Australian Powerlifting Alliance

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Australian Powerlifting Alliance
Sport Powerlifting
Jurisdiction Australia
AbbreviationAPA
Founded2023 (2023)
Affiliation IPF
Affiliation date2024
HeadquartersQueensland, Australia
ChairpersonAbbi Bosward Fielding
Board membersThao Pham, Abbi Bosward Fielding, Cathy Talley, Shaun Mitchell, Tim Martin
ReplacedAustralian Powerlifting Union
Official website
www.powerliftingalliance.org.au
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The Australian Powerlifting Alliance (APA) is the Australian affiliate of the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF).

Contents

The APA was created on 07 December 2023 [1] after the Australian Powerlifting Union elected to cease affiliation with the IPF, [2] and was accepted as a provisional member at the 2024 IPF General Assembly. [3]

Structure

The APA is a public company limited by guarantee. [4]

The APA has a board of directors [5] with 14x committees managing day-to-day business of the organisation:

Affiliation and Recognition

Within the APA

The APA has affiliated clubs in 6 Australian States and Territories (all states & territories excluding the ACT). [7]

Within Australia

The APA does not meet all Australian Sports Commission criteria for recognition as a National Sporting Organisation (NSO). [8]

Internationally

The APA is the recognised International Powerlifting Federation affiliate [9] for Australia, as a successor to Powerlifting Australia and the Australian Powerlifting Union. The IPF is itself a recognised member of SportAccord, the successor organisation to the Global Association of International Sports Federations.

Australia is also a member of the IPF's Oceania region, and as such the APA is recognised as a member of the Oceania Regional Powerlifting Federation (ORPF). [10]

Australia is a member of the Commonwealth, and as such the APA is a member of the Commonwealth Powerlifting Federation (CPF).

First Competitions and Teams

First local competition

The first competition hosted by the APA was the "Real McCloy Bench Press Only", held at Penrith NSW on 17 February 2024. [11]

First national competition

The Australian Powerlifting Union did not host a national championship in 2023, meaning lifters had no pathway for qualification for international events in 2024. As a result, the APA scheduled the 2024 national championships earlier in the year to facilitate qualification for international events. Specific eligibility criteria were established for 2024 noting that the organisation had no history and lifters were moving into the APA from other federations. [12] The first national competition was the 2024 National Series: Open Classic held at Newcastle, NSW on 01-03 March 2024. 137 lifters across all genders and weight classes participated. [13]

First international team

The first APA team to represent Australia at an international competition consisted of 13 lifters (5 women and 8 men), who competed at the 2024 IPF World Bench Press Championships held at Austin Texas on 21 May - 1 June 2024. [14]


National Champions

2024 National Champions

The 2024 National championships were held in Newcastle NSW and Brisbane QLD, with multiple events held across 2024. The table below shows National Champions from all 2024 National championship events. [15] [16] [17] [18] [19]

