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Home » Weightlifting News » USA Weightlifting Announces 2019 Pan American Games Team Roster

USA Weightlifting Announces 2019 Pan American Games Team Roster

USA Weightlifting will send a team of 10 athletes to the Pan American Games this summer.

Written by Celia Balf
Last updated on May 1st, 2025

USA Weightlifting has named their Pan American Games Team to compete in Lima, Peru. The Pan American Games are set to run from July 26th through August 11th. In USA Weightlifting’s press release, they announced that four men and six women that will travel to Peru to represent the United States.

All of the athletes selected for the Pan American Games have represented Team USA on an international platform before. These international competitions include the 2018 IWF World Championships and the most recent Pan American Championships where the Americans took home an historic 43 medals and finished in first place in both the men’s and women’s categories.

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The Pan American Games present a major opportunity for these athletes as they compete for a spot on the 2020 Tokyo Olympic team, as the Pan American Games are a silver-level qualification event. The event takes place only once every four years during the summer before the Olympic Games.

Check out the four men and six women below that will represent Team USA.

USA Weightlifting Pan American Games Team

Team USA Men

Name BW Cat Hometown Club Coach
Harrison Maurus -81 Auburn, Wash. Unattached N/A
Christian Rodriguez Ocasio -81 Pleasanton, Calif. California Strength David Spitz
Nathan Damron -96 Winston-Salem, N.C. Mash Mafia Weightlifting Travis Mash
Wes Kitts -109 Livermore, Calif. California Strength David Spitz

Team USA Women

Name BW Cat Hometown Club Coach
Jourdan Delacruz -55 Dacula, Ga. Power & Grace Performance Spencer Arnold
Jessica Lucero -59 Orange, Calif. Academy of Weightlifting Russell McCarthy
Hunter Elam -59 Winston-Salem, N.C. Mash Mafia Weightlifting Travis Mash
Mattie Sasser -64 Grayslake, Ill. Forza Weightlifting David Ester
Katherine Nye -76 Oakland Township, Mich. Team Hercules Joshua Galloway
Sarah Robles +87 League City, Texas Team Houston Tim Swords

For additional information about when the athletes will be competing, USA Weightlifting has stated they will provide a preliminary competition schedule as soon as it becomes available.

Over the past couple of months we’ve covered the success of multiple members of Team USA that are set to compete at the Pan American Games. To list a few,

  • Sarah Robles wins seventh national title at the USA Weightlifting National Championships.
  • Hunter Elam’s victory takes home the -59kg USA Weightlifting National Champion title.
  • Kate Nye has record breaking performance and is crowned 2019’s -71kg Pan Am Champion.

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Team USA closed out their first Olympic qualification period on Monday, which means the Pan Am Games will be another major event ahead of the 2020 Games.

Feature image from @_hunterelam Instagram page. 

About Celia Balf

Celia is a Staff News Writer at BarBend. At the BarBend office, you can find Celia writing news stories covering the largest strength sport competitions in the world, in-depth features with world record-holders, big lifts, and everything in-between. Celia also orchestrates and helps create content for the BarBend social media pages.

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