Sarah Robles

[3] As part of her shot put training at a local Arizona gym under coach Joe Micela, she began doing Olympic-style lifts in 2008.

That same year, after only three months of weightlifting, Robles qualified for nationals and stopped competing in shot put, losing her scholarship in the process.

[7] and the United States Anti-Doping Agency, which cited the discovery as "the presence of an exogenous androgenic anabolic steroid and/or its metabolites", removing her from competition for two years.

Robles disputed the doping accusation, asserting that treatment for Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) using Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) was advised by her physician.

We did not feel that bringing my DHEA to a normal level would be contradictory to my stance as a clean athlete"[9][10]She did not seek a therapeutic use exemption (TUE) prior.

[1][16] She won the gold medal in the women's +87 kg event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.

[18] Robles won the silver medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina.