Sarah Cochrane

Sarah Cochrane

Personal information
Born	(1989-09-23) 23 September 1989 Rockhampton, Queensland
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Weightlifting
Medal record Women's weightlifting Representing Australia Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham 64 kg Pacific Games 2019 Apia 64 kg Commonwealth Championships Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent 64 kg Bronze medal – third place 2019 Apia 64 kg Oceania Championships Gold medal – first place 2021 (held online) 64 kg 2019 Apia 64 kg Arafura Games Bronze medal – third place 2019 Darwin 64 kg

Sarah Maureen Cochrane (born 23 September 1989) is an Australian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 64 kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England. She also won the silver medal in the women's 64 kg event at the 2019 Pacific Games held in Apia, Samoa.

Early life

Cochrane was born in Rockhampton, Queensland where she graduated from Glenmore State High School. While living in Rockhampton, Cochrane reached top levels in women's artistic gymnastics while training at Victoria Park Gymnastics Club where she became a coach after achieving her own goals.

In 2008, Cochrane relocated with her family to Townsville where she worked as a coach for Gymnastics Townsville. She also became involved with CrossFit which is where her coach Bryce Knight first encouraged her to compete in weightlifting.

Cochrane graduated from James Cook University in 2012 with a degree in speech pathology. She has established her own business which specialises in working with children and young adults who use augmentative and alternative communication.

Career

Representing Australia as a weightlifter for the first time in 2019, Cochrane just missed out on a spot at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

Cochrane competed in the women's 64 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She finished in 7th place in this competition. The 2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships were also held at the same time and her total result gave her the gold medal in this event. As a result, she qualified to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.

Achievements

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
World Championships
2021	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	64 kg	90	95	100	6	110	115	121	8	210	7
2022	Bogotá, Colombia	64 kg	93	98	101	6	113	113	118	12	211	6
Commonwealth Games
2022	Birmingham, England	64 kg	93	97	100	—	112	116	118	—	216	2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Commonwealth Championships
2019	Apia, Samoa	64 kg	88	92	96		108	112	112		204	3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2021	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	64 kg	90	95	100		110	115	121		210	1st place, gold medalist(s)