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 | ||||||||||||
| 2015 |  Houston, United States | +75 kg | 101 | 26 | 121 | 123 | 126 | 28 | 227 | 28 | ||
| 2014 |  Almaty, Kazakhstan | 75 kg | 89 | 92 | 94 | 16 | 111 | 116 | 18 | 210 | 18 | |
| European Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2016 |  Førde, Norway | +75 kg | 100 | 103 |  | 123 | 127 |  | 230 | | ||
| Universiade | ||||||||||||
| 2017 |  New Taipei, Taipei | +90 kg | 98 | 5 | 125 | 134 | 136 | 3 | 234 | | ||
Representing  England | ||||||||||||
| Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||
| 2014 |  Glasgow, Scotland [4] | 75 kg | 91 | 5 | 112 | 3 | 203 | 4 | ||||
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