Clarence Cummings
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Born | Beaufort, South Carolina | June 6, 2000|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years active | 2010-current[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 72.88 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 73 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | –73 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Team Beaufort | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Rayford Jones[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | 9th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
World finals | 1st | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regional finals | 1st | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National finals | 1st | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Clarence Cummings Jr. (also known as CJ Cummings) (born 6 June 2000) is an American Olympic weightlifter. He is a two-time Youth Pan-American champion, Junior Pan-American champion, two-time Pan-American Champion, two-time IWF Youth World champion, and four-time IWF Junior World champion.[4][5] CJ has earned 38 international medals, broken four International Weightlifting Federation Youth and Junior world records, and currently holds 23 USA Weightlifting American records. [6]
Career
[edit]In 2018 he competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in the 73 kg category setting 4 Junior World Records.[7] Cummings, at the IWF Junior World Weightlifting Championships, won the gold medal 2016–2018 in the -69kg weight category. At Suva in 2019, Cummings again won gold in a higher weight category, -73kg.
He competed in the men's 73 kg event at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[8]
Major results
[edit]Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
2020 | ![]() |
73 kg | 145 | 10 | 180 | 8 | 325 | 9 | ||||
World Championships | ||||||||||||
2015 | ![]() |
69 kg | 123 | 128 | 132 | 31 | 166 | 28 | 298 | 30 | ||
2017 | ![]() |
69 kg | 136 | 139 | 141 | 9 | — | — | — | |||
2018 | ![]() |
73 kg | 140 | 145 | 148 | 12 | 181 | 187 | 6 | 335 | 10 | |
2019 | ![]() |
73 kg | 145 | 150 | 10 | 183 | 10 | 333 | 9 | |||
Pan American Weightlifting Championships | ||||||||||||
2018 | ![]() |
69 kg | 137 | 141 | 144 | ![]() |
170 | 175 | 180 | ![]() |
324 | ![]() |
2019 | ![]() |
73 kg | 144 | 150 | 153 | ![]() |
182 | 187 | 191 | ![]() |
344 | ![]() |
World Junior Championships | ||||||||||||
2016 | ![]() |
69 kg | 127 | 132 | 137 | 4 | 170 | 175 | 180 | ![]() |
317 | ![]() |
2017 | ![]() |
69 kg | 134 | 138 | 4 | 175 | 183 | ![]() |
321 | ![]() | ||
2018 | ![]() |
69 kg | 136 | 140 | ![]() |
171 | 174 | 176 | ![]() |
316 | ![]() | |
2019 | ![]() |
73 kg | 145 | ![]() |
180 | 192 | ![]() |
337 | ![]() |
References
[edit]- ^ [Meet the 16-Year-Old Who Can Lift 400 Pounds "How teenager CJ Cummings could help rescue weightlifting"]. menshealth.com. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
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value (help) - ^ Ford, Bonnie (November 29, 2017). "How teenager CJ Cummings could help rescue weightlifting". espn.com. ESPN. p. 1. Retrieved July 17, 2019.
His coach, Ray Jones,
- ^ "Athlete Biography". IWF.net. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ "IWF Athlete Bios". IWF.sport. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- ^ "18-Year-Old CJ Cummings Sets 15 Records On Remarkable Day At Pan American Weightlifting Championships". Team USA. Archived from the original on April 25, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ . USA Weightlifting https://web.archive.org/web/20161115105827/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Weightlifting/Resources/American-Records/. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
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(help) - ^ "China won Gold - once again". IWF.net. November 4, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
- ^ OlympicTalk (June 19, 2021). "U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Clarence Cummings at the International Weightlifting Results Project
- Clarence Cummings at Olympedia