IWF Rome World Cup Team GB Squad Announcement

British Weight Lifting have selected a squad of five athletes to compete in the Rome IWF World Cup which is taking place on the January 27-31, 2020.

The competition has been approved as a Silver category Olympic qualification event.

The following lifters have been chosen to represent Team GB:  

• W64 Zoe Smith (2x European Bronze Medallist)
• W87+ Mercy Brown (European Bronze Medallist)
• W64 Sarah Davies (Commonwealth Games Silver Medallist)
• M109 Owen Boxall (Commonwealth Games Bronze Medallist)
• M102 Edmon Avetisyan (4^th Commonwealth Games)

The support team who will be assisting the athletes at the competition is as follows

• Dave Sawyer, Senior National Coach
• Andrew Callard, Senior National Coach
• Christie-Marie Williams, Performance Coach

British Weight Lifting would like to wish all the athletes and coaches’ good luck ahead of the event.