Sarah Robles

On August 14, 2016 Robles won the bronze medal in Weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's +75 kg with a snatch of 126 kilograms (278 lb) and a clean and jerk of 160 kilograms (353 lb) for a total of 286 kilograms (631 lb). She was the first athlete from the United States to win a medal in Olympic weightlifting since the 2000 Summer Olympics.

After Robles failed her drug test on June 29, 2013 and then was suspended on August 8, 2013, she was then sanctioned by the International Weightlifting Federation for two years, that is, until August 8, 2015. On her blog, she claims that: "many have mistakenly said Robles also tested positive for testosterone and pregnanediol when she did not—testosterone and pregnanediol are both metabolites of DHEA," a claim which is supported by the contemporary news reports: Robles failed her drug test on June 29, at the end of the 2013 Pan American Championships, for testing positive for Dehydroepiandrosterone, or DHEA.

Despite being the highest-ranked weightlifter in the United States, Robles lived on less than $400 a month leading up to the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Commentators have suggested that this was the result both of the lack of popular attention to the sport of weightlifting, as well as Robles and other women in the sport having larger body types than those of women athletes traditionally portrayed in mass media. Robles has been quoted as saying that, "You can get that sponsorship if you're a super-built guy or a girl who looks good in a bikini. But not if you're a girl who's built like a guy." As of July 16, 2012, a company called Solve Media was sponsoring her.

Growing up in Desert Hot Springs, California, Robles competed in throwing events at San Jacinto High School in San Jacinto, CA. She became a top-ranked shot putter, earning scholarships to the University of Alabama and Arizona State University. As part of her shot put training at a local Arizona gym under coach Joe Micela, she began doing Olympic-style lifts in 2008. That same year, after only three months of weightlifting, Robles qualified for nationals and stopped competing in shot put, losing her scholarship in the process. She won the silver medal at a 2010 Pan American competition and is a three time national champion. At the 2011 World Championships, she finished in eleventh place in her weight class but first place among American women weightlifters. Robles qualified as one of two American women to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Sarah Elizabeth Robles (born August 1, 1988) is an American weightlifter. She qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and earned a bronze medal in weightlifting at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, becoming the first US athlete to medal in Olympic weightlifting in 16 years. She is a Mormon and is of Mexican ancestry.