Chris Freebury

{{short description|British weightlifter}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=April 2018}}

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| fullname = Christopher Xavier Freebury

| nickname = boldy

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|05|22|df=y}}

| birth_place = Derby, United Kingdom

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| height = {{convert|1.68|m|ftin|abbr=off}}

| weight = {{convert|67.75|kg|lb|abbr=on}}

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| sport = Weightlifting

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| team = National team

| coach = Cyril Martin

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| updated = 4 September 2016

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Christopher Xavier Freebury (born {{birth date|1989|05|22|df=yes}} in Derby) is a British male weightlifter, competing in the 69 kg category and representing England and Great Britain at international competitions. He represented England at the 2010 and 2014 Commonwealth Games. He competed at world championships, most recently at the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships.{{cite web|title=2014 Weightlifting World Championships - Christopher Xavier Freebury|url=http://www.iwf.net/results/results-by-events/?event=298|publisher=iwf.net|accessdate=23 June 2016}} His coach is Cyril Martin.

He began weightlifting because he was too short to play water polo. He first tried weightlifting at age 12. He took it up competitively at age 16.{{cite web|url=http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/judo/1023069/christopher_freebury.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160917030152/http://results.glasgow2014.com/athlete/judo/1023069/christopher_freebury.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=17 September 2016|title=Glasgow 2014 - Christopher Freebury Profile}}