Clarence Cummings

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Clarence Cummings Jr.
Personal information
National teamFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (2000-06-06) June 6, 2000 (age 24)
Beaufort, South Carolina
Years active2010-current [1]
Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
Weight72.88 kg (161 lb)
Parents
  • Clarence Cummings (father)
  • Savasah Cummings (mother)
Website www.cj-cummings.com
Sport
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States of America
Sport Weightlifting
Weight class73 kg
Event–73 kg
ClubTeam Beaufort
Coached byRayford Jones [2]
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals 9th
World finals1st
Regional finals1st
National finals1st
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 155 kg (2019)
  • Clean & jerk: 193 kg (2019)
  • Total: 347 kg (2019)
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Guatemala City 73 kg
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2018 Santo Domingo 69 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2016 Tbilisi 69 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2017 Tokyo 69 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Tashkent 69 kg
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Suva 73 kg

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. [3] [4] CJ has earned 38 international medals, broken four International Weightlifting Federation Youth and Junior world records, and currently holds 23 USA Weightlifting American records. [5]

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Career

In 2018 he competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in the 73 kg category setting 4 Junior World Records. [6] 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. [7]

Major results

YearVenueWeightSnatch (kg)Clean & Jerk (kg)TotalRank
123Rank123Rank
Olympic Games
2020 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan 73 kg1451451501018019019883259
World Championships
2015 Flag of the United States.svg Houston, United States 69 kg 123128132311661741742829830
2017 Flag of the United States.svg Anaheim, United States 69 kg 1361391419177178178
2018 Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 73 kg 14014514812181186187633510
2019 Flag of Thailand.svg Pattaya, Thailand73 kg14515015510183183191103339
Pan American Weightlifting Championships
2018 Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 69 kg137141144Silver medal icon.svg170175180Gold medal icon.svg324Silver medal icon.svg
2019 Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala City, Guatemala 73 kg144150153Gold medal icon.svg182187191Gold medal icon.svg344Gold medal icon.svg
World Junior Championships
2016 Flag of Georgia.svg Tbilisi, Georgia 69 kg1271321374170175180Gold medal icon.svg317Gold medal icon.svg
2017 Flag of Japan.svg Tokyo, Japan 69 kg1341381414175183186Gold medal icon.svg321Gold medal icon.svg
2018 Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Tashkent, Uzbekistan 69 kg136140145Gold medal icon.svg171174176Gold medal icon.svg316Gold medal icon.svg
2019 Flag of Fiji.svg Suva, Fiji 73 kg145148150Silver medal icon.svg180185192Gold medal icon.svg337Gold medal icon.svg

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