Morghan King
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Born | October 8, 1985 |
Height | 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) |
Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) |
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Country | United States |
Sport | Weightlifting |
Event(s) | Women's 48 kg |
Morghan King is an American weightlifter who competed at the 2016 Olympics.
2013 season[]
At the 2013 World Weightlifting Championships she finished 11th.[1]
2014 season[]
At the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships she finished 10th.[1] She also finished 4th at the 2014 Pan American Championships.[2]
2015 season[]
King finished 4th at the 2015 Pan American Games.[1] She also finished 23rd at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships.[2]
2016 season[]
With a lift of 100 kg in the clean & jerk, over twice her body weight of 48 kg, King qualified for the 2016 Olympics.[3] At the Olympics she finished 6th.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ a b c Berg, Aimee (2015-09-11). "U.S. Weightlifter Morghan King's Five Training Tips That Don't Involve Barbells". Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
- ^ a b "Athletes | International Weightlifting Federation". Iwf.net. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
- ^ Andy Larsen. "Morghan King lifts double her body weight, qualifies for Rio". KSL.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
- ^ "Redmond's Morghan King finishes sixth in women's 48kg weightlifting". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
- ^ "KING Morghan Whitney". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
Categories:
- Living people
- American female weightlifters
- Sportspeople from Seattle
- Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic weightlifters of the United States
- 1985 births
- Weightlifters at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for the United States
- 21st-century American women