Mattie Sasser

Mathlynn Langtor Sasser-Robert (born December 25, 1996) is a Marshallese-born American weightlifter who currently represents the Marshall Islands.

Mattie Sasser

Personal information
Full name	Mathlynn Langtor Sasser-Robert
Nationality	Marshall Islands  United States
Born	(1996-12-25) December 25, 1996 (age 28) Mili, Marshall Islands
Weight	57.54 kg (126.9 lb)
Sport
Sport	Weightlifting
Event	–64 kg
Coached by	David Ester
Medal record Women's weightlifting Representing the  Marshall Islands Pacific Games 2015 Port Moresby 58 kg Oceania Championships 2016 Suva 58 kg 2017 Gold Coast 63 kg 2023 Honiara 59 kg 2024 Auckland 59 kg 2015 Port Moresby 58 kg Pacific Mini Games 2017 Port Vila 63 kg 2013 Mata Utu 58 kg Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games 2017 Ashgabat 63 kg Representing the  United States Pan American Games 2019 Lima 64 kg Pan American Championships 2019 Guatemala City 64 kg

Career

Sasser competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's 58 kg event, in which she placed eleventh.^[1][2] She was the flag bearer for the Marshall Islands at the 2016 Parade of Nations.^[3] As a dual citizen of both the Marshall Islands and the United States, she switched her sporting nationality in international competition and attempted to qualify for the United States team for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. She was injured during qualification, however, and required knee surgery. In 2023, she switched back to the Marshall Islands again to qualify for the 2024 games. She was coached by Casey Knuth and trained in Samoa before the games.^[4]

Sasser went on to represent the Marshall Islands at the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[5] She competed in her event on August 8, 2024, which was held in the Paris Expo Porte de Versailles. She failed to lift her first and second attempts at the snatch at 94 kilograms, then successfully lifted the same weight on her last attempt. She successfully clean and jerked 110 kilograms for her first attempt, then lifted 115 kilograms for her second, ultimately failing her last attempt at 118 kilograms. She ended with a total of 209 kilograms, placing her tenth out of twelve competitors, the highest Olympic finish by a Marshallese athlete. The winner of the event was Luo Shifang with a total of 241 kilograms.^[6] After her event, she commented her desire for more women in her country to pursue weightlifting. She also commented her concerns of the possible removal of weightlifting as an Olympic sport after the 2028 Summer Olympics.^[7]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Olympic Games
2016	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	58 kg	82	84	87	—	110	112	112	—	199	11
2024	Paris, France	59 kg	94	94	94	—	110	115	118	—	209	10
World Championships
2015	Houston, United States	58 kg	77	80	82	32	100	103	106	26	183	29
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	64 kg	94	97	100	12	120	121	125	13	218	13
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	64 kg	96	100	103	9	125	126	127	—	—	—
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	59 kg	90	94	94	20	112	116	116	21	210	20
Oceania Championships
2012	Apia, Samoa	58 kg	50	105	50	7	65	70	71	6	121	7
2013	Brisbane, Australia	58 kg	63	67	70	4	80	85	85	4	147	4
2015	Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea	58 kg	72	75	75		95	97	97		172
2016	Suva, Fiji	58 kg	82	85	88		108	113	114		199
2017	Gold Coast, Australia	63 kg	86	90	92		113	115	118		205
2023	Honiara, Solomon Islands	59 kg	90	95	97		110	115	—		210
2024	Auckland, New Zealand	59 kg	92	96	98		112	112	112		210
Pan American Games
2019	Lima, Peru	64 kg	96	100	102	—	125	128	130	—	232
Pan American Championships
2018	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	63 kg	91	95	98	7	115	120	124	7	215	7
2019	Guatemala City, Guatemala	64 kg	95	98	101	5	123	127	129		227
2021	Guayaquil, Ecuador	64 kg	97	98	101	5	120	125	128		223	5