CJ Cummings Places Ninth After Going For Broke In First Olympic Weightlifting Competition
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Athlete Bio#
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Age
24
Hometown
Beaufort, SC
Career Highlights
- IWF Junior World Champion: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
- IWF Youth World Champion: 2016, 2017
- Pan American Champion: 2019, 2020
- Silver Medal: Pan American Championships (2017)
- Youth Pan Am Champion: 2014, 2015
- Holds Junior World Records in snatch, clean & jerk and total (73kg category)
- Holds 23 American Records
Olympic Experience
- 1-time Olympian
- Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 9th (73kg - Men)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2023 – 25th (89kg - Clean & Jerk - Men, 89kg - Men), 26th (89kg - Snatch - Men)
- Years of participation: 89kg - Clean & Jerk - Men 2023; 89kg - Men 2023; 89kg - Snatch - Men 2023; 73kg - Clean & Jerk - Men 2018, 2019; 73kg - Men 2018, 2019; 73kg - Snatch - Men 2018, 2019; 69kg - Clean & Jerk - Men 2015, 2017; 69kg - Men 2015, 2017; 69kg - Snatch - Men 2015, 2017
- Top finish: – 2017 (69kg - Clean & Jerk - Men), 2017 (69kg - Men)
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