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This is a list of world championships medalists in men's powerlifting.. The various federations of powerlifting have their own championships. The International Powerlifting Federation's (IPF) recognition by the International Olympic Committee as the official governing body, as well its longevity has resulted in their championships being deemed the official world championships, and the results ...
Deadlift – 480 kg (1,058 lb) replica elephant bar, raw with straps (unofficial world record) [158] → The heaviest strongman raw deadlift of all-time irrespective of the bar. Deadlift for reps – 455 kg (1,003 lb) x 2 reps replica elephant bar, raw with straps (unofficial world record) [159] → First person in history to rep 1,000 lbs
Listed below is the all-time deadlift world record progression across powerlifting (raw), powerlifting (equipped), and strongman. From 1964 to July 2014, powerlifting record stood as the all-time world record. In August 2014, strongman record surpassed it and to-date stands as the all-time world record.
2012 European Champion in Powerlifting Class—140 kg division (GPA) [10] 2012 World record beer keg lifting 150.2 kg (331 pounds) [11] 2012 World record Front Hold 20 kg (1:26,14 Minutes) [12] 2013 World record yoke-walk, 555.2 kg (1,224 pounds) over 10 m (33 feet) in Toronto [1] [13] 2015 Veg Fest yoke-walk, 560 kg (1,230 pounds) in 28 ...
A transgender weightlifter has been stripped of her controversial world records after a ruling from the RAW Powerlifting Federation. Mary Gregory sparked controversy earlier in May after claiming ...
The Powerlifting World Championships is the main international event for the powerlifting sport. These are conducted on behalf of the sport's governing body, International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) by an affiliated national federation.
Scot Mendelson (born February 21, 1969) is an American powerlifter and armwrestler who specializes in the bench press. [3]He has broken multiple bench press world records and was the raw (unassisted) world record holder in the 308-pound weight class with 701 lb (318.0 kg) from 2002 to 2020 and the equipped world record holder in the 275-pound class with 1,031 lb (467.7 kg) from 2009 to 2021.
In 2014, Sarychev founded a new powerlifting federation, the World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WRPF), and became its president. He has stated he hopes to see powerlifting become an Olympic sport. [6] In 2016, Sarychev set a world record with raw three-lift powerlifting total in SHW class at 1,072.5 kg (2,364.5 lb). [3]