# Emily Campbell > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emily_Campbell > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Emily_Campbell.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Campbell > Source revision: 1351179541 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|British weightlifter (born 1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Emily Campbell | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = British | sport = Weightlifting | event = | club = Atlas Weightlifting Club | coach = Cyril Martin | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|5|6|df=yes}} | birth_place = [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham), England | hometown = [Nottingham](/source/Nottingham), England | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = [Leeds Beckett University](/source/Leeds_Beckett_University) | height = 1.765 m{{cite web |url=https://teamengland.org/team-england-athletes/emily-campbell|website=teamengland.org|access-date=16 August 2021 |publisher=Commonwealth Games England|title=Emily Campbell – Weightlifting}} | weight = 112 kg | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's [weightlifting](/source/Olympic_weightlifting)}} {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}} {{MedalOlympic}} {{MedalSilver|[2020 Tokyo](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics)|[+87 kg](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B87_kg)}} {{MedalBronze|[2024 Paris](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics)|[+81 kg](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B81_kg)}} {{MedalComp|[World Championships](/source/World_Weightlifting_Championships)}} {{MedalSilver|[2022 Bogota](/source/2022_World_Weightlifting_Championships)|[+87 kg](/source/2022_World_Weightlifting_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B87_kg)}} {{MedalBronze|[2021 Tashkent](/source/2021_World_Weightlifting_Championships)|[+87 kg](/source/2021_World_Weightlifting_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B87_kg)}} {{MedalComp|[European Championships](/source/European_Weightlifting_Championships)}} {{MedalGold|[2021 Moscow](/source/2021_European_Weightlifting_Championships)|+87 kg}} {{MedalGold|[2022 Tirana](/source/2022_European_Weightlifting_Championships)|+87 kg}} {{MedalGold|[2023 Yerevan](/source/2023_European_Weightlifting_Championships)|+87 kg}} {{MedalGold|[2024 Sofia](/source/2024_European_Weightlifting_Championships)|+87 kg}} {{MedalGold|[2025 Chișinău](/source/2025_European_Weightlifting_Championships)|+87 kg}} {{Medal|Gold|[2026 Batumi](/source/2026_European_Weightlifting_Championships)|[+86 kg](/source/2026_European_Weightlifting_Championships)}} {{MedalBronze|[2019 Batumi](/source/2019_European_Weightlifting_Championships)|+87 kg}} {{MedalComp|[European U23 Championships](/source/European_Junior_%26_U23_Weightlifting_Championships)}} {{MedalSilver|[2017 Durrës](/source/2017_European_Junior_%26_U23_Weightlifting_Championships)|[+87 kg](/source/2017_European_Junior_%26_U23_Weightlifting_Championships)}} {{MedalCountry|{{ENG}}}} {{MedalComp|[Commonwealth Games](/source/Commonwealth_Games)}} {{MedalGold|[2022 Birmingham](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games)|[+87 kg](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B87_kg)}} {{MedalBronze|[2018 Gold Coast](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games)|[+90 kg](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B90_kg)}} | show-medals = yes }} '''Emily Campbell''' (born 6 May 1994) is a British [weightlifter](/source/Olympic_weightlifting).{{cite web |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n6031578-emily-campbell.htm |title=Emily Campbell |publisher=Gold Coast 2018 |accessdate=11 April 2018 |archive-date=12 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180412145619/https://results.gc2018.com/en/weightlifting/athlete-profile-n6031578-emily-campbell.htm |url-status=dead }} Widely regarded as the most successful British female weightlifter of modern times, she is a Commonwealth and six-time European champion, and a double World and Olympic medalist. In 2021, competing in the +87 kg category, Campbell became both European champion, and the first British woman to win an Olympic medal in the sport, with silver at the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) in Tokyo. In 2022 she retained her European title, won the gold medal at her home [Commonwealth Games](/source/2022_Commonwealth_Games) in a new Commonwealth Games record, and upgraded her 2021 World Championships bronze medal to a silver in Bogota. In 2023, Campbell confirmed a hat-trick of three successive European titles, before in 2024 recreating her 2021 success, winning her fourth consecutive European title and her second Olympic medal, a bronze in the [+81 kg](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B81_kg) category at the [2024 Summer Olympics](/source/2024_Summer_Olympics) in Paris. In 2025 a fifth consecutive European title came, with a sixth following in 2026. ==Biography== Campbell is from the [Snape Wood](/source/Snape_Wood) estate in [Bulwell](/source/Bulwell), [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire).