Hampton Morris

Information accurate as of Aug. 9, 2024

Age: 20 (Feb. 17, 2004)

Coached by: Tripp Morris (Father)

Hometown: Marietta, Georgia

Train out of (city and gym): Marietta, Georgia | Trains primarily out of a home gym

First year of competition: Garage Freedom Open July 9, 2016

Competition Personal records (overall):

• 130kg snatch,178 kg clean and jerk, 305 kg total

Competition Personal records (at 61 kg, Olympic weight):

• 127 kg SN, 176 kg clean and jerk (world record), 303 kg T
• All are also American senior and junior records at 61 kg

Education

• Has not attended university
• Pope High School 2022

Accolades short list (Titles, American/World Records):

• IWF Bio
• Won the 61 kg bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. First U.S. man to win a weightlifting medal in over 40 years.
• Has won eight Total gold medals for the U.S.
• 3-time World Championships medalist (1 junior gold, 1 junior silver, 1 youth gold
• 6-time Pan-American Championships medalist (3 Sr. G, 1 Jr. G, 1 Y G, 1 Y B)
• Ranks No. 2 in the world at 61 kg
  • Made the jump at final Olympic qualifier, IWF World Cup, where he broke the senior and junior clean and jerk world records (176 kg)
  • Was the highest-ranked American man heading into the final two Olympic qualifiers

• Has set 10 world records across IWF youth, junior and senior levels
  • Currently holds four IWF world records
  • Sr 61 kg:176 kg C&J
  • Jr 61 kg: 176 kg
  • Youth 61 kg: 156 C&J, 276 kg Total

• Holds 20 American Records across youth, junior and senior levels
• Current American Records (May 23, 2024):

• As a 61 kg senior: 127 SN, 176 CJ, 303 T
• As a 67 kg senior: 178 kg C&J
• As a 61 kg junior: 127 SN, 176 CJ, 303 T
• As a 67 kg junior: 178 kg C&J
• As a 44 kg youth (U13): 58/80/138
• As a 55k kg youth (14-15): 95/117/212
• As a 61 kg youth (14-15): 109/146/255
• As a 61 kg youth (16-17): 120/156/276

• Set 8 American records at the 2024 European Championships in Bulgaria (February 2024). His 171 C&J tied the junior world record (Myong Jin Pak, People’s Republic of Korea).

Feature stories:

• Hampton Morris is 1st US men's weightlifter to medal at the Olympics since '84
• Marietta's Hampton Morris makes Olympic history with weightlifting medal
• Marietta's Hampton Morris trains in his garage, wins weightlifting medal at Olympics
• Hampton Morris wins historic Olympic weightlifting medal for USA: 'I'm just in disbelief'
• Hampton Morris: seven coffees, 657lb lifted and a historic US medal
• Hampton Morris Becomes First American Men's Olympic Medalist Since 1984
• Last Chance ep.1 | Hampton Morris
• "Hamp the Champ" - A Weightlifting Documentary | Hampton Morris

• Marietta parents prepare for monumental summer as son qualifies for Paris Olympics

• Morris Sets New World Record Day 1 of World Cup
• FUELED BY COFFEE, HAMPTON MORRIS HOPES TO LIFT HIS WAY TO PARIS
• Bar Raised | Marietta weightlifting champ hopes for spot on Paris Olympic team
• Olympic weightlifter from Marietta sets 8 new American records
• Weightlifter Hampton Morris still not tired of eating 2 lbs of rice per day
• Lifting each other: Marietta man makes history with father at side
• U.S. Olympic weightlifting team could be best in 64 years
• Marietta weightlifting champ breaks world record, inching closer to Olympic weightlifting spot