Olivia Reeves

Olivia Lynn Reeves (born April 19, 2003) is an American weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 71kg 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 total of 267kg. 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 81kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.

Career Reeves won the gold medal in the women's 71kg event at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She also won the gold medal in the women's 76kg 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 71kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Reeves won the bronze medal in the women's 71kg 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 71kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She also set new junior world records in the clean & jerk and total. She set new junior Americas records in the snatch, clean & jerk and total. Her best lifts were 114kg in the snatch and 144kg in the clean & jerk, and a result of 258kg in total. At the 2024 IWF World Cup, she won the gold medal in the snatch (118 kg), clean & jerk (150 kg) and total (268 kg) in the women's 71 kg 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 112 115 117 140 145 150 262 World Championships 2021 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 71 kg 101 104 106 127 127 130 6 231 4 2022 Bogotá, Colombia 71 kg 103 103 106 9 132 136 139 245 52023 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 71 kg 105 108 111 133 138 142 253 2024 Manama, Bahrain 71 kg 110 115 120 143 147 147 267 2025 Førde, Norway 77 kg 114 119 123 CWR 146 146 155 CWR 278CWR IWF World Cup 2024 Phuket, Thailand 71 kg 112 115 118 142 147 150 268 Pan American Games 2023 Santiago, Chile 81 kg 106 111 114 136 140 144 258 Pan American Championships 2023 Bariloche, Argentina 71 kg 104 107 108 134 138 139 247 2025 Cali, Colombia 69 kg 113 117 119 141 146 149 268