Tara Nott

Tara Nott

Personal information
Born	1972-05-10
Medal record Women's Weightlifting Competitor for the United States Olympic Games Gold 2000 Sydney – 48 kg Pan American Games Gold 1999 Winnipeg – 48 kg Gold 2003 Santo Domingo – 48 kg

Tara Nott Cunningham (born May 10, 1972 in Del Rio, Texas) was an Olympic weightlifter for the United States. She is the only athlete to have trained for three different sports at the United States Olympic Training Center (gymnastics, soccer, and weightlifting). Her coaches were Mike Gattone and Bob Morris. She attended Blue Valley High School.

In 2000, she became the first US weightlifter to win Olympic gold since Chuck Vinci in 1960, after the person who placed ahead of her (Izabela Dragneva) tested positive for furosemide.

At the 2004 Summer Olympics she ranked 10th in the 48 kg category.

Weightlifting achievements

• Olympic Champion (2000)
• Pan Am Games Champion (1999, 2003)
• Olympic Games team member (2004)
• World Championships Team Member (1997–1999, 2003, 2004)
• Senior National Champion (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002–2004)
• Multiple All-Time Senior American record holder in snatch, clean and jerk, and total

External links

• Tara Nott - Hall of Fame at Weightlifting Exchange