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Lasha Talakhadze (Georgian: ლაშა ტალახაძე; Georgian pronunciation: [laʃa tʼalaχadze]; born 2 October 1993) is a Georgian weightlifter, holding the all-time world records regardless of weight category in the snatch (225 kg, 496 lb), the clean and jerk (267 kg, 589 lb), and the total (492 kg, 1,085 lb) since 2021.
In the lead up to the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, Anderson set his all-time highest total in amateur competition at the 1956 Senior Nationals, lifting 400 lb (181.4 kg) in the press, 335 lb (152 kg) in the snatch, and 440 lb (199.6 kg) in the clean and jerk, for a total of 1,175 lb (533 kg) at a bodyweight of around 330 lb (150 ...
In 1998 World Championships, he set an all-time powerlifting record total at 2,463 lb (1,117 kg), in the 110 kg weight class. Coan's best total in a drug tested international competition is 2,282 lb (1,035 kg) in the 100 kg weight class at the 1994 IPF Senior World Championships in South Africa , [ 6 ] establishing a new world record at the time.
He again pressed the same weight at 1994 World's Strongest Man, however by this time the world record was held by Gerrit Badenhorst with 135 kg (298 lb) Weight over bar – 25.5 kg (56 lb) over 5.18 metres (17 ft 0 in) (1993 World Viking Challenge)
In preparation for his appearance at the 1978 World's Strongest Man, Reinhoudt competed one last time at the Eastern Open in 1977, in the 275-pound class, where he set four world records: At 264 pounds bodyweight he totalled 2000 lb (725/525/750). He never competed in powerlifting afterwards and put all his energy on lifting for the World's ...
Naim Süleymanoğlu (Bulgarian: Наим Сюлейманоглу; 23 January 1967 – 18 November 2017) [1] [2] was a Turkish Olympic weightlifter. He was a seven-time World Weightlifting champion and a three-time Olympic gold medalist who set 46 world records. At 147 cm in height, Süleymanoğlu's short stature and great strength led to him ...
The winner of 26 IFBB professional titles including the Mr. Olympia for eight consecutive years, he is also renowned for his combination of size and conditioning, [10] dominant body-parts [11] [12] and extremely heavy workouts, [13] making him the strongest Mr. Olympia of all-time.
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).