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Kendrick James Farris (born July 2, 1986) is an Olympic weightlifter from the United States. He competed for the United States in the 85 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics where he placed 8th. Farris also participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he placed 10th.
The USAPL Raw Powerlifting National Championships have been contested since 2005. The Championships are broken up into the standard weight classes and age divisions (Teens, Juniors, Open, Masters). The Championships started out with around 150 lifters, but have now grown to over 1,000. Teen National Champions Junior National Champions
2.1 Men (1998–2018) 2.2 Women (1998–2018) 3 See also. 4 References. 5 External links. ... The following are the records of the United States in Olympic weightlifting.
PARIS (AP) — Hampton Morris does not have a driver's license. He does have an Olympic bronze medal. The 20-year-old who trains in his garage at home in Marietta, Georgia, on Wednesday became the ...
A men's Olympic barbell weighs 20 kg (44 lbs) with a shaft diameter of 28 mm and a length of 2200 mm, whereas a women's Olympic barbell weighs 15 kg (33 lbs) and has a shaft diameter of 25 mm with a length of 2010 mm. [20] [21] The distance between the sleeves, however, is the same for the men's and the women's bars at 1310 mm.
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.
He was the second man to bench press over 700 pounds [lb] (317.5 kg) and the second man to bench press over 700 lbs raw. James set numerous world records throughout his career, including the all-time world record in the raw ( unassisted ) bench press with 711 lb (323 kg).
Karyn Marshall (born April 2, 1956, in Miami, Florida) is an American Olympic weightlifter who won the first women's world championship in weightlifting, held in 1987. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 5 ] [ 6 ] She also set 60 American and world records in women's weightlifting and in 1985 became the first woman in history to clean and jerk over 300 lb (136 kg ...