Jourdan Delacruz

Jourdan Elizabeth Delacruz (born May 20, 1998)[1] is an American weightlifter. She is a bronze medalist at the World Weightlifting Championships and a four-time medalist, including three gold medals, 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
Wylie, Texas
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportWeightlifting
Weight class49 kg
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place2023 Riyadh49 kg
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Guatemala City 55 kg
Gold medal – first place 2020 Santo Domingo 49 kg
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bariloche 49 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Bogotá 49 kg
IWF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2020 Rome 49 kg
Junior World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Tashkent 53 kg

Career

Delacruz 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][6] Delacruz also represented the United States at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru in the women's 55 kg event.[7] She finished in 4th place.[7] In that same year, she competed in the women's 55 kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand.[8] 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, Delacruz 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, Delacruz 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 also won the gold medal in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events.

Delacruz represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[9] She competed in the women's 49 kg event where she did not rank after failing to register a result in the Clean & Jerk.[10][11]

Delacruz won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[12][13] She also won the gold medal in the Clean & Jerk event in this competition.[13] She finished in 7th place in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[14]

Delacruz won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina.[15] She also won the gold medal in the Snatch and Clean & Jerk events. Delacruz won the bronze medal in the women's 49 kg event at the 2023 World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.[16] She also won the bronze medal in the Clean & Jerk in this event.[16]

Achievements
Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2021Japan Tokyo, Japan49 kg838689—108108108———
World Championships
2018Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan55 kg838386161071101121019813
2019Thailand Pattaya, Thailand55 kg8788911110911211572009
2022Colombia Bogotá, Colombia49 kg848686610510510951917
2023Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia49 kg85858841071081123rd place, bronze medalist(s)2003rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pan American Games
2019Peru Lima, Peru55 kg878888—109113115—1974
Pan American Championships
2019Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala55 kg8787913rd place, bronze medalist(s)1101131161st place, gold medalist(s)2071st place, gold medalist(s)
2020Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic49 kg8386891st place, gold medalist(s)1041081111st place, gold medalist(s)2001st place, gold medalist(s)
2022Colombia Bogotá, Colombia49 kg80838541021041081st place, gold medalist(s)1912nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023Argentina Bariloche, Argentina49 kg8386891st place, gold medalist(s)1051091121st place, gold medalist(s)1981st place, gold medalist(s)
World Cup
2020Italy Rome, Italy49 kg8285871st place, gold medalist(s)1021051081st place, gold medalist(s)1951st place, gold medalist(s)

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. "2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). panamwf.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  7. "Women's 55 kg Results" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  8. "2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  9. OlympicTalk (June 19, 2021). "U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  10. 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.
  11. Price, Karen (July 28, 2021). "CJ Cummings And Jourdan Delacruz Make Olympic Debuts In Weightlifting". Team USA. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  12. "Junior world record and three golds for US at Pan American Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. July 25, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  13. "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. "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  15. Oliver, Brian (March 27, 2023). "Canadian Emily Ibanez Guerrero is weightlifting's youngest ever medallist". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  16. "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 17, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
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