Emily Campbell is the most successful British Weightlifter in modern times. A four-time European Champion, Emily is a double world and Olympic medallist. The first British woman in history to win a weightlifting medal at the Olympic Games, she is only the sixth person to win an Olympic medal for weightlifting, and the first since 1984. Emily is not only a powerhouse of weightlifting, but a passionate advocate and role model with aspirations of community action to support and empower the next generation.
Emily’s weightlifting career began when she won the Senior Championships in 2017, a title she would go on to defend in 2018 and 2019. From the Senior Championships, Emily’s career would go from strength to strength, winning bronze for Team England in the 2018 Commonwealth games and the 2019 European Championships before becoming European Champion in Moscow in the +87kg category. In Tokyo Olympics Emily won her first Olympic medal, taking silver in the 87kg+ category.
An unstoppable force, Emily won three gold medals in the 2021 European Championships, setting two British records and a new Commonwealth record. A 2022 Commonwealth Games gold medallist, Emily sustained an injury in 2023, back issues and knee surgery caused her to drop out of the competition for the world title. But her unrelenting resilience and drive saw her come back fighting the following year and she not only won bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics, but she set a new combined personal best of 288kg!
Named Sportscover Weightlifter of the Year at the 2021 BWL Annual Achievement Awards, Emily is not only leading the charge in British weightlifting, but is also a passionate advocate for more diversity in British weightlifting and a recognised figure in the body positivity movement. She also has aspirations of opening a youth and development gym to support and empower the next generation. Her inspiring story of perseverance and resilience and her dedication to social change make Emily the perfect choice for those looking to empower and inspire.
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- 2024 – Won a fourth consecutive European title
- 2024 – Won Bronze at the Paris Olympic Games
- 2023 – Won Gold at the European Weightlifting Championships
- 2022 – Won gold at the Commonwealth Games
- 2022 – Won Gold at the European Weightlifting Championships
- 2021 – World Champion Bronze medallist
- 2021 – European Champion
- 2021 – Won Silver at the Tokyo Olympics Games – clean and jerk record of 161kg
- 2019 – Won Bronze at the European Championships
- 2018 – Won Bronze at the Commonwealth Games
- 2017 – Finished fourth at the Commonwealth Championships
- 2017 – Won her first English Senior Championship
