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
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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

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
width=60 1width=60 2width=60 3width=45 Rankwidth=60 1width=60 2width=60 3width=45 Rank
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo, Japan73 kg1451451501018019019883259
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, Thailand73 kg14515015510183183191103339
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.