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This page lists people known for their accomplishments in
powerlifting
Powerlifting is a 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 effo ...
Ted Arcidi
Theodore Arcidi (born June 16, 1958) is an American former professional wrestler, actor and powerlifter from the United States of America. He is known to be the first man in history to bench press over 700 pounds in competition, establishing an ...
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Nick Best
Nick Best (born November 3, 1968) is an American professional strongman competitor and world champion powerlifter.
Powerlifting
Prior to competing in strongman, Best won the USAPL National Powerlifting Championships in the 125 kg class in 1 ...
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Big E (wrestler)
Ettore Ewen (born March 1, 1986) is an American professional wrestler and former powerlifter. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Big E, but is currently inactive due to a broken neck. In ...
Dean Bowring
Dean Bowring is an English silver medalist powerlifter. In 2009, he won the Indian IPF World Championships at the super-heavyweight category after he lifted a total of 880 kg (1940 lbs) at the GBPF South Midlands in Southampton. He has been outspo ...
Hugh Cassidy
Truman Hugh Cassidy (born December 31, 1935), better known as Hugh Cassidy, is an American metal sculptor, jazz musician, and former powerlifter who competed in powerlifting just prior to the formation of the International Powerlifting Fe ...
Anthony Clark (powerlifter)
Anthony Wayne Clark (September 15, 1966, in Philippines – May 22, 2005, in Friendswood, Texas, U.S.) was an American powerlifter, holder of the world record for the reverse-grip bench press and member of the York Barbell Hall of Fame.
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Ed Coan
Edward "Ed" Ignatius Coan (born July 24, 1963) is an American powerlifter. He is widely regarded throughout the powerlifting world as the greatest powerlifter of all time. Coan has set over 71 world records in powerlifti ...
Jon Cole (weightlifter)
Jon Frederic Cole (April 1, 1943 – January 10, 2013) was a powerlifter, Olympic weightlifter and strongman from the United States. He competed in powerlifting just prior to the formation of the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF). H ...
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Harold Collins (strongman)
Harold "Iron Bear" Collins is a former professional strongman and world champion Powerlifter. Collins is a member of the Tuskarora Nation of Moratoc Indians in North Carolina, and calls himself the "World's Strongest Nati ...
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Tazzie Colomb
Tazzie Colomb (born August 20, 1966) is an American professional female bodybuilder and powerlifter. She is one of the longest-competing IFBB female professional body builders of all time. She is one of the strongest female powerlifters in the wor ...
Connor Dantzler
Connor Dantzler (born February 23, 1994), of Damascus, Maryland, is an accomplished youth American amateur athlete. In 2000, at the age of six, under the training of his father Mark Dantzler, he won his first junior national title in his age brac ...
Ric Drasin
Richard Alan Drasin (July 12, 1944 – August 30, 2020) was an American bodybuilder, personal trainer, actor, stuntman, author, and professional wrestler. He wrestled professionally and sporadically between 1965 and 2001, while also winning tit ...
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Stan Efferding
Stan "The White Rhino" Efferding (born November 6, 1967) is an American IFBB professional bodybuilder and a powerlifter competing in the Southern Powerlifting Federation (SPF). He held the all-time raw world powerlifting records in the 275-poun ...
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Rachael Ellering
Rachael Ellering (born December 28, 1992) is an American professional wrestler
Professional wrestling is a form of theater that revolves around staged wrestling matches. The mock combat is performed in a ring similar to the kind used in box ...
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Sergey Fedosienko
Sergey Alexeyevich Fedosienko (russian: Сергей Алексеевич Федосиенко; born 31 July 1982) is a Russian powerlifter. Fedosienko has won 15 gold medals at the world equipped championships and 7 gold medals at the world clas ...
George Frenn
George Michael Frenn (December 26, 1941 – June 26, 2006) was an American hammer thrower, weight thrower and powerlifter. Frenn set world bests in the outdoor and indoor weight throws, won two medals in the Pan American Games and competed in th ...
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Doug Furnas
Dwight Douglas Furnas (December 11, 1959 – March 2, 2012) was an American professional wrestler and powerlifter. He was an APF National and World Powerlifting Champion, who set multiple world records in the 275 pound weight class. As a wrestler, ...
Brad Gillingham
Brad Gillingham (born 1966) is an American world champion powerlifter and strongman competitor from Minnesota, United States.
Powerlifting
Brad is a 6 time IPF World Powerlif ...
Dan Green (powerlifter)
Dan Green is an Elite American powerlifter and owner of both Boss Barbell Club and Mountain View Fitness in Mountain View, California. His best competition lifts in the 242 lb (110 kg) weight class are an 848 lb (385 kg) sq ...
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Billy Gunn
Monty Kip Sopp (born November 1, 1963), better known by his ring name Billy Gunn, although he is currently finding renewed popularity under the ring name Daddy Ass, is an American professional wrestler. He is currently signed to All Elite Wres ...
Shane Hamman
Shane Hamman (born June 20, 1972) is an American Olympic weightlifter and powerlifter.
Early years
Shane Hamman was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and brought up in Mustang, Oklahoma. Hamman began to play soccer at the age of 6 until he wa ...
Van Hatfield
Van Hatfield (born September 13, 1971) is an American professional strongman competitor and powerlifter from Mapleton, Utah.http://www.americanstrongman.com/athletes/detail.asp?AthleteID=45 Van won America's Stronge ...
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Big James Henderson
James Gregory Henderson, also known as Big James Henderson and James "Hollywood" Henderson, (born April 9, 1965) is a former American powerlifter who specialized in the bench press. He competed in the International Powerlifting Feder ...
