Clarence Cummings

Clarence Cummings Jr.
Personal information
National team United States
Born (2000-06-06) June 6, 2000
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)
Websitewww.cj-cummings.com
Sport
Country United States of America
SportWeightlifting
Weight class73 kg
Event–73 kg
ClubTeam Beaufort
Coached byRayford Jones[2]
Achievements and titles
Olympic finals9th
World finals1st
Regional finals1st
National finals1st
Personal bests
  • Snatch: 155 kg (2019)
  • Clean & jerk: 193 kg (2019)
  • Total: 347 kg (2019)
Medal record
Representing  United States
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Guatemala City 73 kg
Silver medal – second place 2018 Santo Domingo 69 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Tbilisi –69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2017 Tokyo –69 kg
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tashkent –69 kg
Gold medal – first place 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]

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

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2020 Japan Tokyo, Japan 73 kg 145 145 150 10 180 190 198 8 325 9
World Championships
2015 United States Houston, United States 69 kg 123 128 132 31 166 174 174 28 298 30
2017 United States Anaheim, United States 69 kg 136 139 141 9 177 178 178 — — —
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 73 kg 140 145 148 12 181 186 187 6 335 10
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 73 kg 145 150 155 10 183 183 191 10 333 9
Pan American Weightlifting Championships
2018 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 69 kg 137 141 144 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 170 175 180 1st place, gold medalist(s) 324 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala 73 kg 144 150 153 1st place, gold medalist(s) 182 187 191 1st place, gold medalist(s) 344 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Junior Championships
2016 Georgia (country) Tbilisi, Georgia 69 kg 127 132 137 4 170 175 180 1st place, gold medalist(s) 317 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2017 Japan Tokyo, Japan 69 kg 134 138 141 4 175 183 186 1st place, gold medalist(s) 321 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan 69 kg 136 140 145 1st place, gold medalist(s) 171 174 176 1st place, gold medalist(s) 316 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2019 Fiji Suva, Fiji 73 kg 145 148 150 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 180 185 192 1st place, gold medalist(s) 337 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. ^ Eaves, Ali (August 12, 2016). "Meet the 16-Year-Old Who Can Lift 400 Pounds". menshealth.com. Retrieved February 10, 2023.
  2. ^ Ford, Bonnie (November 29, 2017). "How teenager CJ Cummings could help rescue weightlifting". espn.com. ESPN. p. 1. Retrieved July 17, 2019. His coach, Ray Jones,
  3. ^ "IWF Athlete Bios". IWF.sport. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  4. ^ "18-Year-Old CJ Cummings Sets 15 Records On Remarkable Day At Pan American Weightlifting Championships". Team USA. Archived from the original on April 25, 2019. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  5. ^ "USA Weightlifting American Records". USA Weightlifting. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
  6. ^ "China won Gold - once again". IWF.net. November 4, 2018. Retrieved April 25, 2019.
  7. ^ OlympicTalk (June 19, 2021). "U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved June 19, 2021.


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