Hampton Morris

Hampton Morris
Personal information
Full nameHampton Miller Morris
Born (2004-02-17) February 17, 2004
Marietta, Georgia, U.S.
EducationAlan C. Pope High School
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportWeightlifting
Weight class
65 kg
Coached byTripp Morris
Medal record
Men's weightlifting
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2024 Paris61 kg
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2025 Førde65 kg
IWF World Cup
Silver medal – second place2024 Phuket61 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Guayaquil61 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Bogotá61 kg
Gold medal – first place2023 Bariloche61 kg
Gold medal – first place2025 Cali65 kg
Silver medal – second place2026 Panama City65 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 Heraklion61 kg
Gold medal – first place2024 León61 kg
Silver medal – second place2023 Guadalajara67 kg
Youth World Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 Jeddah61 kg
Junior Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2021 Cali-Valle61 kg
Junior Pan-American Championships
Gold medal – first place2020 Manizales61 kg
Gold medal – first place2022 Lima61 kg
Pan-American Youth Weightlifting Championships
Bronze medal – third place2018 Palmira50 kg
Gold medal – first place2019 Guayaquil61 kg

Hampton Miller Morris (born February 17, 2004)[1] is an American weightlifter. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, he won bronze in the men's 61 kg event. He is a four-time gold medalist at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships. He also currently holds both the junior and senior clean and jerk world records in the men's 61 kg class.

Early life

Hampton Morris was born on February 17, 2004 in Marietta, Georgia to Anne Marie and Tripp Morris.[2] He has a younger sister Etta. He attended Alan C. Pope High School in Marietta and graduated in 2022.[3]

Morris played soccer at school. When he was ten, he followed his parents doing CrossFit and learned weightlifting as a way of getting stronger for soccer.[4] He started competing in weightlifting in local competitions, and in 2017 when he was 13, he competed and won at a national-level event in Atlanta. Following this win, he dropped soccer for weightlifting.[4] His father Tripp served as his coach.[5]

Career

Morris won the gold medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 2021 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador.[6][7] He won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Colombia.[8][9] Morris was also one of the flagbearers for the United States during the opening ceremony.[8]

Morris won the gold medal in the men's 61 kg event at the 2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Heraklion, Greece.[10][11] Lifting 160 kg in the Clean & Jerk also was a junior world record.[11]

He won the gold medal in his event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[12][13] Morris also set a new junior world record of 162 kg in the Clean & Jerk.[13] He improved this record to 163 kg at the 2022 Pan American Junior Weightlifting Championships held in Lima, Peru.[14]

Morris competed in the men's 61 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia. He won the gold medal in his event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina.[15] He also won the gold medal in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.

On September 6, 2023, Morris won the gold medal in the clean and jerk at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships men's 61 kg, becoming the first American man to win a gold medal at a World Championship since 1972.[16]

On August 7, 2024, Morris became the first male U.S. weightlifter to win an Olympic medal since 1984, with his bronze in the men's 61 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[17][18]

He won the gold medal in his event at the 2025 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Cali, Colombia. He competed in the 65 kg weight class after the IWF updated the bodyweight categories from June 1, 2025 onwards.[19]

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2024Paris, France61 kg122125126N/a168172178N/a2983rd place, bronze medalist(s)
IWF World Cup
2024Phuket, Thailand61 kg12412713011169172176 CWR1st place, gold medalist(s)3032nd place, silver medalist(s)
World Championships
2022Bogotá, Colombia61 kg11811812416157163164927515
2023Riyadh, Saudi Arabia61 kg123123123—1631681681st place, gold medalist(s)——
2025Førde, Norway65 kg13113313991781831833rd place, bronze medalist(s)3113rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pan American Championships
2021Guayaquil, Ecuador61 kg1121161173rd place, bronze medalist(s)1481511571st place, gold medalist(s)2681st place, gold medalist(s)
2022Bogotá, Colombia61 kg11711712251531581621st place, gold medalist(s)2791st place, gold medalist(s)
2023Bariloche, Argentina61 kg1201231261st place, gold medalist(s)1581581641st place, gold medalist(s)2811st place, gold medalist(s)
2025Cali, Colombia65 kg1271321371st place, gold medalist(s)177181
WR		1861st place, gold medalist(s)318
AM		1st place, gold medalist(s)
2026Panama City, Panama65 kg1301341382nd place, silver medalist(s)1771831832nd place, silver medalist(s)3152nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

  1. ↑ "Weightlifting Start List" (PDF). 2021 Junior Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 30, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  2. ↑ Dar, Zahid Rashid (August 7, 2024). "Who is Hampton Morris? All about the American weightlifter who won USA's first medal in weightlifting after 40 years at Paris Olympics 2024". Sportskeeda.
  3. ↑ "Athlete Spotlight: Hampton Morris - Listen To The Olympics On iHeartRadio". iHeartRadio. July 22, 2024.
  4. 1 2 McDougall, Chrös (August 6, 2024). "Have Fun And Make Lifts: The Simple Strategy Pushing Hampton Morris To The Top Of The Weightlifting World". Team USA.
  5. ↑ DeVine, Blake; Tank, Sanika (July 25, 2024). "Marietta father and son duo take on Olympics". Atlanta News First.
  6. ↑ Oliver, Brian (November 8, 2021). "Mixed fortunes for Tokyo medallists at Pan American Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on December 19, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Colombia y Estados Unidos, en varones, se adelantan en el medallero del Panamericano de halterofilia". El Universo (in Spanish). November 4, 2021. Archived from the original on August 8, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
  8. 1 2 "U.S. Weightlifters Win 7 Of 10 Possible Medals At Inaugural Junior Pan American Games". Team USA. November 29, 2021. Archived from the original on November 29, 2021. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Men's 61 kg Results" (PDF). 2021 Junior Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 29, 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  10. ↑ Oliver, Brian (May 3, 2022). "Sensational comeback by American weightlifter Morris and landmark gold for Belgium at Junior World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on May 4, 2022. Retrieved May 4, 2022.
  11. 1 2 "2022 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 27, 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Junior world record and three golds for US at Pan American Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. July 25, 2022. Archived from the original on July 26, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  13. 1 2 "2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). Federación Panamericana de Levantamiento de Pesas. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 30, 2022. Retrieved July 30, 2022.
  14. ↑ Oliver, Brian (October 21, 2022). "Another record for American teenager Morris at landmark weightlifting event". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on November 13, 2022. Retrieved November 13, 2022.
  15. ↑ Oliver, Brian (March 27, 2023). "Canadian Emily Ibanez Guerrero is weightlifting's youngest ever medallist". InsideTheGames.biz. Archived from the original on March 29, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Hampton Morris Wins First USA Men's Gold Medal in Over 50 Years at 2023 World Weightlifting Championships". BarBend. September 6, 2023.
  17. ↑ Intarasuwan • •, Kiki (August 7, 2024). "Hampton Morris becomes first American man to win weightlifting medal at the Olympics in 40 years". NBC New York. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
  18. ↑ "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  19. ↑ "New bodyweight categories from June 1, 2025". IWF. December 20, 2024. Retrieved July 16, 2025.
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