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Powerlifting is a competitive strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight single-lift effort of a barbell loaded with weight plates. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as "odd ...
Wilks coefficient. The Wilks coefficient or Wilks formula is a mathematical coefficient that can be used to measure the relative strengths of powerlifters despite the different weight classes of the lifters. Robert Wilks, CEO of Powerlifting Australia, is the author of the formula.
Throughout his active career in international powerlifting competition Ed Coan has set over 71 world records in powerlifting. [5] He became the lightest person to cross the 2,400 lb. barrier in the powerlifting total (a sum of three lifts: the deadlift, bench, and squat). He set an all-time powerlifting record total at 2,463 pounds, even though ...
In 2019, Atwood would secure a second win at the 2019 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships, where he extended his total world record to 790.5 kilograms, and squatted 283 kilograms for a world record, and would score the highest IPF score of the entire men's competition.
Bill Kazmaier first presses 290 kg (639 lb) [21] and then 300 kg (661 lb) [17] at the USPF West Georgia Open Powerlifting Championships, held in Columbus, Georgia on January 31, 1981 to become the first human to officially bench press 300 kg (661 lb) (raw) in an IPF-sanctioned meet (and without elbow wraps). [22] [23] raw: 302.5 kg (667 lb) 1984
In 2021, Olivares made his IPF debut. He competed in the open category despite being a junior (23-years-old). He broke four International Powerlifting Federation world junior records, squatting 427.5 kilograms, bench pressing 252.5 kilograms for a full power and bench press only junior record, and a totaled 1,045 kilograms for a junior record, and would win his first gold medal.
105 kg. Krzysztof Wierzbicki (born 5 June 1990) is a Polish powerlifter. [2] Wierzbicki has won 5 gold medals at the World Classic Championships and 2 gold medals at the European Classic (raw) Championships in the IPF. [3][4] Wierzbicki has also took part in the World Games in 2017, where he finished in 5th place.
Weightlifting (often known as Olympic weightlifting) is a sport in which athletes compete in lifting a barbell loaded with weight plates from the ground to overhead, with the aim of successfully lifting the heaviest weights. Athletes compete in two specific ways of lifting the barbell overhead. The snatch is a wide-grip lift, in which the ...