Hampton Miller Morris (born February 17, 2004)
is an American
weightlifter
Olympic weightlifting, or Olympic-style weightlifting (officially named Weightlifting), is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with each athlete trying to successfully lift ...
. He is a three-time gold medalist in the men's 61kg event at the
Pan American Weightlifting Championships
The Pan American Weightlifting Championships is the continental weightlifting championships for nations from North America, Central America, South America and the Caribbean organised by Pan American Weightlifting Federation (PAWF).
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(2021, 2022 and 2023).
Career
Morris won the gold medal in the men's 61kg event at the
2021 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He won the silver medal in
his event at the
2021 Junior Pan American Games
The 2021 Junior Pan American Games (Spanish: ''Juegos Panamericanos Junior 2021'') was an international multi-sports event for athletes aged 17 to 22 in the Americas, organized by Panam Sports held in Cali and Valle, Colombia between November 2 ...
held in Colombia.
Morris was also one of the flagbearers for the United States during the opening ceremony.
Morris won the gold medal in the men's 61kg event at the
2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Heraklion, Greece.
Lifting 160kg in the Clean & Jerk also was a
junior world record.
He won the gold medal in his event at the
2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.
Morris also set a new junior world record of 162kg in the Clean & Jerk.
He improved this record to 163kg at the 2022 Pan American Junior Weightlifting Championships held in Lima, Peru.
Morris competed in the
men's 61kg event at the
2022 World Weightlifting Championships
The 2022 World Weightlifting Championships was a weightlifting competition held in Bogotá, Colombia in December 2022. It was scheduled to be held in Chongqing, China but this changed in March 2022 as a result of COVID-19 measures in China. The ...
held in Bogotá, Colombia. He won the gold medal in his event at the
2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina.
He also won the gold medal in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.
Achievements
References
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Living people
2004 births
Place of birth missing (living people)
American male weightlifters
Pan American Weightlifting Championships medalists
21st-century American people