Christopher Xavier Freebury (born in

Derby Derby ( ) is a city and unitary authority area in Derbyshire, England. It lies on the banks of the River Derwent in the south of Derbyshire, which is in the East Midlands Region. It was traditionally the county town of Derbyshire. Derby gai ...

) is a British male

weightlifter Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...

, competing in the 69 kg category and representing England and Great Britain at international competitions. He represented England at the 2010 and

2014 Commonwealth Games The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...

. He competed at world championships, most recently at the

2014 World Weightlifting Championships The 2014 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Baluan Sholak Sports Palace, Almaty, Kazakhstan. The event took place from November 8 to 16, 2014. Medal summary Men Women Medal table Ranking by Big (Total result) medals Ranking ...

. His coach is Cyril Martin. He began weightlifting because he was too short to play water polo. He first tried weightlifting at age 12. He took it up competitively at age 16.

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* 1989 births Living people British male weightlifters Sportspeople from Derby Weightlifters at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Weightlifters at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for England 21st-century British people {{UK-weightlifting-bio-stub