USA Weightlifting Announces the 2023 IWF Weightlifting World Championships Team Roster
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - USA Weightlifting has announced the 20 athletes who will represent Team USA at the 2023 IWF Weightlifting World Championships, September 4-17 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The event will not only feature the world’s best lifters but is also the first mandatory Olympic qualifying competition for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Approximately 900 athletes from across the globe are expected to participate in the critical international event in 20 bodyweight categories.
The U.S. squad features 10 men and 10 women competing with 13 of the American team members returning to world championships action after competing in the 2022 event.
Seven members of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Weightlifting Team will compete in Saudi Arabia as they fight for spots in the 2024 Olympic Games. Three-time Olympian and 2022 World championships silver medalist Sarah Robles (+87kg/Desert Hot Springs, Calif.), 2020 Olympic silver medalist and 2019 World Champion Kate Vibert (71kg/Johns Creek, Ga.), 2020 Olympian and 2019 Pan American Games champion CJ Cummings (89kg/Beaufort, S.C.), 2020 Olympian and 2019 Pan American Games champion Wes Kitts (102kg/Atlanta, Ga.), 2020 Olympian and 2022 World Championships silver medalist Mattie Rogers (81kg/Geneva, Fla.), 2020 Olympian and 2018 Junior World Championships silver medalist Jourdan Delacruz (49kg/Wylie, Texas), and 2020 Olympian and two time Pan American Champion Caine Wilkes (+109kg/Indian Trail, N.C.) will all lift in the 2023 World Championships.
Two returning World Championships medalists are back for more hardware in 2023. Two-time World Championships medalist Olivia Reeves (71kg/Chattanooga, Tenn.) and reigning World Championships bronze medalist Hayley Reichardt (49kg/Leesport, Pa.) are heading to Saudi Arabia. 2021 World Champion Meredith Alwine (71kg/Alamonte Springs, Fla.) will look to duplicate her title at the 2023 World Championships competition.
Three-time Pan American champion Hampton Morris (61kg/Marietta, Ga.), Pan American bronze medalist Taylor Wilkins (59 kg; Sebastian Fla.), Pan American silver medalist Ryan Grimsland (73 kg; Lewisville, N.C.), 2023 Pan American Champion Ryan Sester (102kg/Gresham, Ore.), and Grand Prix I silver medalist Nathan Damron (89kg/Los Gatos, Calif.) will all return to World Championships action in Saudi Arabia as well.
2023 Pan American Champion and Cuba IWF Grand Prix 1 gold medalist Mary Theisen-Lappen (+87 kg/Eau Claire, Wis.), 2017 World Championships team member Brian Reisenauer (61kg/Fargo, N.D.), and 2023 Grand Prix I participants Danielle Gunnin (59kg/Monroe, Ga.), Caden Cahoy (73kg/Jacksonville, Fla.), and 2023 Pan American Champion Alejandro Medina (+109kg/Miami, Fla.) will round out Team USA's roster.
Prior to departing for Saudi Arabia, the U.S. team will convene in Paris for a preparatory training camp at the French national training center led by Mike Gattone, Senior Director of Sport Performance and Pyrros Dimas, Technical Director.
The competition will begin on September 4 at the Green Hall at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Olympic Complex and the full schedule by body weight category will be released when available.
Once it's available, live stream information can be found at www.usaw.live.
Stay tuned to www.usaweightlifting.org for all the latest news from the 2023 World Championships.
2023 IWF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM USA ATHLETE BIOS
Women’s Team
Jourdan Delacruz
Weight class: 49 kg
Resides in: Wylie, Texas
Best Snatch: 89kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 112kg
Best Total: 200kg
Coach: Spencer Arnold
Club: Power and Grace
Instagram: @jourdann_14
2020 Olympian
Hayley Reichardt
Weight class: 49kg
Resides in: Leesport, Pa.
Best Snatch: 86kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 111kg
Best Total: 197kg
Coach: Dane Miller
Club: Garage Strength
Instagram: @haileyreichardt
Danielle Gunnin
Weight class: 59kg
Resides in: Monroe, Ga.
Best Snatch: 100kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 120kg
Brest Total: 220kg
Coach: Cord Gunnin
Club: Atlas Weightlifting Club
Instagram: @danielle_gunnin
Taylor Wilkins
Weight class: 59kg
Resides in: St. Augustine, Fla.
