Isabella Brown

Bella Brown
Personal information
Full nameIsabella Beatrice Brown
Born (2004-08-02) 2 August 2004
Ashford, Middlesex, England
Sport
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
76–77 kg (168–170 lb)
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place2026 Glasgow−77 kg
Representing  Great Britain
European Junior and U23 Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Bucharest−76 kg
Bronze medal – third place2024 Raszyn−76 kg
Bronze medal – third place2025 Durrës−77 kg

Isabella Beatrice Brown (born 2 August 2004) is an English weightlifter. She won a silver medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, setting a new Games record in the 77kg division for the clean and jerk.

Biography

From Ashford, Brown started weightlifting in 2019 having competed for ten years in gymnastics prior to that. She is a student at the University of Nottingham.[1]

By 2024, Brown was the British record holder for the U20 and U23 categories in the 76 kg category having lifted a 97 kg snatch and 120 kg clean and jerk, for a total of 217 kg. She was a bronze medalist at the 2024 European Junior Championships.[2] Brown also won the bronze medal in the snatch in the 76kg category at the 2024 World Junior Weightlifting Championships in Spain, and the 2025 European Weightlifting Championships in Moldova.[3][4]

Brown was selected to represent England at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, winning the silver medal in the 77 kg category behind Seine Stowers of Samoa, but breaking the Commonwealth Games record for the weight class with a lift of 132kg in the clean and jerk.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Isabella Brown ready for Commonwealth Games challenge". Colchester Gazette. 15 July 2026. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  2. ↑ "Team Announcement - IWF World Junior Championships". British Weightlifting. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  3. ↑ "Bella Brown wins Snatch Bronze from Group B at the 2025 European Championships". britishweightlifting.org. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  4. ↑ "'It was crazy winning my first European medal'". BBC News. 14 June 2025. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  5. ↑ "Seine Stowers Strikes Gold for Samoa with Record-Breaking Performance in Glasgow". Samoa Global News. 29 July 2026. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Brown aims to change perceptions with Commonwealth Games silver". Team England. 29 July 2026. Retrieved 29 July 2026.
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