Wesley Kitts

Wes Kitts

Personal information
Full name	Wesley Brian Kitts
Born	(1990-05-22) May 22, 1990 (age 34) Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S.
Weight	108.45 kg (239 lb)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Weightlifting
Weight class	109 kg
Club	BE SOMEBODY Gym
Coached by	David Spitz[1]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	Snatch: 177 kg (2021) Clean & jerk: 223 kg (2019) Total: 399 kg (2019)
Medal record Men's weightlifting Representing  United States Pan American Games 2019 Lima –109 kg Pan American Championships 2018 Santo Domingo –105 kg 2019 Guatemala City –109 kg 2023 Bariloche –109 kg 2017 Miami –105 kg

Wesley Brian "Wes" Kitts (/ˈwɛs/ WESS; born May 22, 1990)[2][3] is an American weightlifter, two time Pan American Champion and Pan American Games Champion competing in the 105 kg category until 2018 and 109 kg starting in 2018 after the International Weightlifting Federation reorganized the categories.[4]

Career

In 2018 he competed at the 2018 World Weightlifting Championships in the 109 kg division finishing 10th overall.[5]

In 2019 he competed at the 2019 Pan American Weightlifting Championships in the 109 kg division winning a silver medal in the snatch and gold medals in the clean & jerk, his total of 399 kg was 17 kg more than the silver medalist,[6] and a new Pan American record. On July 30 he competed in the 109 kg division at the Pan American Games. After the snatch portion he was in fourth place, a total of 18 kg behind Jorge Arroyo, he was able to complete his third lift of 217 kg in the clean & jerk to win the gold medal by 1 kg.[7][8]

He represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[9] He finished eighth with a total lift of 390 kg.

He won the gold medal in his event at the 2023 Pan American Weightlifting Championships held in Bariloche, Argentina.[10]

In August 2024, Kitts competed in the men's 102 kg event at the 2024 Summer Olympics held in Paris, France.[11] He lifted 374 kg in total and finished in eighth position.[11]

Major results

Year	Venue	Weight	Snatch (kg)				Clean & Jerk (kg)				Total	Rank
			1	2	3	Rank	1	2	3	Rank
Olympic Games
2021	Tokyo, Japan	109 kg	173	177	177	—	213	213	220	—	390	8
2024	Paris, France	102 kg	167	172	177	—	202	210	210	—	374	8
World Championships
2017	Anaheim, United States	105 kg	165	172	176	11	202	203	210	10	386	10
2018	Ashgabat, Turkmenistan	109 kg	168	174	174	18	208	215	222	5	390	12
2019	Pattaya, Thailand	109 kg	170	175	177	18	211	218	225	12	388	14
2022	Bogota, Colombia	102 kg	164	165	170	11	202	207	209	7	379	8
2023	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	109 kg	160	165	170	9	191	200	—	13	370	11
Pan American Games
2019	Lima, Peru	109 kg	165	171	172	—	207	214	217	—	389
Pan American Championships
2016	Cartagena, Colombia	105 kg	152	152	165	5	188	201	208	7	353	4
2017	Miami, United States	105 kg	162	170	175		200	208	209	5	375
2018	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	105 kg	165	172	181		202	211	212		384
2019	Guatemala City, Guatemala	109 kg	165	172	176		207	214	223		399
2020	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	109 kg	155	160	165		190	—	—	5	350	4
2023	Bariloche, Argentina	109 kg	155	160	165		190	200	—		365

References

1. "Athlete Biography". IWF.net. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
2. "KITTS Wes". Paris 2024 Olympics. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
3. "Wes Kitts Team USA". Team USA. Archived from the original on December 1, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
4. PDF listing of 2018 Group B world championship entrants in 109 kg
5. "Kitts hits personal bests at the 2018 IWF World Weightlifting Championships". Team USA. Archived from the original on November 9, 2018. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
6. "2019 Pan American Championships Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
7. "2019 Pan American Games Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 30, 2019. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
8. "PAN AMERICAN GAMES DAY 3 - AS IT HAPPENED". Olympic Channel. Retrieved September 10, 2019.
9. OlympicTalk (June 19, 2021). "U.S. Olympic team roster: Athletes qualified for Tokyo Games". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
10. Oliver, Brian (April 1, 2023). "US Olympic silver medallist beaten as Pan American Weightlifting Championships conclude". InsideTheGames.biz. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
11. "Weightlifting Results Book" (PDF). 2024 Summer Olympics. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 11, 2024. Retrieved August 12, 2024.

External links

• Wesley Kitts at the International Weightlifting Federation
• Wesley Kitts at Olympics.com
• Wesley Kitts at Olympedia