Boady Santavy

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

Boady Santavy

OLY

Personal information
Nickname	Boady-Bob
Born	(1997-05-22) May 22, 1997 (age 27) Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Height	176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	94 kg (207 lb)
Sport
Country	Canada
Sport	Weightlifting
Coached by	Dalas Santavy
Achievements and titles
World finals	junior x3 - senior x2
Highest world ranking	10th (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 2019 Lima –96 kg Pan American Championships 2020 Santo Domingo –96 kg 2019 Guatemala City –96 kg Commonwealth Games 2018 Gold Coast –94 kg Commonwealth Championships 2021 Tashkent –96 kg

Career

2015 Pan American Games

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

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

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

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

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

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		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
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		196	201	207		370
2021	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	96 kg	175	181	187		202	208	—		389
2024	Caracas, Venezuela	89 kg	168	173	173		—	—	—	—	—	—

Personal life

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

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]