Carissa Gump
General
Event: 63 kg
Height: 5'1"
Weight: 138 lbs.
Birth date: August 24, 1983
Hometown: Essex, VT
Coach: Chris Polakowski
PERSONAL
Parent's names & occupations: Kathie & Marty Gordon. Kathie is a nurse and Marty works for IBM.
Sibling's names & ages: Jennifer G. Christiano (she passed away in 2001)
High School: Essex High School, Essex Vermont
College: Pikes Peak Community College
Favorite TV Show: House
Favorite Food: Chicken Fetticcine Alfredo
Mentor/Role Model: Husband, Jason
How they became interested in weightlifting: PE teacher in middle school convinced her.
ATHLETIC PERFORMANCES
Best Competition Snatch: 92 kg
Date: May 2007
Best Competition Clean & Jerk: 120 kg
Date: December 2007
Best Competition Total: 212 kg
Date: December 2007
Favorite Competition Lift: Clean and Jerk
Favorite Training Lift: Push Press or Squat Cleans
Best Squat: 179.5 kg
Best Front Squat: 150kg
Best Power Snatch Single: 82 kg
Power Clean Single: 112 kg
American Records Held: Sr/Jr/Col/SA: Collegiate Age Group Snatch 90 kg, Clean and Jerk 114 kg, Total 190 / Junior Age Group Snatch 83 kg, Clean adn Jerk 105.5 kg, Total 187.5 kg / School Age Group Snatch 67.5 kg, Clean and Jerk 87.5 kg, Total 155 kg. Senior 120kg Clean and Jerk.
National Championships Won: 2008 National Championships 2005 & 2007 Collegiate national championships, 2005 Pan Am Championships, 2004-2005 Mermet Cup, 2004 Senior Nationals, 2003 Titan Games, 2002-2007 American Open Championships, 2002 Senior Nationals (Clean and Jerk), 1999-2003 National Juniors.
International Competition Best: Pan Am Championships 2005
