Clarence Cummings

Clarence Cummings Jr. (also known as CJ Cummings) (born 6 June 2000) is an American 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]

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
2019 Guatemala City73 kg
2018 Santo Domingo69 kg
Junior World Championships
2016 Tbilisi –69 kg
2017 Tokyo –69 kg
2018 Tashkent –69 kg
2019 Suva –73 kg

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 Tokyo, Japan 73 kg 145 145 150 10 180 190 198 8 325 9
World Championships
2015 Houston, United States69 kg123128132311661741742829830
2017 Anaheim, United States69 kg1361391419177178178———
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan73 kg14014514812181186187633510
2019 Pattaya, Thailand 73 kg 145 150 155 10 183 183 191 10 333 9
Pan American Weightlifting Championships
2018 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic69 kg137141144170175180324
2019 Guatemala City, Guatemala73 kg144150153182187191344
World Junior Championships
2016 Tbilisi, Georgia69 kg1271321374170175180317
2017 Tokyo, Japan69 kg1341381414175183186321
2018 Tashkent, Uzbekistan69 kg136140145171174176316
2019 Suva, Fiji73 kg145148150180185192337

References
  1. [Meet the 16-Year-Old Who Can Lift 400 Pounds "How teenager CJ Cummings could help rescue weightlifting"]. menshealth.com. Retrieved February 10, 2023. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  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 https://web.archive.org/web/20161115105827/http://www.teamusa.org/USA-Weightlifting/Resources/American-Records/. Archived from the original on November 15, 2016. Retrieved June 16, 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  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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