Sarah at the World Championships 2009
Fellow Oregonian, Sarah Bertram recently finished competing at the 2009 World Championships in Goyang City, Korea. She placed 16th, which makes her the 16 strongest woman on the planet in her weight class. Put that way, what a bad-ass! Great job, Sarah!
I think she’s in a good position to be competitive in 2 years when the Olympics comes around. I’ve competed “with” her many times, and she is very impressive to watch (as are her team mates). It’s been cool to see her improve over the years, first winning Nationals, and now representing the US at the Worlds.
She hit an 89k snatch, and a 107k clean and jerk, for a total of 196k. The snatch was a personal record and the clean was only 2k off of her best.
All the results of the championships can be seen on the IWF website.
EDIT: It turns out, Sarah is the first Oregonian (female or male) to go to the world championships–ever. Fantastic.
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