Mathlynn Langtor Sasser-Robert (born December 25, 1996) is a Marshallese-born American weightlifter who currently represents the Marshall Islands.
Career Sasser 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 2016 Parade of Nations. 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.
Sasser went on to represent the Marshall Islands at the 2024 Summer Olympics. 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. 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.
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 Championships2015 Houston, United States 58 kg 778082321001031062618329 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 20Oceania Championships2012 Apia, Samoa 58 kg 50105507657071612172013 Brisbane, Australia 58 kg 6367704808585414742015 Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea 58 kg 7275759597971722016 Suva, Fiji 58 kg 82 85 881081131141992017 Gold Coast, Australia 63 kg 8690921131151182052023 Honiara, Solomon Islands 59 kg 909597110115—2102024 Auckland, New Zealand 59 kg 929698112112112210 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
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