Best Snatch: 97kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 124kg
Total: 221kg
Coach: Vance Newgard
Club: Vero Beach Weightlifting
Instagram: @taylortwilkins
Olivia Reeves
Weight class: 71kg
Resides in: Chattanooga, Tenn.
Best Snatch: 110kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 139kg
Best Total: 248kg
Coach: Steve Fauer
Club: Unattached
Instagram: @oliviareeves
Kate Vibert
Weight class: 71kg
Resides in: Johns Creek, Ga.
Best Snatch: 112kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 138kg
Best Total: 249kg
Coach: Spencer Arnold
Club: Power and Grace
Instagram: @katevibert
2020 Olympic silver medalist
Meredith Alwine
Weight class: 76kg
Resides in: Altamone Springs, Fla.
Best Snatch: 107kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 139kg
Best Total: 243kg
Coach: Danny Camargo
Club: Team O.C.
Instagram: @meredithalwine
Mattie Rogers
Weight class: 81kg
Resides in: Geneva, Fla.
Best snatch: 112kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 143kg
Best Total: 255kg
Coach: Aimee Everett
Club: Catalyst Athletics
Instagram: @mattierogers
2020 Olympian
Sarah Robles
Weight class: +87kg
Resides in: Desert Hot Springs, Calif.
Best snatch: 128kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 162kg
Best Total: 290kg
Coach: Tim Swords
Club: Team Houston
Instagram: @roblympian
Three-time Olympian
Mary Theisen-Lappen
Weight class: +87kg
Resides in: Eau Claire, Wis.
Best Snatch: 119kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 163kg
Best Total: 278kg
Club: Will Fleming
Club: 1Kilo
Instagram: @marytheisenlappen
Men’s Team
Hampton Morris
Weight class: 61kg
Resides in: Atlanta, Ga.
Best Snatch: 124kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 166kg
Best Total: 290 kg
Coach: Tripp Morris
Instagram: @hamptonmorris
Brian Reisenauer
Weight class: 61kg
Resides in: Fargo, N.D.
Best Snatch: 121kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 143kg
Total: 263kg
Coach: Vinh Huynh
Club: Union Weightlifting
Instagram: @brianreisenauer
Caden Cahoy
Weight class: 73kg
Resides in: Jacksonville, Fla.
Best Snatch: 143kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 180kg
Best Total: 320kg
Coach: Chad Cahoy
Club: Jacksonville Strength
Instagram: @cadencahoy
Ryan Grimsland
Weight class: 73kg
Resides in: Lewisville, N.C.
Best Snatch: 150kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 190kg
Best Total: 340kg
Coach: Travis Mash
Club: Mash Elite Performance
Instagram: @ryangrimsland
CJ Cummings
Weight class: 89kg
Resides in: Beaufort, S.C.
Best Snatch: 155kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 193kg
Best Total: 348kg
Coach: Ray Jones
Club: Team Divergent
Instagram: @CJ_cummings
2020 Olympian
Nathan Damron
Weight class: 89kg
Resides in: Los Gatos, Calif.
Best Snatch: 167kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 208kg
Best Total: 374kg
Coach: Dave Spitz
Club: California Strength
Instagram: @nathandamron89
Wes Kitts
Weight class: 102kg
Resides in: Atlanta, Ga.
Best Snatch: 177kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 223kg
Best Total: 399kg
Coach: Dave Spitz
Club: California Strength
Instagram: @Weskitts22
2020 Olympian
Ryan Sester
Weight class: 102kg
Resides in: Gresham, Ore.
Best Snatch: 166kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 207lg
Best Total: 372kg
Club: Kevin Simons
Club: Alpha Barbell
Instagram: @ryan_sester
Alejandro Medina
Weight class: +109kg
Resides in: Miami, Fla.
Best Snatch: 175kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 212kg
Best Total: 385kg
Club: Brian Secrest
Club: Vero Beach Weightlifting
Instagram: @Medina_island
Caine Wilkes
Weight class: +109kg
Resides in: Indian Trail, N.C.
Best Snatch: 186kg
Best Clean and Jerk: 230kg
Best Total: 416kg
Club: Chris Wilkes
Instagram: @thedragonwilkes
2020 Olympian