2024 National Champions
GenderCategoryEventAge DivisionWeight Class (kg)NameTotal (kg)
WomenClassicThree-LiftOpen47Vicky Kijumnuayporn393.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftOpen52Xinyu Liang370.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftOpen57Elizabeth Craven418
WomenClassicThree-LiftOpen63Schae Zarew488
WomenClassicThree-LiftOpen69Ebony Grey460
WomenClassicThree-LiftOpen76Brittany Romas478
WomenClassicThree-LiftOpen84Bethany Parker510
WomenClassicThree-LiftOpen84+Natalie Laalaai651
MenClassicThree-LiftOpen59Deion Harichandran565
MenClassicThree-LiftOpen66Andrew Trieu639
MenClassicThree-LiftOpen74Leonardo Sucitra736.5
MenClassicThree-LiftOpen83Cana Chambara776
MenClassicThree-LiftOpen93Ewan Belgrove765
MenClassicThree-LiftOpen105Samuel Forsbert822.5
MenClassicThree-LiftOpen120Joshua Lanivia862.5
MenClassicThree-LiftOpen120+Jackson Stubberfield885
WomenClassicThree-LiftJunior43Praveena Thurairajasingam-Mukunthan277.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftJunior47Jessica Le308.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftJunior52Lisa Vo355.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftJunior57Daisy Brooks389.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftJunior63Cindy Zeng397.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftJunior69Maybelle Thieu441.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftJunior76Tiyana Kise450
WomenClassicThree-LiftJunior84Maya Andysiak420
WomenClassicThree-LiftJunior84+Jenna Over440
MenClassicThree-LiftJunior59William Qin492
MenClassicThree-LiftJunior66Christopher Gurung565.5
MenClassicThree-LiftJunior74Zhane Mu655
MenClassicThree-LiftJunior83Noah Dixon698
MenClassicThree-LiftJunior93Simon Chehade758.5
MenClassicThree-LiftJunior105Matthew Foley-Lewis765
MenClassicThree-LiftJunior120Tristan Sunde813
MenClassicThree-LiftJunior120+Benjamin Parraguez820
WomenClassicThree-LiftSub-Junior52Maddi Harper320
WomenClassicThree-LiftSub-Junior69Ruby Olthoff360
WomenClassicThree-LiftSub-Junior76Hanako Marsh320
WomenClassicThree-LiftSub-Junior84Emma Hammann375
WomenClassicThree-LiftSub-Junior84+Mikaela Warylo366
MenClassicThree-LiftSub-Junior53Luke Talley473
MenClassicThree-LiftSub-Junior59Cody Zanghi472.5
MenClassicThree-LiftSub-Junior66Derron Adviento486
MenClassicThree-LiftSub-Junior74Wil Evans570
MenClassicThree-LiftSub-Junior83Hayden Brinkley630.5
MenClassicThree-LiftSub-Junior93Harvey Spencer628.5
MenClassicThree-LiftSub-Junior105Thomas Barney597.5
MenClassicThree-LiftSub-Junior120Walter Chancellor612.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftMasters 152Natalie Bartolo335.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftMasters 157Elizabeth Craven405.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftMasters 163Meaghan Trovato382.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftMasters 169Michelle Kramarczuk347.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftMasters 176Naomi Mynott407.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftMasters 184Abbi Bosward-Fielding425
MenClassicThree-LiftMasters 166Raymond Wong549
MenClassicThree-LiftMasters 174Christopher Smith512.5
MenClassicThree-LiftMasters 183Damien Parker490
MenClassicThree-LiftMasters 193Ben Ihle560
MenClassicThree-LiftMasters 1105Nathan Yerbury678
MenClassicThree-LiftMasters 1120Florian Loock801
MenClassicThree-LiftMasters 1120+Scott McGilvray645
