Jourdan Delacruz

So far, Team USA has had about as good of a showing at the 2021 Pan American Weightlifting Championships as possible. Just three days into the contest, and we have seen Jourdan Delacruz and Taylor Turner Wilkins score a mass of new records. As an Olympic Qualifier event, there is...

Incredible. Jourdan Delacruz had quite possibly one of the finest international performances by any American lifter in the past 30 years at the rescheduled 2020 Pan American Championships on April 20, 2021, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The Team USA weightlifter claimed every American record and every Pan American record en route to ascending the podium with three gold medals around her neck. Here are each of her attempts from the competition where she went a perfect six for six in the 49-kilogram weight class:

Weightlifters Mattie Rogers and Jourdan Delacruz are no strangers to the spotlight. Both are internationally competitive lifters, likely Olympic team members for the Tokyo Games, and American record setters. The highlights of their resumes speak for themselves:. Mattie Rogers (25 years old) 2017 Weightlifting World Championships Silver Medalist. 2019 Weightlifting...