American weightlifter
Morghan King
Born (1985-10-08 ) October 8, 1985 (age 38) Height 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in) Weight 48 kg (106 lb) Country United States Sport Weightlifting Event Women's 48 kg
Morghan King is an American weightlifter who competed at the 2016 Olympics .
2013 season
At the 2013 World Weightlifting Championships she finished 11th.[ 1]
2014 season
At the 2014 World Weightlifting Championships she finished 10th.[ 1] She also finished 4th at the 2014 Pan American Championships.[ 2]
2015 season
King finished 4th at the 2015 Pan American Games .[ 1] She also finished 23rd at the 2015 World Weightlifting Championships .[ 2]
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.[ 3] At the Olympics she finished 6th.[ 4] [ 5]
References
^ a b c Berg, Aimee (September 11, 2015). "U.S. Weightlifter Morghan King's Five Training Tips That Don't Involve Barbells" . Espn.go.com. Retrieved May 11, 2016 .
^ a b "Athletes | International Weightlifting Federation" . Iwf.net. Retrieved May 11, 2016 .
^ Andy Larsen. "Morghan King lifts double her body weight, qualifies for Rio" . KSL.com. Retrieved May 11, 2016 .
^ "Redmond's Morghan King finishes sixth in women's 48kg weightlifting" . The Seattle Times. August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016 .
^ "KING Morghan Whitney" . Rio 2016 . Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 16, 2016 .