Boady Santavy (born May 22, 1997) is a Canadian weightlifter from Sarnia, Ontario.
Career 2015 Pan American Games Santavy made his international senior debut at the 2015 Pan American Games held in Toronto, Canada. 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.
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. Santavy unofficially broke the Commonwealth record in the 94 kg event in training in March 2018, weeks before the games.
2020 Olympics In June 2021, Santavy was named to Canada's Olympic team. He finished fourth 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. He competed in the men's 89kg 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 —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 12Pan American Games2015 Toronto, Canada 85 kg 141 146 148 171 176 180 322 62019 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.
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. Santavy turned himself in to police the following day.
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