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Laurel Hubbard. Laurel Hubbard (born 9 February 1978) is a New Zealand weightlifter. [3] Selected to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics, she was the first openly transgender woman to compete in the Olympic Games. [4][5] Prior to making her Olympic debut, Hubbard achieved a ranking of 7th in the IWF's women's +87 kg division. [6][5]
A transgender weightlifter is receiving backlash after racking up multiple wins during the 100% Raw Weightlifting Federation competition in Virginia over the weekend. Mary Gregory, an American ...
Her squat is 601.9 pounds (273.0 kg) (equipped), bench press is 523.6 pounds (237.5 kg) (equipped with bench shirt), and she is the only woman to deadlift 621 pounds (282 kg) (equipped). She is also the first woman ever known to be a member of the 2000 pound club, as she is the first of two women ever to total over 2000 pounds in a meet on the ...
All-time progression across all strength sports. Listed below is the all-time deadlift world record progression across powerlifting (raw), powerlifting (equipped), and strongman. From 1964 to 2013, powerlifting record was considered the all-time world record and in 2014, strongman record surpassed it and holds it to-date.
Former marine and weight lifting champion is exploring new identity as transgender woman: 'I felt broken' ... an 810-pound deadlift and a 1,014-pound squat, but up until recently, there was a big ...
Loaded 0%. 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 ...
In March 2019, Udezue received media attention after posting on Twitter a video of himself performing a deadlift of 238 kg (525 lb), and subsequently stating he had broken the British women's deadlift record while "identifying as a woman". [4] [5] [34] Shortly thereafter, he made similar comments about the British women's bench press record.
From 1981 to the early 1990s, Francis earned the accolade of "Strongest Woman in History". She was the first woman in the world to bench press over 300 lb (140 kg). She broke over 40 world powerlifting records and was undefeated during her powerlifting career. She was inducted into the International Powerlifting Federation Hall of Fame in 1987.