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Oscar Chaplin III

Personal information
Born	(1980-02-22)February 22, 1980 Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Died	February 4, 2022(2022-02-04) (aged 41) Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Medal record Men's Weightlifting Representing the  United States Junior World Championship 2000 Prague – 77 kg 1999 Savannah – 77 kg Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg – 77 kg

Oscar Chaplin III (February 22, 1980 – February 4, 2022) was an American Olympic weightlifter.

Chaplin III represented United States in weightlifting in the 1990s and 2000s. He competed at 77 and 85 kilograms. He won the 2000 Junior World Championships at 77 kilograms with a 155-kilogram snatch and 187.5-kilogram clean & jerk for a total of 342.5 kilograms. Chaplin was the only American man to win a world-level event for 16 years (Clarence "CJ" Cummings won 2016 Junior Worlds).

In 1999, Chaplin set the American snatch record at 77 kilograms with a 157.5-kilogram lift. In 2002, he set the 85-kilogram snatch record with a 166-kilogram lift. Both of those American records stood from when he set them until the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) re-organized the bodyweight categories in 2018.

He died in Savannah, Georgia on February 4, 2022, at the age of 41.

Weightlifting achievements

• Junior World Champion (2000)
• Olympic team member (2000 & 2004)
• Multiple All-Time Junior and Senior American record holder in the snatch, clean and jerk, and total
• Multiple Junior and Senior American record holder in snatch, clean and jerk, and total (1993–1997)
• Attended three IWF Junior World Championships (1998, 1999, 2000)
• Competed in four IWF Senior World Championships (1998, 1999, 2002, 2003)

References

1. Mr. Oscar "Diamond" Chaplin, III
2. Zinser, Lynn (2002-04-28). "WEIGHTLIFTING; Chaplin at Top of His Class, Starting Where His Competitors Leave Off". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-02-10.
3. ^ Dickson, Jake (10 February 2022). "Two-Time Olympian And American Weightlifting Icon Oscar Chaplin III Dies At Age 41". BarBend. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
4. "Oscar Chaplin, III". Olympedia. Retrieved 2022-02-10.

External links

• Oscar Chaplin III - International Weightlifting Federation Website
• Oscar Chaplin III - Hall of Fame at Weightlifting Exchange
• Oscar Chaplin III at Olympedia

• 1980 births
• 2022 deaths
• 20th-century African-American sportsmen
• 21st-century African-American sportsmen
• American male weightlifters
• Weightlifters at the 2000 Summer Olympics
• Weightlifters at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Olympic weightlifters for the United States
• Weightlifters at the 1999 Pan American Games
• Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
• Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in weightlifting
• Sportspeople from Savannah, Georgia
• 21st-century American sportsmen