Hampton Morris
American weightlifter (born 2004)
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Hampton Miller Morris (born February 17, 2004)[1] is an American weightlifter. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, he won bronze in the men's 61 kg event. He is a four-time gold medalist at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships. He also currently holds both the junior and senior clean and jerk world records in the men's 61 kg class.
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| Full name | Hampton Miller Morris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | February 17, 2004 Marietta, Georgia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Alan C. Pope High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight class | 65 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Tripp Morris | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Hampton Morris was born on February 17, 2004 in Marietta, Georgia to Anne Marie and Tripp Morris.[2] He has a younger sister Etta. He attended Alan C. Pope High School in Marietta and graduated in 2022.[3]
Morris played soccer at school. When he was ten, he followed his parents doing CrossFit and learned weightlifting as a way of getting stronger for soccer.[4] He started competing in weightlifting in local competitions, and in 2017 when he was 13, he competed and won at a national-level event in Atlanta. Following this win, he dropped soccer for weightlifting.[4] His father Tripp served as his coach.[5]
Career
Morris won the gold medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 2021 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador.[6][7] He won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Colombia.[8][9] Morris was also one of the flagbearers for the United States during the opening ceremony.[8]
Morris won the gold medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Heraklion, Greece.[10][11] Lifting 160 kg in the Clean & Jerk also was a junior world record.[11]
He won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[12][13] Morris also set a new junior world record of 162 kg in the Clean & Jerk.[13] He improved this record to 163 kg at the 2022 Pan American Junior Weightlifting Championships held in Lima, Peru.[14]
Morris competed in the men's 61 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia. He won the gold medal in his event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina.[15] He also won the gold medal in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.
On September 6, 2023, Morris won the gold medal in the clean and jerk at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships men's 61 kg, becoming the first American man to win a gold medal at a World Championship since 1972.[16]
On August 7, 2024, Morris became the first male U.S. weightlifter to win an Olympic medal since 1984, with his bronze in the men's 61 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[17][18]
He won the gold medal in his event at the 2025 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Cali, Colombia. He competed in the 65 kg weight class after the IWF updated the bodyweight categories from June 1, 2025 onwards.[19]
Achievements
| Year | Venue | Weight | Snatch (kg) | Clean & Jerk (kg) | Total | Rank | ||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | 1 | 2 | 3 | Rank | |||||
| Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Paris, France | 61 kg | 122 | 126 | N/a | 172 | N/a | 298 |  | |||
| IWF World Cup | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Phuket, Thailand | 61 kg | 124 | 127 | 11 | 172 | 176 CWR |  | 303 |  | ||
| World Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Bogotá, Colombia | 61 kg | 118 | 16 | 157 | 9 | 275 | 15 | ||||
| 2023 | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 61 kg | — | 163 | 168 | | — | — | ||||
| 2025 | Førde, Norway | 65 kg | 133 | 9 | 178 | | 311 | | ||||
| Pan American Championships | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | Guayaquil, Ecuador | 61 kg | 112 | 117 | | 148 | 151 | | 268 | | ||
| 2022 | Bogotá, Colombia | 61 kg | 117 | 5 | 153 | 158 | 162 | | 279 | | ||
| 2023 | Bariloche, Argentina | 61 kg | 120 | 123 | | 158 | | 281 | | |||
| 2025 | Cali, Colombia | 65 kg | 127 | 132 | 137 | | 177 | 181 WR | | 318 AM | | |
| 2026 | Panama City, Panama | 65 kg | 130 | 134 | 138 | | 177 | | 315 | | ||
