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| Born | November 19, 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Silesian University of Technology [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68.9 kg (152 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Powerlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Agata Sitko (born November 19, 2002) is a Polish heavyweight powerlifter, competing in the IPF. [2] Despite being a junior, she has won the World Games in 2022 as a Heavyweight, the 2024 SBD Sheffield Powerlifting Championships, and has won the IPF World Equipped Championships in 2021. [3]
Sitko began competing in powerlifting since 2019, and competed internationally since 2021. [4] She competed in the raw and equipped junior championships, where she won silver in both of the competitions respectively in the 76 kilogram weight class. The same year, Sitko competed in the open category despite being 18 years old, and would win gold in the 76 kilogram weight class, and broke two junior world records. [5]
In her first powerlifting competition in the 84 kilogram weight class, Sitko would break two open world records and three junior world records, and secured first place at the 2022 European Junior Equipped Championships. [6]
Sitko qualified for the 2022 World Games [7] at 19 years old, competing as a Heavyweight, and would secure first place. [8]
At the 2023 Classic Powerlifting Championships, Sitko secured second place, and bench pressed 153 kilograms for an open world record, deadlifted 240 kilograms for a junior world record, and totaled 590.5 kilograms for a junior world record. [9]
At the 2024 SBD Sheffield Powerlifting Championships, Sitko competed in the 69 kilogram weight class for the first time, and would break three open and junior world records. Her total world record would extend the previous open world record by 9.3%, and securing first place at the competition. [10]
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