Hampton Morris Explained
Hampton Morris |
Full Name: | Hampton Miller Morris |
Birth Date: | 17 February 2004 |
Birth Place: | Marietta, Georgia |
Education: | Alan C. Pope High School |
Father: | --> |
Country: | United States |
Sport: | Weightlifting |
Weight Class: | 61 kg |
Coach: | Tripp Morris |
Hampton Miller Morris (born February 17, 2004)[1] is an American weightlifter. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, he won bronze in the men's 61kg event. He is a three-time gold medalist in the men's 61kg event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships (2021, 2022 and 2023). He also currently holds both the junior and senior clean and jerk world records in the men's 61kg class.
Career
Morris won the gold medal in the men's 61kg event at the 2021 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador.[2] [3] He won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Colombia.[4] [5] Morris was also one of the flagbearers for the United States during the opening ceremony.[4]
Morris won the gold medal in the men's 61kg event at the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Heraklion, Greece.[6] [7] Lifting 160kg in the Clean & Jerk also was a junior world record.[7]
He won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[8] [9] Morris also set a new junior world record of 162kg in the Clean & Jerk.[9] He improved this record to 163kg at the 2022 Pan American Junior Weightlifting Championships held in Lima, Peru.[10]
Morris competed in the men's 61kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia. He won the gold medal in his event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina.[11] He also won the gold medal in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.
On Sept 6, 2023, Morris won the gold medal in the clean and jerk at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships men's 61kg, becoming the first American to win a gold medal at a World Championship since 1972.[12]
On August 7, 2024, Morris became the first male U.S. weightlifter to win an Olympic medal since 1984, with his bronze in the men's 61kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[13] [14]
Achievements
Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank |
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Summer Olympics |
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| align=left | Paris, France | | 122 | 125 | 126 | | 168 | 172 | 178 | | 298 | |
IWF World Cup |
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| align=left | Phuket, Thailand | 61 kg | 124 | 127 | 130 | 11 | 169 | 172 | 176 CWR | | 303 | |
World Championships |
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| align=left | Bogotá, Colombia | | 118 | 118 | 124 | 16 | 157 | 163 | 164 | 9 | 275 | 15 |
| align=left | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | | 123 | 123 | 123 | — | 163 | 168 | 168 | | — | — |
Pan American Championships |
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| align=left | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 61 kg | 112 | 116 | 117 | | 148 | 151 | 157 | | 268 | |
| align=left | Bogotá, Colombia | 61 kg | 117 | 117 | 122 | 5 | 153 | 158 | 162 | | 279 | |
| align=left | Bariloche, Argentina | 61 kg | 120 | 123 | 126 | | 158 | 158 | 164 | | 281 | | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Weightlifting Start List . https://web.archive.org/web/20211130210356/https://www.calivalle2021.com/uploads/item/682f0b4936428dade42aeb379750872253b1ff9d.pdf . 30 November 2021 . 25 July 2022 . 2021 Junior Pan American Games.
- News: Oliver . Brian . 8 November 2021 . Mixed fortunes for Tokyo medallists at Pan American Weightlifting Championships . . 4 May 2022 . December 19, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211219040534/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1115182/pan-am-weightlifting-report . live .
- News: 4 November 2021 . Colombia y Estados Unidos, en varones, se adelantan en el medallero del Panamericano de halterofilia . es . 8 August 2022 . El Universo . August 8, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220808225512/https://www.eluniverso.com/deportes/otros-deportes/colombia-y-estados-unidos-en-varones-se-adelantan-en-el-medallero-del-panamericano-de-halterofilia-nota/ . live .
- News: 29 November 2021 . U.S. Weightlifters Win 7 Of 10 Possible Medals At Inaugural Junior Pan American Games . Team USA . https://web.archive.org/web/20211129233613/https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Weightlifting/Features/2021/November/29/US-Weightlifters-Win-7-Of-10-Possible-Medals-At-Inaugural-Junior-Pan-American-Games . dead . November 29, 2021 . 4 May 2022.
- Web site: Men's 61 kg Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20220829165007/https://www.calivalle2021.com/uploads/resultados/competencias/Hombres%2061%20kg.pdf . 29 August 2022 . 27 July 2022 . 2021 Junior Pan American Games.
- News: Oliver . Brian . 3 May 2022 . Sensational comeback by American weightlifter Morris and landmark gold for Belgium at Junior World Championships . . 4 May 2022 . May 4, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220504051849/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1122712/us-belgium-celebrate-iwf-juniors . live .
- Web site: 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220527123517/https://iwf.sport/wp-content/uploads/downloads/2022/05/IWF_Results_Book_2022_GRE.pdf . 27 May 2022 . 13 August 2022 . International Weightlifting Federation.
- News: 25 July 2022 . Junior world record and three golds for US at Pan American Weightlifting Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . 26 July 2022 . July 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220726141523/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1126195/pan-american-weightlifting-championships . live .
- Web site: 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20220730112107/https://panampesas.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/RESULTBOOK.pdf . 30 July 2022 . 30 July 2022 . Federación Panamericana de Levantamiento de Pesas.
- News: Oliver . Brian . 21 October 2022 . Another record for American teenager Morris at landmark weightlifting event . InsideTheGames.biz . 13 November 2022 . November 13, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221113133935/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1129486/hampton-morris-weightlifting-two-plats . live .
- News: Oliver . Brian . 27 March 2023 . Canadian Emily Ibanez Guerrero is weightlifting's youngest ever medallist . InsideTheGames.biz . 29 March 2023 . March 29, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230329205107/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1135281/weightlifting-emily-ibanez-guerrero . live .
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- Web site: Intarasuwan • • . Kiki . 2024-08-07 . Hampton Morris becomes first American man to win weightlifting medal at the Olympics in 40 years . 2024-08-07 . NBC New York . en-US.
- Web site: Weightlifting Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811193408/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf . 11 August 2024 . 12 August 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.