Harrison James Maurus (born February 26, 2000) is an American

weightlifter Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells, barbells or machines. People engage in weightlifting for a variety of different reasons. These can ...

, competing in the 77 kg category until 2018 and 81 kg starting in 2018 after the

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reorganized the categories.

Career

He was the bronze medalist in the clean & jerk and total at the

2017 World Weightlifting Championships The 2017 World Weightlifting Championships were held in Anaheim, California, United States from 28 November to 5 December 2017. Doping bans Nine countries were banned from competing at the World Championships due to their history of doping at pre ...

in the 77 kg category. He represented the United States at the

2020 Summer Olympics The officially the and officially branded as were an international multi-sport event that was held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some of the preliminary sporting events beginning on 21 July 2021. Tokyo ...

, ranking fourth.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Maurus, Harrison 2000 births Living people Sportspeople from Miami American male weightlifters World Weightlifting Championships medalists Weightlifters at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in weightlifting Sportspeople from Washington (state) Pan American Weightlifting Championships medalists Weightlifters at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic weightlifters for the United States 21st-century American sportsmen