Olivia Reeves

Olivia Lynn Reeves (born April 19, 2003)^[1] is an American weightlifter. She won the gold medal in the women's 71 kg 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.^[2] In 2024, she won the gold medal in that event with a combined lift of 267 kg.^[3] She became the first U.S. lifter in 66 years to hold both the world title and an Olympic gold in the same year.^[4] She won the gold medal in the women's 81 kg event at the 2023 Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.^[5]

Olivia Reeves

Reeves displays her Olympic gold medal in 2024
Personal information
Full name	Olivia Lynn Reeves
Born	(2003-04-19) April 19, 2003 (age 21) Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	71 kg
Club	UTC Weightlifting Club
Coached by	Steve Fauer
Medal record Women's weightlifting Representing  United States Olympic Games 2024 Paris 71 kg IWF World Cup 2024 Phuket 71 kg World Championships 2024 Manama 71 kg 2023 Riyadh 71 kg Pan American Games 2023 Santiago 81 kg Pan American Championships 2023 Bariloche 71 kg Junior World Championships 2021 Tashkent 71 kg 2022 Heraklion 71 kg Junior Pan American Games 2021 Cali–Valle 76 kg Youth World Championships 2019 Las Vegas 71 kg

Career

She won the gold medal in the women's 71 kg event at the 2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.^[6][7] She also won the gold medal in the women's 76 kg 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 71 kg event at the 2021 World Weightlifting Championships held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.^[8]

Reeves won the bronze medal in the women's 71 kg Clean & Jerk event at the 2022 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bogotá, Colombia.^[1][9]

In 2023, she won the bronze medal in her event at the Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina.^[10] 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 71 kg event at the World Weightlifting Championships held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.^[2][11] She also set new junior world records in the Clean & Jerk and Total.^[2]

In October 2023, Reeves won the gold medal in the women's 81 kg event at the Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile.^[5][12] She set new junior Americas records in the Snatch, Clean & Jerk and Total.^[13] Her best lifts were 114 kg in the Snatch and 144 kg in the Clean & Jerk and a result of 258 kg in Total.^[13][14] At the 2024 IWF World Cup, she won the gold medal in the Snatch (118kg), Clean & Jerk (150kg) and Total (268kg) in the women's 71kg 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.^{[15][16][17][18]} She also won the gold medal in her event at the 2024 World Weightlifting Championships held in Bahrain.^[19][3]

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 OR	—	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	5
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	71 kg	105	108	111		133	138	142		253
2024	Manama, Bahrain	71 kg	110	115	120		143	147	147		267
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

References

1. "2022 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). IWF. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 17, 2022. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
2. "2023 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 17, 2023. Retrieved September 17, 2023.
3. "2024 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 15, 2024. Retrieved December 16, 2024.
4. Barton, Jamie (December 12, 2024). "Olivia Reeves becomes first US lifter in 66 years to hold both world title and Olympic gold medal". CNN. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
5. Oliver, Brian (October 24, 2023). "Colombia take team honours and American Reeves stars at Pan American Games weightlifting". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
6. Oliver, Brian (May 27, 2021). "American teenager Reeves takes weightlifting world title to keep run going". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
7. "2021 Junior World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 31, 2021. Retrieved July 31, 2021.
8. "2021 World Weightlifting Championships Results Book" (PDF). International Weightlifting Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 17, 2021. Retrieved December 17, 2021.
9. Oliver, Brian (December 12, 2022). "Toma world record and landmark gold for Bahrain at weightlifting World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved December 13, 2022.
10. Oliver, Brian (March 30, 2023). "Record-breaking win for US CrossFitter Nicholson after taking "a weightlifting track"". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved March 31, 2023.
11. Oliver, Brian (September 13, 2023). "World records for China's Liao and American junior Reeves at IWF World Championships". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
12. "Weightlifting Medalists" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
13. "Women's Weightlifting Records Broken" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
14. "Women's 81 kg Results" (PDF). 2023 Pan American Games. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 27, 2023.
15. "Olivia Reeves wins the United States' first Olympic gold medal in weightlifting in 24 years". APNews. August 9, 2024. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
16. "Olivia Reeves wins first U.S. gold in weightlifting since 2000". CBS News. August 9, 2024. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
17. "Olivia Reeves claims weightlifting gold at first Olympics, USA's 2nd since 2000". NBC New York. August 9, 2024. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
18. "Team USA closes remarkable Olympic Games Paris 2024 with record-setting performances". August 11, 2024.
19. Khalatyan, Rafael (December 13, 2024). "Asian streak shattered at Manama 2024". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved December 18, 2024.

External links

• Olivia Lynn Reeves at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Olivia Reeves at USA Weightlifting
• Olivia Reeves at Team USA (archive December 14, 2022)
• Olivia Reeves at Olympics.com
• Olivia Reeves at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics