Lamar Gant (born 1957 in

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) is an American world record-holding

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. He competed with

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. He was inducted into the International Powerlifting Federation Hall of Fame in 1980. Gant set his first world record in 1974 by deadlifting 524.5 pounds (238 kg) at a bodyweight of at the Flint Olympian Games. In 1985, he became the first person in human history to

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five times his own bodyweight - lifting at a bodyweight of . He holds the world records for deadlifting in both the 123- and 132-pound weight classes.Powerlifting Records Database
/ref> His best lifts at 123 pounds are RAW bench press and deadlift; at 132 pounds are squat (in training), raw bench press, and deadlift.

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