U.S. Olympic Athletes

Jacquelynn Berube

  • Home:  Escanaba, Mich.
  • Birthday:  12/9/1971

Weight Category: 63kg
Height: 5'0"
Current Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.
USA Weightlifting Club: Olympic Training Center
Coach: Bob Morris
College: Bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse, pursuing Master's degree in biology at the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs
Favorite Food: Cheescake
Mentor/Role Model:  Mother 

World Championship Teams: 2009, 2006, 2005 (Seventh), 2002, 2001 (Fifth)
Pan American Games Teams: 2007 (Sixth)
Pan American Championship Teams: 2009 (Fifth), 2005 (Gold)

Personal:  Berube was an Academic All-American gymnast at the University of Wisconsin - LaCrosse.  She also competed for one year on the varsity men's wrestling team in the 118 pound weight class. After college, she wrestled on the USA Women's National Wrestling Team and won a silver medal at the World Championships in 1996.  In 1998, while working as a strength and conditioning coach at Northwestern University, she shifted her focus to weightlifting, which became an official sport for women at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.  Berube ruptured her quad tendon when a weight fell on her leg just prior to the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships.  Days later she traveled to the Dominican Republic where she competed and finished 11th. Berube had surgery to repair the quad rupture shortly after arriving back in the United States and returned to international competition the following year when she placed sixth at the 2007 Pan American Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Berube is currently working on her Masters degree in Biology at the University of Colorado - Colorado Springs.  Berube works part-time as an EMT for American Medical Response.  She also volunteers for Teller County Search and Rescue and is a member of the High Angle Rescue Team.

Records Held

American Record in the Snatch
90kg (03/10/2006)

American Record in the Clean & Jerk
113kg (06/16/2001)

American Record in the Total Category
200kg (03/10/2006)

Recent Competition Results 

2009: 

  • Gold - USA Weightlifting National Championships
  • Fifth - Pan American Championships

2008: 

  • Gold - USA Weightlifting National Championships (58kg)

2007: 

  • Sixth - Pan American Games (58kg)

2006: 

  • Gold - USA Weightlifting National Championships (58kg)
  • 11th - World Championships (58kg) 

2005: 

  • Gold - USA Weightlifting National Championships (58kg)
  • Gold - Pan American Championships (58kg)
  • Seventh - World Championships (58kg)

2004: 

  • Gold - USA Weightlifting National Championships (58kg)

2003: 

  • Gold - USA Weightlifting National Championships (Snatch, 58kg)
  • Gold - American Open (58kg) 

2002: 

  • Gold - USA Weightlifting National Championships (58kg)
  • 19th - World Championships (58kg)

2001: 

  • Gold - USA Weightlifting National Championships (58kg)
  • Gold - American Open (58kg)
  • Bronze - Hungarian Grand Prix (58kg)
  • Fifth - World Championships (58kg)

2000: 

  • Gold - American Open (58kg)
  • Silver - USA Weightlifting National Championships (58kg)

Best Competition Snatch: 90 kg
Date: 3/10/06

Best Competition Clean & Jerk:  113 kg 
Date: 6/16/06

Best Competition Total: 200 kg
Date: 3/10/06

Favorite Competition Lift: Snatch

Favorite Training Lift: Squat

Best Squat:  173kg 

Best Front Squat: 150kg 

Best Power Snatch Single: 85kg

Power Clean Single: 110kg