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Boady Santavy

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Boady Santavy
OLY
Personal information
NicknameBoady-Bob
Born (1997-05-22) May 22, 1997 (age 27)
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Height176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight94 kg (207 lb)
Sport
CountryCanada
SportWeightlifting
Coached byDalas Santavy
Achievements and titles
World finalsjunior x3 - senior x2
Highest world ranking10th (2018)
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 181 kg (2021)
  • Clean and jerk: 210 kg (2019)
  • Total: 389 kg (2021)
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima –96 kg
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2020 Santo Domingo –96 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Guatemala City –96 kg
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 2018 Gold Coast –94 kg
Commonwealth Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent –96 kg

Boady Santavy OLY (born May 22, 1997) is a Canadian weightlifter from Sarnia, Ontario.[1]

Career

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2015 Pan American Games

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Santavy made his international senior debut at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada.[2] At the games Santavy competed in the 85 kg event and finished in 6th (and last) place with a total of 322 kg. Santavy snatched 146 kg and clean and jerked 176 kg.

2017 World Weightlifting Championships

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Santavy moved up to compete in the 94 kg event at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships held in Anaheim, California. Santavy finished in sixth place with an overall lift of 366 kg.[3]

2018 Commonwealth Games

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Santavy qualified to compete at the 2018 Commonwealth Games to be held in the Gold Coast, Australia. Santavy qualified as the number one ranked athlete in the 94 kg event.[4] Santavy unofficially broke the Commonwealth record in the 94 kg event in training in March 2018, weeks before the games.[5]

2020 Olympics

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In June 2021, Santavy was named to Canada's Olympic team.[6][7] He finished forth in men's 96 kg event with a total of 386 kg.

2024 Olympics

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In June 2024, Santavy was again named as part of the Canadian Olympic team.[8] He competed in the men's 89 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France. He lifted 163 kg in the Snatch to place ninth provisionally and failed to register a lift in the Clean & Jerk.

Major results

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2021 Tokyo, Japan 96 kg 173 177 178 — 200 205 208 — 386 4
2024 Paris, France 89 kg 158 163 166 — 186 187 188 — DNF —
World Championships
2015 Houston, United States 85 kg 143 148 152 24 175 179 179 25 323 25
2017 Anaheim, United States 94 kg 157 160 165 7 195 201 206 6 366 5
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 96 kg 171 175 178 6 203 208 212 9 383 7
2019 Pattaya, Thailand 96 kg 170 175 175 5 203 203 210 6 380 6
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 96 kg 172 176 178 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 201 206 207 13 379 5
2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 96 kg 160 166 169 10 186 192 196 13 362 12
Pan American Games
2015 Toronto, Canada 85 kg 141 146 148 — 171 176 180 — 322 6
2019 Lima, Peru 96 kg 166 171 176 — 203 208 215 — 384 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Pan American Championships
2016 Cartagena, Colombia 85 kg 145 150 152 4 173 176 180 89 328 8
2019 Guatemala City, Guatemala 96 kg 160 165 169 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 196 201 207 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 370 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2021 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 96 kg 175 181 187 1st place, gold medalist(s) 202 208 — 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 389 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2024 Caracas, Venezuela 89 kg 168 173 173 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) — — — — — —

Personal life

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Santavy's father, Dalas, competed at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships, while his grandfather, Bob, represented Canada at the 1968 and 1976 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and Montreal respectively. Santavy's grandfather also won a bronze at the 1975 Pan American Games in Mexico City. Santavy's younger brother Noah is also a weightlifter.[9]

2018 hit-and-run incident

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On Sunday, March 18, 2018, Santavy struck and seriously injured a Sarnia, Ontario man, then fled the scene. The victim suffered a broken shoulder blade, clavicle, lacerated spleen, brain bleed and other superficial wounds.[10] Santavy turned himself in to police the following day.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Boady Santavy". olympic.ca. 2 July 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Boady Santavy carries on weightlifting legacy at Pan Am Games". CBC News. Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 13 July 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  3. ^ Paul, Dave (4 January 2018). "After record-shattering year, Boady Santavy has eye on Olympics". Sarnia Journal. Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
  5. ^ English, Nick (12 March 2018). "Boady Santavy (94kg) Unofficially Breaks Canadian Snatch and C&J Records". www.barbend.com. BarBend Inc. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Tokyo 2020 Absolute Ranking Lists" (PDF). www.iwf.net. International Weightlifting Federation (IWF). 11 June 2021. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  7. ^ Awad, Brandi (18 June 2021). "Five Team Canada weightlifters set to show their strength at Tokyo 2020". Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Two weightlifters announced to Canadian Olympic Team for Paris 2024". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 2024-08-10.
  9. ^ Graber, Mike (8 November 2016). "Canadian Weightlifter Boady Santavy Breaks Records, Aims for Olympics". www.barbend.com. BarBend Inc. Retrieved 30 March 2018.
  10. ^ "Facing hit-and-run charges at home, Canadian weightlifter Boady Santavy claims silver on day of drama at Commonwealth Games". National Post. 8 April 2018.
  11. ^ nurun.com. "Commonwealth Games contender charged in crash". Sarnia Observer. Retrieved 2018-04-02.
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