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Mark Henry
Mark Jerrold Henry (born June 12, 1971) is an American former powerlifter, Olympic weightlifter, strongman, and professional wrestler currently signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) as a commentator/analyst, coach, and talent scout. He is b ...
Bill Kazmaier
William Kazmaier (born December 30, 1953) is an American former world champion powerlifter, world champion strongman and professional wrestler. During the 1970s and 1980s, he set numerous powerlifti ...
Ryan Kennelly
Ryan Shawn Kennelly (born March 23, 1974) is an American powerlifter who specializes in the bench press. He held the World Powerlifting Organization (WPO) record and held the all-time world record in the assisted (geared) benc ...
John Kuc
John Kuc is a former world champion powerlifter from the United States. During the 1970s and 80s, he set numerous powerlifting national and world records, won three International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) world championships a ...
Tom Magee
Tom or TOM may refer to:
* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head''
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Precious McKenzie
Precious Patrick McKenzie (born 6 June 1936) is a South African-born former weightlifter who won Commonwealth titles representing both England and New Zealand and has won several World powerlifting and Masters World powerlifting titles. He is ...
Scot Mendelson
Scot Mendelson (born February 21, 1969) is an American armwrestler and powerlifter, who specializes in the bench press. He has broken multiple world records and was the raw (unassisted) world record holder in the 308-pound weight ...
Larry Pacifico
Larry Pacifico (born January 17, 1946) is an American former world champion powerlifter.
Larry won nine straight IPF World Powerlifting Championships from 1971–1979. Larry won a total of 102 competitions and set 54 W ...
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Phil Pfister
Phil Pfister (born May 15, 1971) is an American former strongman competitor and winner of the 2006 World's Strongest Man competition on September 23, 2006 in Sanya, China. He was the first American to win since Bill Kazmaier in 1982. Pfister sta ...
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Mark Philippi
Mark Philippi (born 21 March 1963) is an American world champion powerlifter and strongman competitor. Philippi is a multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition, and former holder of the America's Strongest Man title.
Strongman
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Steve Pulcinella
Steve Pulcinella (born October 19, 1965) is an American former Powerlifting, powerlifter, Strongman (strength athlete), strongman, and Highland games competitor. He is the owner of Iron Sport Gym in Glenolden, Pennsylvania.
Early life
Pulcinella ...
Mark Rippetoe
Mark Rippetoe (born February 12, 1956) is an American strength training coach, author, former powerlifter, and gym owner.Gene Rychlak
Eugène Rychlak Jr. (1968 – 26 July 2019) was a powerlifter from the United States, who specialized in the bench press. He was the first man to perform a bench press of over both and .EASTER, M., & TSEVIS, C. (2012). Your Best Bench Ever. Men's ...
Nick Scott (bodybuilder) Nick Scott is a disabled professional bodybuilder, wheelchair ballroom dancer, author, and motivational speaker.
Biography
Scott lost nearly all use of his legs in a car accident at the age of 16. Shortly afterward he started weight training, goi ...
Jón Páll Sigmarsson
Jón Páll Sigmarsson (28 April 1960 – 16 January 1993) was an Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder who was the first man to win the World's Strong ...
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Louie Simmons
Louie Simmons (October 12, 1947 – March 24, 2022) was an American powerlifter and strength coach. He was active as a powerlifter and coach for more than fifty years. Simmons was the founder of Westside Barbell and has developed several training ...
Eric Spoto
Eric D. Spoto (born October 22, 1976) is an American arm-wrestler and powerlifter, who specializes in the bench press. He previously held world record in the raw ( unequipped) bench press with 722 lb (327.5 kg) achieved on Ma ...
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Ken Sprague
Kenneth Ray Sprague (born July 14, 1945) is an American bodybuilder, businessman, author and school teacher. He is best known as the owner of the original Gold's Gym in Venice, Los Angeles, which he owned and managed between the years 1972 and ...
Braun Strowman
Adam Joseph Scherr (born September 6, 1983) is an American professional wrestler and former strongman. He is currently signed to WWE, where he performs on the SmackDown brand under the ring name Braun Strowman.
In WWE, he is a one-time U ...
Andrey Tarasenko (powerlifter)
Andrey Viktorovich Tarasenko (russian: Андрей Викторович Тарасенко, born 29 January 1975) is a Russian powerlifting
Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: ...
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Terry Todd
Terry Todd (December 31, 1937 – July 7, 2018) was an American powerlifter, and Olympic weightlifter. Todd was co-founder of the H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports, co-editor oIron Game History: The Journal of ...
Jim Williams (powerlifter)
James Talbot Williams (February 25, 1940 – January 23, 2007) was a record holder professional competitive powerlifter from the United States of America. He competed in powerlifting just prior to the formation of the International P ...
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O.D. Wilson
Oders Dell Wilson Jr. (September 12, 1954 – October 29, 1991) was an American world champion powerlifter and world champion strongman competitor.
Strongman/Powerlifting
"O.D." Wilson came very close to being the first Am ...
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Ab Wolders
Ab Wolders (born 10 June 1951) is a former strongman and world champion Powerlifter from the Netherlands. He was runner-up at the World's Strongest Man competition on two occasions, placing second to Jón Páll Si ...
Doug Young (powerlifter)
Doug Young (August 21, 1944 – October 7, 2005) was an American national and world powerlifting champion multiple times throughout his career while competing in the 242 lb. and 275 lb. weight classes.
Doug won his third ...