Wes Barnett
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Nationalteam
United States
United StatesBornApril 1, 1970
Saint Joseph, Missouri
Saint Joseph, Missouri
Country
United States of America
United States of AmericaSportWeightlifting
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| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 1, 1970 Saint Joseph, Missouri | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States of America | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Weightlifting | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | 100+ kg, 108+kg | |||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 100+ kg, 108+kg | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Dennis Snethen[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Olympic finals | 6th[1] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wesley ("Wes") T. Barnett (born April 1, 1970, in Saint Joseph, Missouri) is an American Olympic weightlifter. He competed for the United States at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona and at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.[1] Barnett is USA Weightlifting junior, collegiate, and senior national champion, and earned silver and bronze medals in 1997 at the World Championships in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Wes was born and raised in Saint Joseph, Missouri. Wes competed at his first local competition in 1984 at a youth center in South St. Joseph, Missouri after being invited by Dennis Snethen who would become his coach. Later in the same year, Wes qualified for the AAU National Junior Olympics.[2]
Achievements
- 1989, 1990 was member of the Johnson County Community College Collegiate National Championship team;
- 1990 National Collegiate Champion in 90 kg weight class;
- 1990 National Junior Champion in 90 kg weight class;
- Olympic team member (1992 and 1996)
- Bronze medalist In Senior World Championships (1997)
- Pan Am Games Champion (1995)
- Silver medalist In Pan Am Games (1991)
- Bronze medalist in Pan Am Games (1999)
- Senior American record holder in clean and jerk and total (1993–1997)