WomenClassicThree-LiftMasters 257Linda Jensen336
WomenClassicThree-LiftMasters 269Alicia Price357.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftMasters 276Carole Condon367
WomenClassicThree-LiftMasters 284Deb Proud387.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftMasters 284+Hope Powers371
MenClassicThree-LiftMasters 283Andrew de Lepervanche507.5
MenClassicThree-LiftMasters 293Javier Pereira650
MenClassicThree-LiftMasters 2105Justin Crowley625
WomenClassicThree-LiftMasters 357Clair Angel285
WomenClassicThree-LiftMasters 363Annette Taylor330.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftMasters 369Kerri Smith302.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftMasters 384+Peta Day380
MenClassicThree-LiftMasters 374Craig James302.5
MenClassicThree-LiftMasters 383Stephen Varady542.5
MenClassicThree-LiftMasters 3105Peter Brynes525.5
MenClassicThree-LiftMasters 3120Abbas Pordel530
MenClassicThree-LiftMasters 3120+Rick Lewis707.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftMasters 484+Vicki Stamoulis263.5
MenClassicThree-LiftMasters 493Eric Dumas550
MenClassicThree-LiftMasters 4105Lorenzo Poletto402.5
MenClassicThree-LiftMasters 4120Paul Kerin320
WomenEquippedThree-LiftOpen84+Rosie Wilson450
MenEquippedThree-LiftOpen105Christian Torley827.5
WomenEquippedThree-LiftMasters 363Jeanette Gevers353.5
MenEquippedThree-LiftMasters 3120Abbas Pordel590
WomenClassicBench OnlyMasters 184+Nekea Blagoev92.5
MenClassicBench OnlyMasters 2105Justin Crowley160
WomenEquippedBench OnlyMasters 284Tanya Ruggeri72.5
MenEquippedBench OnlyMasters 3105Ian Sullivan57.5
WomenClassicBench OnlyOpen52Emily Roach62.5
WomenClassicBench OnlyO57Quinnie Angela80
WomenClassicBench OnlyOpen63Emily Lai92.5
WomenClassicBench OnlyO69Steph Iosia92.5
WomenClassicBench OnlyO76Marah Bonifacio95
WomenClassicBench OnlyOpen84Renae Albuquerque85
WomenClassicBench OnlyO84+Luseane Lafaele145
MenClassicBench OnlyO66Steven Vo150
MenClassicBench OnlyO74Zachary Torrevillas142.5
MenClassicBench OnlyO83Mitsunori Chiba186.5
MenClassicBench OnlyO93Patrick Gregorowski182.5
MenClassicBench OnlyO105Nathan Young237.5
MenClassicBench OnlyO120+Ben Tinh Tam Nguyen210
WomenClassicBench OnlyJunior63Basira Khan80
WomenClassicBench OnlyJunior69Nyah Keep97.5
WomenClassicBench OnlyJunior76Lythamie Ware80
MenClassicBench OnlyJunior66Youssef Jaziri130.5
MenClassicBench OnlyJunior83Dimitri Tsagaris165
MenClassicBench OnlyJunior93Samuel Bollipo142.5
MenClassicBench OnlyJunior105Jordan O'Sullivan185.5
MenClassicBench OnlyJunior120James Luo185
WomenClassicBench OnlySub-Junior52Maddi Harper80
WomenClassicBench OnlySub-Junior76Imogen Maiklem87.5
WomenClassicBench OnlySub-Junior84Emma Hammann70
MenClassicBench OnlySub-Junior74Jamie Whyte127.5
MenClassicBench OnlySub-Junior83Caleb Bartolome-Schooling135
MenClassicBench OnlySub-Junior93Dominic Pouranvieh157.5
MenClassicBench OnlySub-Junior105Elliot Pavy143
WomenClassicBench OnlyMasters 152Thao Pham72.5
WomenClassicBench OnlyMasters 163Meaghan Trovato87
WomenClassicBench OnlyMasters 169Kristi Bateman Lee67.5
WomenClassicBench OnlyMasters 176Sarah Wheal93
WomenClassicBench OnlyMasters 269Lin Donevska65
WomenClassicBench OnlyMasters 276Carole Condon78
WomenClassicBench OnlyMasters 284Julie Henderson83
WomenClassicBench OnlyMasters 369Jane Smedley65.5
MenClassicBench OnlyMasters 383Stephen Varady152.5

