Emily Muskett

Emily Muskett (née Godley)
Personal information
Birth nameEmily Victoria Godley
Born (1989-10-22) 22 October 1989 (age 35)
Farnborough, United Kingdom
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight70.65 kg (155.8 lb)
Sport
Country England
 Great Britain
SportWeightlifting
TeamNational team
Coached byAndrew Callard
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Pattaya 71 kg C&J
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Moscow 71 kg
Silver medal – second place 2019 Batumi 71 kg
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Gold Coast 75 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Samoa 71 kg
Updated on 24 January 2022

Emily Muskett[1] (born Emily Godley (1989-10-22)22 October 1989 in Farnborough) is a retired [2] British weightlifter, competing in the 69, 71 and 75 kg categories and representing England and Great Britain at international competitions. She won a gold medal at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the women 75 kg category, a gold at the 2019 Commonwealth Championships at 76 kg and a silver medal in the 71 kg category at the 2019 European Weightlifting Championships. She has competed in three world championships, including at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships where she won her only global medal, a minor bronze medalist in the 'clean & jerk'.[3]

Her coach is Andrew Callard. In August 2021, having finished 7th in the Olympic Games, Muskett announced her retirement, and transition to coaching.[2]

Major results

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan 76kg 92 95 98 117 123 124 222 7
World Championships
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 71 kg 94 97 100 4 124 126 131 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 226 4
2015 United States Houston, United States 69 kg 90 93 94 32 114 118 119 25 204 29
2014 Kazakhstan Almaty, Kazakhstan 63 kg 85 85 85 33 105 109 109 29 190 30
2013 Poland Wrocław, Poland 63 kg 82 85 85 18 104 107 107 18 186 18
European Championships
2021 Russia Moscow, Russia 71 kg 94 97 98 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 122 129 132 1st place, gold medalist(s) 227 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 Georgia (country) Batumi, Georgia 71 kg 93 93 96 5 117 120 123 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 216 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2017 Croatia Split, Croatia 69 kg 87 90 92 10 112 117 117 7 209 8
2016 Norway Førde, Norway 63 kg 89 92 93 8 110 114 114 7 199 6
2014 Israel Tel Aviv, Israel 63 kg 85 88 88 12 104 108 108 10 192 10
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2018 Australia Gold Coast, Australia 75 kg 91 94 96 1 119 124 126 2 222 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2014 Scotland Glasgow, Scotland 63 kg 85 88 90 4 105 108 108 5 196 5
2010 India Delhi, India 63 kg 72 72 72 — — — — — — —
Commonwealth Championships
2019 Samoa Apia, Samoa 76 kg 93 97 97 2 119 124 127 1 220 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ Weightlifting changes 'will cause uproar', says Emily Muskett
  2. ^ a b European and Commonwealth champion Emily Muskett retires, from British Weightlifting.
  3. ^ "2015 Weightlifting World Championships - Emily Godley". iwf.net. Retrieved 23 June 2016.


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