{{cite news |last1=Thirkill |first1=Stephen |title=Bulwell's Emily Campbell wins Olympic silver medal |url=https://www.hucknalldispatch.co.uk/sport/other-sport/bulwells-emily-campbell-wins-olympic-silver-medal-3331561 |access-date=2 August 2021 |work=Hucknall Dispatch |date=2 August 2021}} She graduated from [Leeds Beckett University](/source/Leeds_Beckett_University) with a Sports Science degree in 2016.{{cite news |last1=Blackall |first1=Molly |last2=Walker |first2=Amy |title=Tokyo Olympics: How two UK universities produced dozens of Team GB stars – and trained them over FaceTime |url=https://inews.co.uk/news/tokyo-olympics-2020-team-gb-athletes-leeds-beckett-loughborough-university-virtual-training-1138393 |access-date=7 August 2021 |work=inews |date=7 August 2021}} Campbell competed in the [women's +90 kg event](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B90_kg) at the [2018 Commonwealth Games](/source/2018_Commonwealth_Games), winning the bronze medal.{{cite web|url=http://www.sobserver.ws/en/10_04_2018/sport/32035/Feagaiga-Stowers-secures-Samoa%E2%80%99s-second-gold-medal.htm |title=Feagaiga Stowers secures Samoa's second gold medal |work=Samoa Observer |accessdate=11 April 2018}}{{cite web |url=https://results.gc2018.com/en/weightlifting/event-schedule-women-s--plus-90kg.htm |title=Event Schedule - Women's +90kg |work=Gold Coast 2018 |access-date=11 April 2018 |archive-date=2 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230202034650/https://results.gc2018.com/en/weightlifting/event-schedule-women-s--plus-90kg.htm |url-status=dead }} In the following year she came third in the 2019 European Championships gaining another bronze medal. In early 2021 she became the European champion after winning in Moscow in the +87 kg category.{{Cite web|last=Moore|first=Joel|date=2021-08-01|title=Family of Bulwell's Olympic weightlifting star are 'so proud'|url=https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/were-proud-family-bulwells-olympic-5726410|access-date=2021-08-02|website=NottinghamshireLive}} At the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) in Tokyo (held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), Campbell became the first British female weightlifter to win a medal at the Olympics, with a silver in the [women's +87 kg event](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B87_kg).{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/58059401 |title=Tokyo Olympics: Emily Campbell becomes first British female weightlifter to win Olympic medal |work=BBC Sport |access-date=2 July 2021}}{{Cite news|last=Oliver|first=Brian|date=2 August 2021|title=Unstoppable weightlifter Li wins again as Britain's Campbell ends 37-year medal wait|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1111131/weightlifting-li-china-tokyo-olympics|access-date=2 August 2021}}{{Cite web|title=Women's +87 kg Results|url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFWO87KG-------------FNL---------.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802130705/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/resOG2020-/pdf/OG2020-/WLF/OG2020-_WLF_C73_WLFWO87KG-------------FNL---------.pdf|archive-date=2 August 2021|access-date=2 August 2021|work=Tokyo 2020 Olympics|publisher=[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games](/source/Tokyo_Organising_Committee_of_the_Olympic_and_Paralympic_Games)}} Later that year, she went on to earn a bronze medal at the [World Championships](/source/2021_World_Weightlifting_Championships) in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.{{cite news |title=Emily Campbell: British weightlifter adds world bronze to Olympic silver and Euro gold |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/weightlifting/59695887 |access-date=24 December 2021 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=17 December 2021}}{{Cite news|last=Oliver|first=Brian|date=17 December 2021|title=Stunning sweep of weightlifting world records for Lasha - and another medal for Britain|work=[InsideTheGames.biz](/source/Inside_the_Games)|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1116941/iwf-world-championships|access-date=18 December 2021}} She won the gold medal in her event at the [2022 European Weightlifting Championships](/source/2022_European_Weightlifting_Championships) held in Tirana, Albania and retained her title, with a somewhat reduced lift, in [2023 in Yerevan, Armenia](/source/2023_European_Weightlifting_Championships).{{Cite news |last=Oliver |first=Brian |date=5 June 2022 |title=Landmark golds for Britain's Campbell and Norway's Koanda at European Weightlifting Championships |work=[InsideTheGames.biz](/source/Inside_The_Games) |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1124096/campbell-konada-european-weightlifting |access-date=5 June 2022}}{{Cite web |title=2022 European Weightlifting Championships Results Book |url=https://ewf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Results_Book_2022_European_ALB.