Chris Murray (weightlifter)
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British weightlifter
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1999年02月05日) 5 February 1999 (age 26) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | –81kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Christopher John Murray is a British weightlifter competing in the 81 kg weight class.[1] [2] [3] He won gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.[4] [5]
Career
[edit ]Murray won his first international medal when he received a bronze in the 62 Kg category at the 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games held in Samoa.[6]
Murray first won gold (77kg class) at the British Weight Lifting Championships in 2018,[7] and has also won in 2019, 2021 and 2022.[8]
In 2022, Murray set a new Commonwealth record when he lifted a total of 325kg to win gold in the 81 kg category at the 2022 Commonwealth Games held in Birmingham.[9]
References
[edit ]- ^ "Generation 22: Chris Murray". Team England. 5 November 2021.
- ^ "murray happy". britishweightlifting.org.
- ^ Ltd, Go Media. "Chris Murray". COMPANYNAME.
- ^ "Weightlifting - Chris Murray (Great Britain)". www.the-sports.org.
- ^ "England's Chris Murray wins Commonwealth Games gold in men's 81kg - Sports Mole". amp.sportsmole.co.uk.
- ^ "Samoa 2015 V Commonwealth Youth Games: Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 December 2022.
- ^ "The British Weight Lifting and Para Powerlifting Championships 2018 Results". British Weight Lifting.
- ^ "Chris Murray". England Weight Lifting.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games: England's Chris Murray and Sarah Davies win weightlifting golds". BBC Sport. 1 August 2022.
External links
[edit ]- Chris Murray at England Weight Lifting
- Chris Murray at Team England
- Chris Murray at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
Categories:
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- Living people
- British male weightlifters
- Commonwealth Games medallists in weightlifting
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Weightlifters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century British sportsmen
- Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
- British weightlifting biography stubs