Clarence Cummings
American weightlifter (born 2000)
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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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| National team |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 6, 2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2010-current[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72.88 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | www | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  United States of America | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 73 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | –73 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Team Beaufort | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Rayford Jones[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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World finals | 1st | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regional finals | 1st | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National finals | 1st | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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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 -69 kg weight category. At Suva in 2019, Cummings again won gold in a higher weight category, -73 kg.
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 | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Olympic Games | ||||||||||||
| 2020 |  Tokyo, Japan |
73 kg | 145 | 10 | 180 | 8 | 325 | 9 | ||||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | Houston, United States | 69 kg | 123 | 128 | 132 | 31 | 166 | 28 | 298 | 30 | ||
| 2017 | Anaheim, United States | 69 kg | 136 | 139 | 141 | 9 | — | — | — | |||
| 2018 |  Ashgabat, Turkmenistan | 73 kg | 140 | 145 | 148 | 12 | 181 | 187 | 6 | 335 | 10 | |
| 2019 |  Pattaya, Thailand |
73 kg | 145 | 150 | 10 | 183 | 10 | 333 | 9 | |||
| Pan American Weightlifting Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2018 |  Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | 69 kg | 137 | 141 | 144 |  | 170 | 175 | 180 |  | 324 | |
| 2019 |  Guatemala City, Guatemala | 73 kg | 144 | 150 | 153 | | 182 | 187 | 191 | | 344 | |
| World Junior Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2016 |  Tbilisi, Georgia | 69 kg | 127 | 132 | 137 | 4 | 170 | 175 | 180 | | 317 | |
| 2017 | Tokyo, Japan | 69 kg | 134 | 138 | 4 | 175 | 183 | | 321 | | ||
| 2018 |  Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 69 kg | 136 | 140 | | 171 | 174 | 176 | | 316 | | |
| 2019 |  Suva, Fiji | 73 kg | 145 | | 180 | 192 | | 337 | | |||