2025 National Champions

The 2025 National championships were held in Perth WA and Sydney NSW, with two events held across 2025, the Open Nationals held in February and the MegaNationals held in May. [20] [21] The table below shows National Champions from all 2025 National championship events. [22] [23] [24]

2025 National Champions
GenderCategoryEventAge DivisionWeight Class (kg)NameTotal (kg)
WomenClassicThree-LiftOpen47Vicky Kijumnuayporn399
WomenClassicThree-LiftOpen52Elizabeth Craven418
WomenClassicThree-LiftOpen57Cindy Zeng430.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftOpen63Abby Wallis502.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftOpen69Aislinn Ottway476
WomenClassicThree-LiftOpen76Shania Radke490.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftOpen84Yan-Fei Zhao557.5
WomenClassicThree-LiftOpen84+Luseane Lafaele685
MenClassicThree-LiftOpen59Joenas Madera555
MenClassicThree-LiftOpen66Chris-Yip660
MenClassicThree-LiftOpen74Leonardo Sucitra748
MenClassicThree-LiftOpen83Nathan Tanis788
MenClassicThree-LiftOpen93Adam Jones #1810
MenClassicThree-LiftOpen105Hung Phan854
MenClassicThree-LiftOpen120Joshua Lanivia886
MenClassicThree-LiftOpen120+Jackson Stubberfield910
Men Classic Three-Lift Special Olympics 120+ Jonah Strickland 395
Women Classic Three-Lift Masters 4 76 Helen Nosworthy 175
Men Classic Three-Lift Masters 2 120 Ali Sayed #3 647.5
Men Classic Three-Lift Junior 120+ Rangi Ferguson 863
Men Classic Three-Lift Masters 1 83 Sami Salman 582.5
Women Classic Three-Lift Sub-Junior 63 Cate Darling 300.5
Men Classic Three-Lift Masters 4 93 Brian McMahon #2 379
Men Classic Three-Lift Special Olympics 120+ Shayne Mann 295
Women Classic Three-Lift Special Olympics 84 Alannah McKeown 220
Men Classic Three-Lift Sub-Junior 105 Sean Bader 815.5
Men Classic Three-Lift Junior 93 Charlie Bocayes 746
Women Classic Three-Lift Sub-Junior 76 Imogen Maiklem 438
Women Classic Three-Lift Masters 3 84 Gwendoline Currey 347.5
Women Classic Three-Lift Sub-Junior 84+ Siennah Pukeroa 547.5
Men Classic Three-Lift Sub-Junior 83 Shaun Hemmings 678.5
Women Classic Three-Lift Junior 63 Hannah Rush 430
Women Classic Three-Lift Junior 84+ Chloe Thornton 430
Men Classic Three-Lift Sub-Junior 59 Alfred Zhou 462.5
Women Classic Three-Lift Masters 3 52 Marina Beattie 240
Men Classic Three-Lift Junior 105 Anthony Hill #1 863
Men Classic Three-Lift Junior 74 Ben Watson 657.5
Men Classic Three-Lift Masters 2 120+ Jason Oakley 672.5
Men Classic Three-Lift Masters 4 74 Ravi Sood 225
Men Classic Three-Lift Masters 1 74 Tak Ho Cheng 583
Men Classic Three-Lift Masters 3 59 Dennis Donaldson 352.5
Men Equipped Three-Lift Open 120 Jodan Bingham 715
Men Classic Three-Lift Masters 2 105 Matt Graham 582.5
Women Classic Three-Lift Sub-Junior 84 Emma Hammann 415
Men Classic Three-Lift Masters 1 93 Chris Seville 673
Women Classic Three-Lift Masters 1 69 Michelle Kramarczuk 377.5
Men Classic Three-Lift Sub-Junior 66 Jayden Michaels 532.5
Women Classic Three-Lift Masters 1 84 Alexis Salkin 447.5
Men Classic Three-Lift Sub-Junior 74 Harry Lu 563
Women Classic Three-Lift Junior 76 Natalia Leszczynski 463.5
Men Classic Three-Lift Junior 59 William Qin 547
Women Classic Three-Lift Masters 3 63 Helen Southwell #1 272.5
Men Classic Three-Lift Special Olympics 105 Ben Zyp 310
Men Classic Three-Lift Junior 83 Noah Dixon 735
Women Classic Three-Lift Sub-Junior 69 Ruby Olthoff 394.5
Women Classic Three-Lift Junior 43 Praveena Thurairajasingam-Mukunthan 312.5
Men Classic Three-Lift Masters 4 105 Lorenzo Poletto 400
Women Classic Three-Lift Junior 47 Jessica Le #1 325.5
Women Classic Three-Lift Junior 84 Maja Andrysiak 465
Men Classic Three-Lift Masters 2 93 Sean Minto 645.5
Women Classic Three-Lift Junior 69 Maybelle Thieu 452.5
Men Classic Three-Lift Junior 120 Jedi Dallow 787.5
Women Classic Three-Lift Sub-Junior 52 Maddi Harper 347
Women Classic Three-Lift Masters 2 69 Frances Angeli 380
Women Classic Three-Lift Masters 3 57 Linda Jensen 335.5
Women Classic Three-Lift Junior 52 Claudia O'Shea 367.5
Men Classic Three-Lift Sub-Junior 93 Harvey Spencer 705.5
Men Classic Three-Lift Junior 66 Ethan Lim #1 580.5
Women Classic Three-Lift Junior 57 Jessica Liu 426.5
Men Classic Three-Lift Junior 53 Luke Talley #1 502
Women Classic Three-Lift Masters 2 76 Kylie Dwyer 373
Women Classic Three-Lift Masters 2 84 Deb Proud 410
Women Equipped Three-Lift Open 63 Kelly Andrews #1 429.5
Men Equipped Three-Lift Open 105 Christian Torley 830
Women Classic Three-Lift Masters 1 57 Helen Frank 345
Men Classic Three-Lift Masters 3 83 Stephen Varady 547.5
Women Classic Three-Lift Masters 1 63 Meaghan Trovato 396
Women Classic Three-Lift Masters 3 84+ Peta Day 400
Women Classic Three-Lift Masters 2 84+ Esther Cawthorn 362.5
Women Classic Three-Lift Masters 1 76 Kelli Fagan 479
Women Classic Three-Lift Masters 4 84 Vicki Stamoulis 264
Men Classic Three-Lift Masters 3 120+ Rick Lewis #1 680
Women Classic Three-Lift Masters 3 76 Carole Condon 373.5
Women Classic Three-Lift Masters 3 69 Annette Taylor 325
Men Classic Three-Lift Masters 2 83 Alexander Le 575.5
Men Classic Three-Lift Special Olympics 74 Jack Carroll 355
Men Classic Three-Lift Masters 4 83 Bill Koppe 355
Women Equipped Three-Lift Masters 1 84 Renay Ferguson 407.5
Men Classic Three-Lift Masters 1 105 Florian Loock 773
Men Equipped Three-Lift Open 93 Evan McCloy 725
Women Classic Three-Lift Masters 1 52 Natalie Bartolo 342.5

