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This is a list of world championships medalists in women'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 ...
Sophia Ellis (born 1996) is a record-setting British female powerlifter who broke the European deadlift record of 245.5kg in Estonia 2023, 240.5kg at the European Championships in Poland 2022, and in Sweden 2021 with 230.5kg. She is 2 x European Champion (2022 and 2023) and gold deadlift medalist at the IPF World Classic Championships 2023.
At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo (held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), Campbell became the first British female weightlifter to win a medal at the Olympics, with a silver in the women's +87 kg event. [8] [9] [10] Later that year, she went on to earn a bronze medal at the World Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. [11] [12]
In 2017, she secured first place at the IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships. [3] In 2018, Connor deadlifted 182.5 kg at USA Powerlifting Raw Nationals, becoming the first female to deadlift 4-times their own bodyweight in an IPF-sanctioned competition, and claiming the highest wilks score by a drug-tested female with a score of 558. [4]
Natalie Blake (born 4 December 1982) is a British powerlifter. [1] She competed for England in the women's 61 kg event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games [2] where she won a silver medal. [3] She also competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games where she came 6th in the lightweight event. [4]
Women's wrestling made it's Olympic debut in 2004, but the U.S. didn't earn its first gold until Helen Maroulis won at 53 kg in 2016. Tamyra Mensah-Stock followed by winning 68 kg at Tokyo 2020.
At the same time, she was very close to some powerlifting world records and thought it best to focus her efforts there. [14] 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).
Karenjeet Kaur Bains was born 23 July 1996 [2] in Warwickshire, England, to Sikh parents from Punjab, India.Her mother came from a family of wrestlers and her father was a former bodybuilder and powerlifter.