Jourdan Delacruz

Jourdan Elizabeth Delacruz (born May 20, 1998)[1] is an American weightlifter. She is a two-time gold medalist at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships. In 2021, she represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[2]

Jourdan Delacruz
Personal information
Full nameJourdan Elizabeth Delacruz
Born (1998-05-20) May 20, 1998
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportWeightlifting
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  United States
Pan American Championships
2019 Guatemala City 55 kg
2020 Santo Domingo 49 kg
IWF World Cup
2020 Rome 49 kg
Junior World Championships
2018 Tashkent 53 kg

Career

She won the silver medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[3] In that same year, she competed in the women's 55 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[4]

At the 2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, she won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event.[5] She also represented the United States at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru in the women's 55 kg event.[6] She finished in 4th place.[6] In that same year, she competed in the women's 55 kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand.[7] After this competition, she began competing in the 49 kg weight class and she won the gold medal in this event at the 2019 International Naim Suleymanoglu Tournament held in Gaziantep, Turkey.

In 2020, she won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the Roma 2020 World Cup in Rome, Italy.[1] She also won the gold medals in both the 49 kg Snatch and 49 kg Clean & Jerk events.[1] In 2021, she won the gold medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2020 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[8] She competed in the women's 49 kg event where she did not rank after failing to register a result in the Clean & Jerk.[9][10]

Major results
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2021 Tokyo, Japan49 kg838689108108108——
World Championships
2018 Ashgabat, Turkmenistan55 kg838386161071101121019813
2019 Pattaya, Thailand55 kg8788911110911211572009
Pan American Games
2019 Lima, Peru55 kg8788881091131151974
Pan American Championships
2019 Guatemala City, Guatemala55 kg878791110113116207
2020 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic49 kg838689104108111200

References
  1. "2020 Roma World Cup" (PDF). Federazione Italiana Pesistica. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  2. Mendola, Nicholas (July 24, 2021). "USA's Delacruz unable to complete lift, Hou wins gold with Olympic record". NBC Olympics. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  3. "2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  4. "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 11, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  5. Etchells, Daniel (April 24, 2019). "American sensation Cummings shines on day two of Pan American Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on January 21, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
  6. "Women's 55 kg Results" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  7. "2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  8. OlympicTalk (June 19, 2021). "U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  9. Oliver, Brian (July 24, 2021). "Gold for China and disappointment for United States in first weightlifting event of Tokyo 2020". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  10. Price, Karen (July 28, 2021). "CJ Cummings And Jourdan Delacruz Make Olympic Debuts In Weightlifting". Team USA. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
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