International competition

As a member of the IPF, the ORPF and the Commonwealth Powerlifting Federation (CPF), athletes in the APA may participate in regional and international competitions including:

IPF records held by APA members

The following APA members hold world records in the IPF as at 26 November 2024:

Australian Powerlifting Alliance in the media

The following section contains external links to Australian media coverage of the Australian Powerlifting Alliance.

2024

See also

References

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  4. ↑ Australian Powerlifting Alliance. "Constitution" (PDF). APA. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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  6. ↑ Australian Powerlifting Alliance. "Committees" . Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  7. ↑ Australian Powerlifting Alliance. "Affiliated Clubs & Members" . Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  8. ↑ Australian Sports Commission. "ASC NSO Recognition Criteria 2024" (PDF). ASC. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  9. ↑ International Powerlifting Federation. "Oceania - International Powerlifting Federation". IPF. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  10. ↑ Oceania Regional Powerlifting Federation. "Member Of Federations". ORPF. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  11. ↑ Open Powerlifting. "2024 APLA The Real McCloy Bench Press Only". Open Powerlifting. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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  13. ↑ Open Powerlifting. "2024 APLA Nationals Series: Open Classic". Open Powerlifting. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  14. ↑ Australian Powerlifting Alliance. "The Australian Powerlifting Alliance is Going to Texas!". Australian Powerlifting Alliance. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  15. ↑ "Powerlifting Competitions - Australian Powerlifting Alliance". Open Powerlifting. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  16. ↑ "2024 APLA Nationals Series: Masters & Equipped". Open Powerlifting. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  17. ↑ "2024 APLA Nationals Series: Junior & Sub-Junior Classic". Open Powerlifting. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  18. ↑ "2024 APLA Nationals Series: Open Classic". Open Powerlifting. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  19. ↑ "2024 APLA Classic & Equipped Bench Only Nationals". Open Powerlifting. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  20. ↑ "APA 2025 Open Classic Nationals" . Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  21. ↑ "APA 2025 Mega Nationals: Sub-Junior, Junior, Masters, Special Olympics & Equipped" . Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  22. ↑ "Powerlifting Competitions - Australian Powerlifting Alliance". Open Powerlifting. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  23. ↑ "2025 APLA Open Nationals". Open Powerlifting. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
  24. ↑ "2025 APLA Mega Nationals" . Retrieved 11 May 2025.
  25. ↑ "Goodlift Masters 3 Men Classic Records" . Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  26. 1 2 3 "Goodlift Sub Junior Men Classic Records" . Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  27. ↑ "Goodlift Masters 4 Women's Classic Records" . Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  28. ↑ "Goodlift Masters 3 Women's Classic Records" . Retrieved 26 November 2024.
  29. ↑ "Goodlift Open Women's Classic Records" . Retrieved 26 November 2024.
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