Mathlynn "Mattie" Langtor Sasser-Robert (born December 25, 1996) is a
Marshallese-born American
weightlifter
Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lif ...
who currently represents the
Marshall Islands
The Marshall Islands ( mh, Ṃajeḷ), officially the Republic of the Marshall Islands ( mh, Aolepān Aorōkin Ṃajeḷ),'' () is an independent island country and microstate near the Equator in the Pacific Ocean, slightly west of the Internati ...
.
She competed at the
2016 Summer Olympics in the
women's 58 kg event, in which she placed eleventh. She was the flag bearer for the Marshall Islands at the
Parade of Nations.
Major results
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1996 births
Living people
Marshallese female weightlifters
American female weightlifters
Olympic weightlifters for the Marshall Islands
Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games medalists in weightlifting
Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States
Weightlifters at the 2019 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Sportspeople from Illinois
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