Carissa Gump
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |
 United States |
| Born |
24 August 1983 Kingston, New York |
| Residence | Essex Junction, Vermont |
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) |
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Weightlifting |
| Event(s) | 63 kg |
| Coached by | Chris Polakowski |
Carissa Gump (née Gordon) (born August 24, 1983 in Stone Ridge, New York) is an American weightlifter.[1] She is a multiple-time American record holder, a five-time consecutive American Open champion (2002–2006), and a resident athlete of the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.[2] She is also the wife of Jason Gump, a competitive weightlifter who placed fifth for the 94 kg class at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.[3]
Gump represented the United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's middleweight category (63 kg), along with her teammate Natalie Woolfolk. Gump placed fourteenth in this event, as she successfully lifted 88 kg in the single-motion snatch, and hoisted 116 kg in the two-part, shoulder-to-overhead clean and jerk, for a total of 204 kg.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Carissa Gump". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 25 December 2012.
- ↑ "Meet Carissa Gump". 24 Hour Fitness. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ↑ Gitlin, Marty (4 June 2009). "Jason and Carissa Gump share a strong bond". Team USA. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
- ↑ "Women's 63kg (139 lbs)". NBC Olympics. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
- ↑ "Woolfolk and Gump miss U.S. records". The Associated Press. NBC Olympics. 12 August 2008. Retrieved 5 July 2013.