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6 unusual facts about powerlifting


Dale Thompson

Thompson is a fan of boxing and weightlifting, and currently holds two Kentucky bench press records.

Minoru Higa

As well as being a prominent entrepreneur and world representative of the Kyudokan school, Minoru Higa is a committee-member for the Okinawan Karatedo and Kobudo Federation, vice-president of the Ryukyu Kobudo Ryu Kon Kai Association, chief committee-member of the Okinawa Bodybuilding Association, a member and referee for the Japanese Bodybuilding Federation, and a member and referee for the Japanese Powerlifting Association.

Oakcrest High School

The school offers many sports to its students including Football, Fall Cheerleading, Field hockey, Soccer, Tennis, Basketball, Winter Cheerleading, Lacrosse, Wrestling, Crew, Track and Field, Cross country running, Powerlifting and Baseball

Shilong, Guangdong

Thanks to its famous weightlifting world record breaker - Chen Jin-Kai (Chinese: 陈镜开), Shilong also has won its reputation as the 'Home Town of Weight Lifting' (Chinese: 举重之乡).

Souad Dinar

Souad Dinar (born August 16, 1977) is a French weightlifter in the 58 kg weight class.

Yumnam Chanu

Yumnam Renu Bala Chanu (born 2 October 1986) is an Indian Woman Weightlifter.


2008 ASEAN ParaGames

The 4th ASEAN Para Games sports include archery, athletics, badminton, boccia, chess, fencing, goalball, judo, powerlifting, shooting, swimming, table tennis, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis.

Andrey Belaev

Belaev recently set the IPF World Record in the squat with a lift of 837 pounds in 198 pound class at the IPF Powerlifting World Championships in Sölden, Austria.

Australian Blind Sports Federation

Blind and vision impaired athletes and teams participate in national championships in Athletics, Cricket, Equestrian, Goalball, Golf, Judo, Karate, Lawn Bowls, Powerlifting, Rowing, Sailing, Swimming, Tandem cycling, Tenpin Bowling, Water Skiing, Wrestling, and Winter Sports.

College Football All-Star Challenge

The event, produced by Chicago-based Intersport, features senior-class college football players competing in a number of skills contests, including throwing for distance, throwing for accuracy, shuttle runs, and powerlifting.

Dona Oliveira

She focused on a combination of powerlifting exercises such as squats, bench presses, and deadlifts with bodybuilding exercises such as shoulder presses, laterals raises, dumbbell flyes, and barbell rows.

Gluteal muscles

Powerlifting exercises which are known to significantly strengthen the gluteal muscles include the squat, deadlift, leg press, feet in squats (chin on chest & stick glutes out) and good mornings (bend over with a bar on the shoulders with a light amount of weight).

H.J. Lutcher Stark Center for Physical Culture and Sports

Jan and Terry Todd, both former powerlifting athletes, are committed to preserving the history of physical culture.

Jamie Reeves

In addition to powerlifting he had become actively involved in strength athletics and in 1986 won the National Truck Pulling Championships (sponsored by ASA/Bristol Street Motors) and came second to Peter Tregloan in 1986 in the Midland's Strongest Man competition.

Larry Kidney

Larry Kidney (born August 29, 1939 in Topeka, Kansas) is an American powerlifter.

Samarth Vyayam Mandir

The institution concentrates on indigenous games as well as contemporary sports disciplines like Mallakhamb, Kho-Kho, Kabaddi, Yoga, Gymnastics, Wrestling, Bodybuilding, Weight lifting, Athletics, Basketball, Volley Ball, Judo, Karate and exercises like Lezim, Dand-Baithak, Lathi, Lakdi and so forth.

Tulia Medina

Tulia Angela Medina Alcalde (born March 18, 1983 in Cali, Valle del Cauca) is a female weightlifter from Colombia.

Vitaliy Ponomarenko

Vitaliy Ponomarenko (1975 – February 5, 2008) was a Ukrainian powerlifting champion.


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