Morghan King

Morghan King
Personal information
Born (1985-10-08) October 8, 1985
Height 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Weight 48 kg (106 lb)
Sport
Country  United States
Sport Weightlifting
Event(s) Women's 48 kg

Morghan King is an American weightlifter who competed at the 2016 Olympics. She is a native of Seattle.[1]

2013 season

At the 2013 World Weightlifting Championships she finished 11th.[2]

2014 season

At the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships she finished 10th.[2] She also finished 4th at the 2014 Pan American Championships.[3]

2015 season

King finished 4th at the 2015 Pan American Games.[2] She also finished 23rd at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships.[3]

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.[4] At the Olympics she finished 6th.[5][6]

References

  1. Stern, Carly. "Female weightlifter Morghan King reveals her protein-packed diet | Daily Mail Online". Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  2. 1 2 3 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.
  3. 1 2 "Athletes | International Weightlifting Federation". Iwf.net. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  4. Andy Larsen. "Morghan King lifts double her body weight, qualifies for Rio". KSL.com. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
  5. "Redmond's Morghan King finishes sixth in women's 48kg weightlifting". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 2016-08-07.
  6. "KING Morghan Whitney". Rio 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
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