Jourdan Delacruz

Jourdan Delacruz
Personal information
Full nameJourdan Elizabeth Delacruz
Born (1998-05-20) May 20, 1998 (age 26)
Wylie, Texas, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Northern Colorado (2023)
Height5 ft (152 cm)
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportWeightlifting
Weight class49 kg
Coached bySpencer Arnold
Medal record
Women's weightlifting
Representing  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Riyadh 49 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

Jourdan Elizabeth Delacruz (/ˈdʒɔːrdən ˈdɛləkruːz/ JOR-dən DEL-ə-krooz; born May 20, 1998)[1][2] 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. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan and the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[3]

Career

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Delacruz won the silver medal in the women's 53 kg event at the 2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.[4] In that same year, she competed in the women's 55 kg event at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan.[5]

At the 2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guatemala City, Guatemala, she won the gold medal in the women's 55 kg event.[6][7] Delacruz also represented the United States at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru in the women's 55 kg event.[8] She finished in 4th place.[8] In that same year, she competed in the women's 55 kg event at the 2019 World Weightlifting Championships held in Pattaya, Thailand.[9] 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.[2] She also won the gold medals in both the 49 kg Snatch and 49 kg Clean & Jerk events.[2] 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.[10] She competed in the women's 49 kg event where she did not rank after failing to register a result in the Clean & Jerk.[11][12]

Delacruz won the silver medal in her event at the 2022 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[13][14] She also won the gold medal in the Clean & Jerk event in this competition.[14] She finished in 7th place in the women's 49 kg event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.[15]

Delacruz won the gold medal in her event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina.[16] 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.[17] She also won the bronze medal in the Clean & Jerk in this event.[17]

Delacruz again represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.[18] She lifted 84 kg in Snatch and 111 kg in Clean & Jerk setting 195 kg in total and placing fifth in her second Olympic Games.[18]

Personal life

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Delacruz graduated from the University of Northern Colorado with a degree in Dietetics in December 2023.[19]

Achievements

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Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank
1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank
Summer Olympics
2021 Japan Tokyo, Japan 49 kg 83 86 89 — 108 108 108 — DNF —
2024 France Paris, France 49 kg 84 87 88 — 105 110 111 — 195 5
World Championships
2018 Turkmenistan Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 55 kg 83 83 86 16 107 110 112 10 198 13
2019 Thailand Pattaya, Thailand 55 kg 87 88 91 11 109 112 115 7 200 9
2022 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia 49 kg 84 86 86 6 105 105 109 5 191 7
2023 Saudi Arabia Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 49 kg 85 85 88 4 107 108 112 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 200 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Cup
2020 Italy Rome, Italy 49 kg 82 85 87 1st place, gold medalist(s) 102 105 108 1st place, gold medalist(s) 195 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2024 Thailand Phuket, Thailand 55 kg — — — — — — — — — —
Pan American Games
2019 Peru Lima, Peru 55 kg 87 88 88 — 109 113 115 — 197 4
Pan American Championships
2019 Guatemala Guatemala City, Guatemala 55 kg 87 87 91 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 110 113 116 1st place, gold medalist(s) 207 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2020 Dominican Republic Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 49 kg 83 86 89 1st place, gold medalist(s) 104 108 111 1st place, gold medalist(s) 200 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022 Colombia Bogotá, Colombia 49 kg 80 83 85 4 102 104 108 1st place, gold medalist(s) 191 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2023 Argentina Bariloche, Argentina 49 kg 83 86 89 1st place, gold medalist(s) 105 109 112 1st place, gold medalist(s) 198 1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ "DELACRUZ Jourdan". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved August 8, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "2020 Roma World Cup" (PDF). Federazione Italiana Pesistica. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. ^ Mendola, Nicholas (July 24, 2021). "USA's Delacruz unable to complete lift, Hou wins gold with Olympic record". NBC Olympics. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  4. ^ "2018 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved July 19, 2021.
  5. ^ "2018 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 11, 2018. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ "2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). panamwf.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2019. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
  8. ^ a b "Women's 55 kg Results" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  9. ^ "2019 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 25, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
  10. ^ OlympicTalk (June 19, 2021). "U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ Price, Karen (July 28, 2021). "CJ Cummings And Jourdan Delacruz Make Olympic Debuts In Weightlifting". Team USA. Retrieved July 28, 2021.
  13. ^ "Junior world record and three golds for US at Pan American Weightlifting Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. July 25, 2022. Retrieved July 26, 2022.
  14. ^ a b "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.
  15. ^ "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
  16. ^ Oliver, Brian (March 27, 2023). "Canadian Emily Ibanez Guerrero is weightlifting's youngest ever medallist". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  17. ^ a b "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 17, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
  18. ^ a b "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.
  19. ^ Kern, Sydney (June 3, 2024). "Heavy Lift: Alumna Eager to Compete at the Olympics in Weightlifting". True North. University of Northern Colorado. Retrieved July 15, 2024.
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