Athlete Bio#
Age
26
Hometown
Wylie, TX
Education
Bachelors in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Northern Colorado (2023)...Masters in Nutritional Science with an emphasis in sports nutrition from the University of Georgia (expected to graduate 2025)
Accurate as of August 21, 2024
Age: 26 (May 20th 1998)
Coached by: Spencer Arnold
Hometown: BORN in Wylie, Texas, but LIVES in Atlanta, Georgia since January 2018
Train out of (city and gym): Lawrenceville, Georgia | Power and Grace Barbell
First year of competition: Dallas Summer Classic Weightlifting Championships - June 7, 2014
Competition Personal records:
- 91 kg snatch, 116 kg clean & jerk, 207 kg total
- All were from 2019 competitions
Education
- Bachelors in Nutrition and Dietetics from the University of Northern Colorado (2023)
- Masters in Nutritional Science with an emphasis in sports nutrition from the University of Georgia (expected to graduate 2025)
Accolades short list (Titles, American/World Records):
Current American Records (March 15, 2024):
At 49 kg, senior: 89/112/200
At 55 kg, senior: 91/116/207
At 55 kg, junior: 112kg C&J, 198 total
- Paris 2024 Olympian: 49 kg fifth place
- 2023 IWF World Championships: 49 kg Bronze
- 2023 Pan American Championships: 49 kg Gold
- 2022 Pan American Championships: 49 kg silver
- Tokyo 2020 Olympian: Did not total. 3rd in snatch (86 kg), missed all C&J
- 2020 World Cup: 49 kg Gold
- 2020 Pan American Championships: 49 kg gold
- 2019 Pan American Championships: 55 kg gold
- 2018 Junior World Championships: 53 kg silver
- 2017 Pan American Junior Championships: 53 kg silver
- 2016 Pan American Junior Championships: 53 kg silver
- Ranks fourth in the world at 49 kg
- Has won six Total gold medals for the U.S.
- Competed at 49 kg at Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Did not total. 3rd in snatch (86 kg), missed all C&J
- Was USA’s top-ranked athlete throughout the quad (4th at 49 kg) until the Doha Grand Prix when Olivia Reeves jumped her (2nd at 71 kg).
- Competed at 49 kg at Paris 2024 Olympics, finishing in 5th place
- Two-time world championships medalist (1 Sr. Bronze, 1 Jr. Silver)
- Six-time Pan-American Championships medalist (3 Sr. Gold, 1 Sr. Silver, 2 Jr. Silver)
- Entrepreneur - Owns and manages “Her Athlete” brand - launched in July 2023
- Trains alongside Tokyo 2020 silver medalist Kate Vibert (Nye) and helps mentor some of the best up and coming junior lifters in the US in Bella Rodriguez and Preston Powell, among others, at Power and Grace Barbell
- Started her athletic career as a competitive gymnast before getting into CrossFit with her parents and eventually finding weightlifting.
Feature Stories
- Northern Colorado graduate Jourdan Delacruz 5th in women's weightlifting at Paris Olympics
- From cheerleader to Olympic weightlifter: Jourdan Delacruz fifth in 'bittersweet' Games
- Jourdan Delacruz Takes Fifth Place in Second Olympic Games
- Has been one of the primary subjects in Jessie Johnson's Final Attempt documentary
- Heavy Lift: Alumna Eager to Compete at the Olympics in Weightlifting
- ‘It does take a lot of grit’: Jourdan Delacruz looks ahead to Paris
- No More Weighting: Alumna and professional weightlifter pursues her second Olympic games
- Quest for Gold: Weightlifter Jourdan Delacruz is in the midst of a ‘rigorous’ training cycle to qualify for her second Olympics
- U.S. Olympic weightlifting team could be best in 64 years
