At 20, He Broke a Weightlifting World Record No American Man Had Touched Since 1969
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Hampton Morris, 20 and competing under 135 pounds (61kg), broke the clean and jerk world record at the IWF World Cup in Phuket, Thailand, on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, lifting 388 pounds (176kg) — a mark that stood at both junior and senior level.
He became the first American man to break a weightlifting world record since Bob Bednarski in 1969, a stretch of more than 50 years. At the same competition he also set an American record of 280 pounds (127kg) in the snatch, taking silver in that event.
Between his silver in the snatch and gold in the clean and jerk, Morris moved to #2 in the IWF world rankings with a combined total of 668 pounds (303kg), silver overall. The result raised hopes for Team USA in a sport where American men have historically underperformed — the country's last male Olympic weightlifting medalist competed in 1984, and Harrison Maurus's fourth-place finish in Tokyo had been the recent high point.
Key takeaways
- ›Competed in the men's 61 kg (135 lb) weight class at an IWF World Cup event in Phuket, Thailand
- ›Set a clean and jerk world record of 388 lbs (176 kg) at age 20
- ›Became the first American male weightlifter to break a world record since Bob Bednarski in 1969
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