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American weightlifter (born 2003)

Olivia Reeves
Reeves displays her Olympic gold medal in 2024
Personal information
Full nameOlivia Lynn Reeves
Born (2003-04-19) April 19, 2003 (age 21)
Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportWeightlifting
Weight class71 kg
ClubUTC Weightlifting Club
Coached bySteve Fauer
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris 71 kg
IWF World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2024 Phuket 71 kg
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2024 Manama 71 kg
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Riyadh 71 kg
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2023 Santiago 81 kg
Pan American Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Bariloche 71 kg
Junior World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Tashkent 71 kg
Silver medal – second place 2022 Heraklion 71 kg
Junior Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2021 Cali–Valle 76 kg
Youth World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Las Vegas 71 kg

Olivia Lynn Reeves (born April 19, 2003) is an American weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. In 2023, she won the bronze medal in her event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In 2024, she won the gold medal in that event with a combined lift of 267 kg. She became the first U.S. lifter in 66 years to hold both the world title and an Olympic gold in the same year. She won the gold medal in the women's 81 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.

Career

She won the gold medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She also won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Cali and Valle, Colombia. Reeves won the silver medal in the Snatch event in the women's 71 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Reeves won the bronze medal in the women's 71 kg Clean & Jerk event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.

In 2023, she won the bronze medal in her event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina. Reeves also won bronze in the Snatch and gold in the Clean & Jerk. In the same year, she won the bronze medal in the women's 71 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She also set new junior world records in the Clean & Jerk and Total.

In October 2023, Reeves won the gold medal in the women's 81 kg event at the Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile. She set new junior Americas records in the Snatch, Clean & Jerk and Total. Her best lifts were 114 kg in the Snatch and 144 kg in the Clean & Jerk and a result of 258 kg in Total. At the 2024 IWF World Cup, she won the gold medal in the Snatch (118kg), Clean & Jerk (150kg) and Total (268kg) in the women's 71kg event.

Reeves won gold in the 71 kg category at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. It was the United States' first Olympic gold medal in weightlifting since 2000. She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bahrain.

Achievements

Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Olympic Games
2024 Paris, France 71 kg 112 115 117 OR — 140 145 150 — 262 1st place, gold medalist(s)
World Championships
2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 71 kg 101 104 106 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 127 127 130 6 231 4
2022 Bogotá, Colombia 71 kg 103 103 106 9 132 136 139 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 245 5
2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 71 kg 105 108 111 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 133 138 142 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 253 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2024 Manama, Bahrain 71 kg 110 115 120 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 143 147 147 1st place, gold medalist(s) 267 1st place, gold medalist(s)
IWF World Cup
2024 Phuket, Thailand 71 kg 112 115 118 1st place, gold medalist(s) 142 147 150 1st place, gold medalist(s) 268 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pan American Games
2023 Santiago, Chile 81 kg 106 111 114 — 136 140 144 — 258 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pan American Championships
2023 Bariloche, Argentina 71 kg 104 107 108 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 134 138 139 1st place, gold medalist(s) 247 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

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  2. ^ "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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  7. "2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 31, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
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  12. "Weightlifting Medalists" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  13. ^ "Women's Weightlifting Records Broken" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  14. "Women's 81 kg Results" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
  15. "Olivia Reeves wins the United States' first Olympic gold medal in weightlifting in 24 years". APNews. August 9, 2024. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  16. "Olivia Reeves wins first U.S. gold in weightlifting since 2000". CBS News. August 9, 2024. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  17. "Olivia Reeves claims weightlifting gold at first Olympics, USA's 2nd since 2000". NBC New York. August 9, 2024. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
  18. "Team USA closes remarkable Olympic Games Paris 2024 with record-setting performances". August 11, 2024.
  19. Khalatyan, Rafael (December 13, 2024). "Asian streak shattered at Manama 2024". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved December 18, 2024.

External links

Olympic Champions in Weightlifting – Women's Light Heavyweight
  • 69 kg (2000–2016)
  • 76 kg (2020)
  • 71 kg (2024–)
World Champions in Weightlifting – Women's Light Heavyweight
  • 67.5 kg (1987–1992)
  • 70 kg (1993–1997)
  • 69 kg (1998–2017)
  • 71 kg (2018–)
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