Hampton Morris Explained

Hampton Morris
Full Name:Hampton Miller Morris
Birth Date:17 February 2004
Birth Place:Marietta, Georgia, U.S.
Education:Alan C. Pope High School
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 September 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

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
width=65 1width=65 2width=65 3width=45 Rankwidth=65 1width=65 2width=65 3width=45 Rank
Summer Olympics
align=left Paris, France 122 125 126 168 172 178 298
IWF World Cup
align=left Phuket, Thailand 61 kg 124 127 130 11 169 172 176 CWR 303
World Championships
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
align=left Guayaquil, Ecuador 61 kg 112 116 117 148 151 157268
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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Weightlifting Start List . https://web.archive.org/web/20211130210356/https://www.calivalle2021.com/uploads/item/682f0b4936428dade42aeb379750872253b1ff9d.pdf . November 30, 2021 . July 25, 2022 . 2021 Junior Pan American Games.
  2. News: Oliver . Brian . November 8, 2021 . Mixed fortunes for Tokyo medallists at Pan American Weightlifting Championships . . May 4, 2022 . December 19, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211219040534/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1115182/pan-am-weightlifting-report . live.
  3. News: November 4, 2021 . Colombia y Estados Unidos, en varones, se adelantan en el medallero del Panamericano de halterofilia . es . August 8, 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.
  4. News: November 29, 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 . May 4, 2022.
  5. Web site: Men's 61 kg Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20220829165007/https://www.calivalle2021.com/uploads/resultados/competencias/Hombres%2061%20kg.pdf . August 29, 2022 . July 27, 2022 . 2021 Junior Pan American Games.
  6. News: Oliver . Brian . May 3, 2022 . Sensational comeback by American weightlifter Morris and landmark gold for Belgium at Junior World Championships . . May 4, 2022 . May 4, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220504051849/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1122712/us-belgium-celebrate-iwf-juniors . live.
  7. 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 . May 27, 2022 . August 13, 2022 . International Weightlifting Federation.
  8. News: July 25, 2022 . Junior world record and three golds for US at Pan American Weightlifting Championships . InsideTheGames.biz . July 26, 2022 . July 26, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220726141523/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1126195/pan-american-weightlifting-championships . live.
  9. 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 . July 30, 2022 . July 30, 2022 . Federación Panamericana de Levantamiento de Pesas.
  10. News: Oliver . Brian . October 21, 2022 . Another record for American teenager Morris at landmark weightlifting event . InsideTheGames.biz . November 13, 2022 . November 13, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221113133935/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1129486/hampton-morris-weightlifting-two-plats . live.
  11. News: Oliver . Brian . March 27, 2023 . Canadian Emily Ibanez Guerrero is weightlifting's youngest ever medallist . InsideTheGames.biz . March 29, 2023 . March 29, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230329205107/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1135281/weightlifting-emily-ibanez-guerrero . live.
  12. |https://barbend.com/hampton-morris-wins-gold-medal-2023-world-weightlifting-championships/|
  13. Web site: Intarasuwan • • . Kiki . August 7, 2024 . Hampton Morris becomes first American man to win weightlifting medal at the Olympics in 40 years . August 7, 2024 . NBC New York . en-US.
  14. Web site: Weightlifting Results Book . https://web.archive.org/web/20240811193408/https://olympics.com/OG2024/pdf/OG2024/WLF/OG2024_WLF_B99_WLF-------------------------------.pdf . August 11, 2024 . August 12, 2024 . 2024 Summer Olympics.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Hampton Morris".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2025, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.