Boady Santavy (born May 22, 1997) is a Canadian

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from

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Career

2015 Pan American Games

Santavy made his international senior debut at the

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held in

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, Canada. 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

Santavy moved up to compete in the 94 kg event at the 2017 World Weightlifting Championships held in

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. Santavy finished in sixth place with an overall lift of 366 kg.

2018 Commonwealth Games

Santavy qualified to compete at the

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

2020 Olympics

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

2024 Olympics

In June 2024, Santavy was again named as part of the Canadian Olympic team. He competed in the men's 89kg event at the

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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

Personal life

Santavy's father, Dalas, competed at the 2005 World Weightlifting Championships, while his grandfather, Bob, represented Canada at the

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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.

2018 hit-and-run incident

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. Santavy turned himself in to police the following day.

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