Hampton Morris

Hampton Miller Morris (born February 17, 2004) is an American weightlifter. At the 2024 Summer Olympics, he won bronze in the men's 61kg 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 61kg class.

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

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. His father Tripp served as his coach.

Career Morris won the gold medal in the men's 61kg event at the 2021 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He won the silver medal in his event at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games held in Colombia. Morris was also one of the flagbearers for the United States during the opening ceremony. Lifting 160kg in the Clean & Jerk also was a junior world record. Morris also set a new junior world record of 162kg in the Clean & Jerk.

Morris competed in the men's 61kg 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. 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 61kg, becoming the first American man to win a gold medal at a World Championship since 1972.

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 61kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.

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

Achievements Year Venue Weight Snatch (kg) Clean & Jerk (kg) Total Rank 1 2 3 Rank 1 2 3 Rank Summer Olympics 2024 Paris, France 61 kg 122 125 126 168 172 178 298 IWF World Cup 2024 Phuket, Thailand 61 kg 124 127 130 11 169 172 176 CWR 303 World Championships 2022 Bogotá, Colombia 61 kg 118 118 124 16 157 163 164 9 275 15 2023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 61 kg 123 123 123 — 163 168 168 — — 2025 Førde, Norway 65 kg 131 133 139 9 178 183 183 311 Pan American Championships 2021 Guayaquil, Ecuador 61 kg 112 116 117 148 151 157 268 2022 Bogotá, Colombia 61 kg 117 117 122 5 153 158 162 279 2023 Bariloche, Argentina 61 kg 120 123 126 158 158 164 281 2025 Cali, Colombia 65 kg 127 132 137 177 181 186 318 AM 2026 Panama City, Panama 65 kg 130 134 138 177 183 183 315