Jenny Arthur
{{Short description|American weightlifter (born 1993)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Jenny Arthur
| fullname = Jenny Lyvette Arthur
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|12|11}}
| birth_place = Gainesville, Georgia, United States
| height = 1.66 m
| weight = 80.95 kg
| country = United States
| sport = Weightlifting
| event = –81 kg
| club =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Pattaya|–81 kg}}
}}
Jenny Lyvette Arthur (born December 11, 1993) is an American weightlifter that qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Early life
Arthur attended Chestatee High School.{{cite web |url=https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/sports/high-schools/chestatee-graduate-jenny-arthur-named-to-us-olympic-weightlifting-team-for-2016-summer-games/ |title=Chestatee graduate Jenny Arthur named to US Olympic weightlifting team for 2016 Summer Games |publisher=Gainesvilletimes.com |date=January 13, 2016 |accessdate=April 15, 2016 |first=Zack |last=Myers}}
Youth career
In 2010, she won the youth national weightlifting championship.{{cite web|author= |url=http://accesswdun.com/article/2016/1/362632/a-vision-becomes-reality-focused-arthur-clinches-olympic-status |title=A vision becomes reality: focused Arthur clinches Olymp... |publisher=AccessWDUN.com |date=January 15, 2016 |accessdate=April 15, 2016}}
Senior career
Arthur qualified for the 2016 Olympics by virtue of her placement at the last two World Weightlifting Championships.{{cite web|last=Zaccardi |first=Nick |url=http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2016/01/13/jenny-arthur-weightlifting-usa-olympics-team-rio-2016/ |title=Jenny Arthur is first weightlifter to make 2016 U.S. Olympic team – OlympicTalk |publisher=Olympics.nbcsports.com |date=January 13, 2016 |accessdate=April 15, 2016}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/jenny-lyvette-arthur |title=ARTHUR Jenny Lyvette |website=Rio 2016 |access-date=August 16, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806034136/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/jenny-lyvette-arthur |archivedate=August 6, 2016 }}
References
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External links
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Category:American female weightlifters
Category:Weightlifters at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic weightlifters for the United States
Category:World Weightlifting Championships medalists