Clarence Cummings Explained

Clarence Cummings Jr.
Birth Date:	6 June 2000
Birth Place:	Beaufort, South Carolina
Residence:	Beaufort, South Carolina^[1]
Years Active:	2010-current^[2]
Height:	5 ft 2 in
Weight:	72.88 kg
Father:	-->
Mother:	Savasah Cummings
Father:	Clarence Cummings
Sport:	Weightlifting
Weight Class:	73 kg
Event:	–73 kg
Club:	Team Beaufort
Coach:	Rayford Jones^[3]
Worlds:	1st
Regionals:	1st
Nationals:	1st
Olympics:	9th

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

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

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
width=60	1	width=60	2	width=60	3	width=45	Rank	width=60	1	width=60	2	width=60	3	width=45	Rank
Olympic Games
2020	Tokyo, Japan	73 kg	145	145	150	10	180	190	198	8	325	9
World Championships
	align=left			123	128	132	31	166	174	174	28	298	30
			136	139	141	9	177	178	178	—	—	—
			140	145	148	12	181	186	187	6	335	10
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	73 kg	145	150	155	10	183	183	191	10	333	9
Pan American Weightlifting Championships
	align=left		69 kg	137	141	144		170	175	180		324
	align=left		73 kg	144	150	153		182	187	191		344
World Junior Championships
2016		69 kg	127	132	137	4	170	175	180		317
		69 kg	134	138	141	4	175	183	186		321
	align=left		69 kg	136	140	145		171	174	176		316
	align=left		73 kg	145	148	150		180	185	192		337

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athlete Biography. IWF.net. 25 April 2019.
2. Web site: [Meet the 16-Year-Old Who Can Lift 400 Pounds How teenager CJ Cummings could help rescue weightlifting ]. menshealth.com . 10 February 2023.
3. Web site: Ford . Bonnie . How teenager CJ Cummings could help rescue weightlifting . espn.com . ESPN . 17 July 2019 . 1 . 29 November 2017 . His coach, Ray Jones,.
4. Web site: IWF Athlete Bios . IWF.sport . 16 June 2023.
5. Web site: 18-Year-Old CJ Cummings Sets 15 Records On Remarkable Day At Pan American Weightlifting Championships. https://web.archive.org/web/20190425034630/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2019/April/24/18-Year-Old-CJ-Cummings-Sets-15-Records-On-Remarkable-Day-At-Pan-American-Weightlifting-Championship. dead. April 25, 2019. Team USA. 25 April 2019.
6. Web site: https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Weightlifting/Resources/American-Records/ . https://web.archive.org/web/20161115105827/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Weightlifting/Resources/American-Records/ . dead . November 15, 2016 . USA Weightlifting . 16 June 2023.
7. Web site: China won Gold - once again. IWF.net. November 4, 2018 . 25 April 2019.
8. Web site: OlympicTalk. 2021-06-19. U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games. 2021-06-19. OlympicTalk NBC Sports. en-US.