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606070924/https://ewf.sport/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Results_Book_2022_European_ALB.pdf |archive-date=6 June 2022 |access-date=6 June 2022 |website=European Weightlifting Federation}} The [British Olympic Association](/source/British_Olympic_Association) chose Campbell as [Team GB](/source/Team_GB)'s only [weightlifter at the 2024 Paris Olympics](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics) in the +81 kg category.{{Cite news |last=Hinds |first=Rodney |date=July 2024 |title=Emily in Paris: Campbell is GB's sole weightlifter |work=[The Voice](/source/The_Voice_(British_newspaper)) |pages=47}} At the Games she won a bronze medal setting a new combined personal best of 288 kg in the process.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/articles/c33ndm1vg6eo|title=Campbell wins final GB medal of Paris Olympics|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=11 August 2024}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/nottingham-british-china-paris-b2594661.html|title=Emily Campbell launches cartwheel celebration after bagging Olympic bronze|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=11 August 2024}} Back at the +87 kg category, Campbell won her fifth consecutive European title [in Chișinău, Moldova, in April 2025](/source/2025_European_Weightlifting_Championships) with a combined total of 281 kg. She is the first British lifter to achieve this feat.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/weightlifting/articles/cp8v2e0np49o|title=Britain's Campbell wins fifth European title|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=22 April 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://britishweightlifting.org/article/emily-campbell-makes-history-with-fifth-consecutive-european-weightlifting-title|title=Emily Campbell Makes History with Fifth Consecutive European Weightlifting Title|publisher=British Weightlifting|accessdate=22 April 2025}} In July 2025, Campbell was awarded an honorary doctorate by her former university, [Leeds Beckett](/source/Leeds_Beckett_University) for her service to sport and advocacy for inclusion.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c07d21zky0eo|title=University honours 'inspirational' Olympians|publisher=BBC News|accessdate=17 July 2025}} == Achievements == {|class = "wikitable" style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan=2 width=40 | Year ! rowspan=2 width=250 | Venue ! rowspan=2 width=60 | Weight ! colspan=4 | Snatch (kg) ! colspan=4 | Clean & Jerk (kg) ! rowspan=2 width=65 | Total ! rowspan=2 width=40 | Rank |- ! width=65 | 1 ! width=65 | 2 ! width=65 | 3 ! width=45 | Rank ! width=65 | 1 ! width=65 | 2 ! width=65 | 3 ! width=45 | Rank |- ! colspan=13 | [Olympic Games](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_Summer_Olympics) |- | [2020](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics) || align=left | [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo), Japan || [+87 kg](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B87_kg) || 118 || 122 || '''122''' || {{n/a}} || 150 || 156 || '''161''' || {{n/a}} || '''283''' || {{silver2}} |- | [2024](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics) || align=left | [Paris](/source/Paris), France || [+81 kg](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2024_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B81_kg) || 119|| 123|| '''126''' || {{n/a}} || '''162'''|| 169|| 174 || {{n/a}} || '''288''' || {{bronze3}} |- ! colspan=13 | [World Championships](/source/World_Weightlifting_Championships) |- | [2018](/source/2018_World_Weightlifting_Championships) || align=left | [Ashgabat](/source/Ashgabat), Turkmenistan || [+87 kg](/source/2018_World_Weightlifting_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B87_kg) || 104 || '''108''' || 111 || 12 || 136 || '''140''' || 143 || 13 || '''248''' || 14 |- | [2019](/source/2019_World_Weightlifting_Championships) || align=left | [Pattaya](/source/Pattaya), Thailand || [+87 kg](/source/2019_World_Weightlifting_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B87_kg) || '''114''' || 118 || 118 || 13 || 145|| 149|| '''153''' || 9 || '''267''' || 9 |- | [2021](/source/2021_World_Weightlifting_Championships) || align=left | [Tashkent](/source/Tashkent), Uzbekistan || [+87 kg](/source/2021_World_Weightlifting_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B87_kg) || 115 || 118 || '''121''' || {{bronze3}} || 155 || '''157''' || 162 || {{silver2}} || '''278''' || {{bronze3}} |- | [2022](/source/2022_World_Weightlifting_Championships) || align=left | [Bogotá](/source/Bogot%C3%A1), Colombia || [+87 kg](/source/2022_World_Weightlifting_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B87_kg) || 119 || '''122''' || 125 || 5 || 157 || 161 || '''165''' || {{silver2}} || '''287''' || {{silver2}} |- | [2023](/source/2023_World_Weightlifting_Championships) || align=left | [Riyadh](/source/Riyadh), Saudi Arabia |[+87 kg](/source/2023_World_Weightlifting_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B87_kg) | colspan="10" |''did not enter'' |- |[2024](/source/2024_World_Weightlifting_Championships) |align=left | [Manama](/source/Manama), Bahrain |[+87 kg](/source/2024_World_Weightlifting_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B87_kg) |118 |120 |— |4 |— |— |— |— |'''NM''' |— |- | [2025](/source/2025_World_Weightlifting_Championships) || align=left | [Førde](/source/F%C3%B8rde_(town)), Norway || [+86 kg](/source/2025_World_Weightlifting_Championships_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B86_kg) || '''115''' || 118 || 119 || 4 || '''153''' || 158 ||159 || 4 || '''268''' || 4 |- ! colspan=13 | [European Championships](/source/European_Weightlifting_Championships) |- | [2019](/source/2019_European_Weightlifting_Championships) || align=left | [Batumi](/source/Batumi), Georgia || +87 kg || 108 || 112 || '''115''' || {{bronze3}} || 140 || '''145''' || 150 || {{bronze3}} || '''260''' || {{bronze3}} |- | [2021](/source/2021_European_Weightlifting_Championships) || align=left | [Moscow](/source/Moscow), Russia || +87 kg || 115 || 117 || '''122''' || {{gold1}} || 145 || 150 || '''154''' || {{gold1}} || '''276''' || {{Gold1}} |- | [2022](/source/2022_European_Weightlifting_Championships) || align=left | [Tirana](/source/Tirana), Albania || +87 kg || 110 || 114 || '''118''' || {{gold1}} || 142 || 148 || '''153''' || {{gold1}} || '''271''' || {{gold1}} |- | [2023](/source/2023_European_Weightlifting_Championships) || align=left | [Yerevan](/source/Yerevan), Armenia || +87 kg || 110 || 110 || '''110''' || 4 || 136 || '''143''' || — || {{gold1}} || '''253''' || {{gold1}} |- | [2024](/source/2024_European_Weightlifting_Championships) || align=left | [Sofia](/source/Sofia), Bulgaria || +87 kg || '''112''' || 116 || 116 || {{silver2}} || 146 || '''151''' || — || {{gold1}} || '''263''' || {{gold1}} |- | [2025](/source/2025_European_Weightlifting_Championships) || align=left | [Chișinău](/source/Chi%C8%99in%C4%83u), Moldova || +87 kg || 112 || 116 || '''120''' || {{gold1}} || 150 || 156 || '''161''' || {{gold1}} || '''281''' || {{gold1}} |- |[2026](/source/2026_European_Weightlifting_Championships) | align="left" |[Batumi](/source/Batumi), Georgia | +86 kg |114 |114 |'''117''' |{{Bronze3}} |151 |155 |'''159''' |{{Gold1}} |'''276''' |{{Gold1}} |- ! colspan="13" |[Commonwealth Games](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_Commonwealth_Games) |- |[2018](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games) |align=left|[Gold Coast](/source/Gold_Coast%2C_Queensland), Australia |[+90 kg](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2018_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B90_kg) |99 |99 |'''103''' |— |129 |129 |'''139''' |— |'''242''' |{{Bronze3}} |- |[2022](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games) |align=left|[Birmingham](/source/Birmingham), England |[+87 kg](/source/Weightlifting_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Women's_%2B87_kg) |117 |121 |'''124 GR''' |— |152 |157 |'''162 GR''' |— |'''286 GR''' |{{Gold1}} |} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== * {{sports links|maxlink=10}} * {{Team England|emily-campbell}} * {{2018 Commonwealth Games profile|weightlifting/athlete-profile-n6031578-emily-campbell}} * {{2022 Commonwealth Games profile|57784}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Emily}} Category:1994 births Category:Living people Category:Alumni of Leeds Beckett University Category:English female weightlifters Category:Sportspeople from Nottingham Category:Weightlifters at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Weightlifters at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Category:European Weightlifting Championships medalists Category:Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Weightlifters at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Olympic weightlifters for Great Britain Category:Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Category:Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Category:Olympic medalists in weightlifting Category:Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Category:Sportspeople from Bulwell Category:English Olympic competitors Category:Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Category:Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Category:21st-century English sportswomen Category:Commonwealth Games gold medallists in weightlifting Category:Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in weightlifting --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Emily Campbell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Campbell) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Campbell?action=history)). 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