Nationality British Club Europa WLC Height 1.59 m Country United Kingdom Coached by Andrew Callard Weight 58 kg | Sport Weightlifting Name Zoe Smith Education Townley Grammar School Event(s) –58kg Role Weightlifter | |
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Born 26 April 1994 (age 30) ( 1994-04-26 ) Greenwich, London Residence Abbey Wood, London, United Kingdom Similar Michaela Breeze, Rebekah Tiler, Seen Lee Profiles |
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Zoe Smith (born 26 April 1994 in Greenwich, London) is an English weightlifter. She holds (as at August 2016) four British clean and jerk records spread across three weight classes. In October 2010 Smith won a bronze medal in the women's 58kg division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, her first senior international competition, to become the first Englishwoman to win a Commonwealth Games weightlifting medal.
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- Weightlifting training with zoe smith rebekah tiler weightlifting week
- Zoe smith commonwealth games weightlifting champion glasgow 2014
- Early life
- Sporting career
- London 2012 Olympic Games
- Career highlights
- References

Zoe smith commonwealth games weightlifting champion glasgow 2014
Early life

Smith attended De Lucy primary school in Abbey Wood and Townley Grammar School for Girls in Bexleyheath.
Sporting career

Smith was training as a gymnast when it was suggested she take up weightlifting to help her borough Greenwich compete in the London Youth Games.
London 2012 Olympic Games

In May 2012 Smith was chosen, as part of Team GB, to represent Great Britain at the 2012 Olympics in London. She competed in the Women's 58kg division and she took the British record with a clean and jerk lift of 121.0 kg (266.8 lb). The record previously stood at 119.0 kg (262.4 lb). With a snatch of 90.0 kg (198.4 lb) she was placed 12th in her weight-class with a total of 211.0 kg (465.2 lb).