Casey Burgener is a weightlifter for the United States

United States

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. His coaches are Mike Burgener and Paul Fleschler. He was born to Leslie Burgener, who currently lives in the San Diego area.

Burgener initially was to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

, but the US unexpectedly lost one of three country slots when lifters from other countries were disqualified, which changed the results of a qualification event.

Weightlifting achievements

• Casey Burgener is one of the strongest weightlifters in the USA and on the 8th of December 2002 he became the Junior American record holder of 165 kg snatch
  Snatch (weightlifting)
  The snatch is one of the two olympic weightlifting events .The essence of the event is to lift a barbell from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. The barbell is pulled as high as the lifter can manage at which point the barbell is flipped overhead...
  
  , 200 kg clean and jerk
  Clean and jerk
  The clean and jerk is one of the two Olympic weightlifting events .The clean portion of the lift refers to the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles...
  
  , and 365 kg total.
• At the 2004 Olympic Trials Casey broke the National record for the snatch in the 105 kg class with a 171 kg lift.
• Competed in four Junior and three Senior World Championships
• Silver in 2007 Pan American Games in +105 kg category.
• Gold in 2008 Pan American Championships in +105 kg category

External links

• Casey Burgener - Hall of Fame at Weightlifting Exchange