Sarah Cochrane
{{Short description|Australian weightlifter (born 1989)}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Commonwealth Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2022 Birmingham|64 kg}}
{{MedalComp|Pacific Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Apia|64 kg}}
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{{MedalGold|2021 Tashkent|64 kg}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Apia|64 kg}}
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Sarah Maureen Cochrane (born 23 September 1989) is an Australian weightlifter. She won the silver medal in the women's 64{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham, England.{{Cite news |last=Burke |first=Patrick |date=1 August 2022 |title=Murray, Davies and Charron set Commonwealth Games records to win weightlifting golds |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1126491/weightlifting-day-3-birmingham-2022 |access-date=2 August 2022}} She also won the silver medal in the women's 64{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2019 Pacific Games held in Apia, Samoa.{{Cite news |last=Pavitt |first=Michael |date=10 July 2019 |title=Australian flagbearer leads weightlifting medal charge at Samoa 2019 |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1081871/australia-weightlifting-gold-samoa-2019 |access-date=26 December 2021}}{{cite web |accessdate=18 July 2019 |title=Pacific Games Apia – Sam 09.07.2019 – 15.07.2019 Contents (Senior) |website=www.oceaniaweightlifting.com |url=http://www.oceaniaweightlifting.com/Portals/0/results/owf-results/2019PG.pdf?ver=2019-07-18-123626-010 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190718143949/http://www.oceaniaweightlifting.com/Portals/0/results/owf-results/2019PG.pdf?ver=2019-07-18-123626-010 |archivedate=18 July 2019}}
Early life
Cochrane was born in Rockhampton, Queensland where she graduated from Glenmore State High School.{{cite news |author= |date=28 May 2022 |title=Rocky girl set to lift |url=https://cqtoday.com.au/sport/2022/05/28/rocky-girl-set-to-lift/ |url-access=limited |work=CQ Today |location= |access-date=28 May 2022}} 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{{nbsp}}kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.{{Cite web |title=2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book |url=https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/12/Results_Book_2021_World_Championships_.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211217203058/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2021/12/Results_Book_2021_World_Championships_.pdf |archive-date=17 December 2021 |access-date=17 December 2021 |website=International Weightlifting Federation}} 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.{{cite web |title=Gold for Egypt and First World Records – Day 6 at the IWF World Championships and Commonwealth Championships |url=https://iwf.sport/2021/12/12/gold-for-egypt-and-first-world-records-day-6-at-the-iwf-world-championships-and-commonwealth-championships/ |publisher=IWF |access-date=24 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211212215050/https://iwf.sport/2021/12/12/gold-for-egypt-and-first-world-records-day-6-at-the-iwf-world-championships-and-commonwealth-championships/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter |archive-date=12 December 2021 |date=12 December 2021}}{{Cite web |title=2021 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships Results Book |url=https://www.commonwealthweightlifting.com/newsarchive/docs/2021/Results_Book_Commonwealth_Championships.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211224165657/https://www.commonwealthweightlifting.com/newsarchive/docs/2021/Results_Book_Commonwealth_Championships.pdf |archive-date=24 December 2021 |access-date=25 December 2021 |website=Commonwealth Weightlifting Federation}} As a result, she qualified to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.{{Cite news |last=Oliver |first=Brian |date=23 December 2021 |title=Weightlifting ranking events for Commonwealth Games make it a busy February |work=InsideTheGames.biz |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1117181/birmingham-2022-weightlifting |access-date=25 December 2021}}{{Cite web |title=Weightlifting Results Book |url=https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WLF/ResultBook/CG2022_WLF_v1.0.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220808105119/https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/WLF/ResultBook/CG2022_WLF_v1.0.pdf |archive-date=8 August 2022 |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=2022 Commonwealth Games}}
Achievements
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| colspan=13 | World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | align=left | {{flagicon|UZB}} Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 64 kg | 90 | 95 | 6 | 110 | 115 | 8 | 210 | 7 | ||
| 2022 | align=left | {{flagicon|COL}} Bogotá, Colombia | 64 kg | 93 | 98 | 6 | 113 | 12 | 211 | 6 | |||
| colspan=13 | Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | align=left | {{flagicon|ENG}} Birmingham, England | 64 kg | 93 | 97 | 100 | {{n/a}} | 112 | 116 | {{n/a}} | 216 | {{silver2}} | |
| colspan=13 | Commonwealth Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | align=left | {{flagicon|SAM}} Apia, Samoa | 64 kg | 88 | 92 | 108 | 112 | 204 | {{bronze3}} | ||||
| 2021 | align=left | {{flagicon|UZB}} Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 64 kg | 90 | 95 | 110 | 115 | 210 | {{gold1}} |
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Category:Sportspeople from Rockhampton
Category:Australian female weightlifters
Category:Weightlifters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Category:21st-century Australian sportswomen
Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:Sportswomen from Queensland