General
Event: Weightlifting
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 125 kg.
Birth date: 8/15/1982
Birthplace (city, state): Oceanside, CA
Hometown/address: Bonsall, CA
Current Residence/address: Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, CO
Coach: Paul Fleschler, Mike Burgener
PERSONAL
Parent's names & occupations: Mike & Leslie Burgener, both teachers, although Mike is now retired
Sibling's names & ages: Beau, 23 Cody, 20 Sage, 18
High School: Rancho Buena Vista, 2000
College: Univ. Colorado at Colorado Springs, 2007. Major: Physics, Minor: Math
Favorite Movie: Memento
Favorite Food: Italian
Mentor/Role Model: Jesus, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and the renegades of funk.
How you became interested in weightlifting: My father got me involved.
BEST ATHLETIC PERFORMANCES
Best Competition Snatch: 182 kg.
Date: Sept, 2007
Best Competition Clean & Jerk: 224 kg.
Date: May, 2008
Best Competition Total: 404 kg.
Date: May, 2008
Favorite Competition Lift: Bench press
Favorite Training Lift: Donkey calf raise
Best Squat: 285 kg.
Best Front Squat: 245 kg.
Best Power Snatch Single: 160 kg.
Power Clean Single: 195 kg.
American Records Held: 165 kg. Snatch, 200 kg. C+J, 365 Total, all Junior American records in the 105 kg. class.
National Championships Won: 2006, 2007
International Competition Best: Silver medal, 2007 Pan Am Games
