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| Born | 18 July 1988 (age 36) Gjøvik, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kjell Egil Bakkelund (born 18 July 1988) is a Norwegian powerlifter. [1] Bakkelund has won 5 gold medals at the world championships (both classic & equipped) and 7 gold medals at the European championships in the IPF. He is also two time World Games medallist, winning a gold medal at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham and silver medal in 2013 World Games in Cali. [2] [3]
Bakkelund began his career as a Junior in 2011. Since then, he won both raw and equipped world titles, including one at the 2022 World Powerlifting Championships which were held in Viborg, Denmark. In 2022, he brought home a gold medal from the 2022 World Games. Following his switching between raw and equipped lifting throughout his career, Bakkelund decided to focus on raw meets. [4] He competed at both 2023 IPF Classic World Championships in Malta and at the European Powerlifting Federation's Classic Championships where he got a gold medal for lifting 907.5 kg. [5] As a result of his competition, Bakkelund broke both IPF Raw Deadlift and Total World Records in 74 kg lifting. [4] [6]
Chen Wei-ling is a Taiwanese Olympic weightlifter and powerlifter.
Blaine Sumner is an American world champion powerlifter from Conifer, Colorado, currently residing in Gillette, Wyoming, United States.
Sergey Alexeyevich Fedosienko is a Russian powerlifter. Fedosienko has won 15 gold medals at the world equipped championships and 7 gold medals at the world classic (raw) championships in the IPF. Fedosienko has also won two World Games gold medals in 2013 and 2017.
Jarosław Olech is a Polish powerlifter.
Listed below are the progressions of 7 deadlift world records across powerlifting, strongman and armlifting.
Ana Rosa Castellain is a Brazilian powerlifter, seven-time world champion. She became the main Brazilian athlete active in the country after originally being inducted into the IPF Hall of Fame. She currently resides and trains in the city of Garopaba on the coast of Santa Catarina.
Strength Sports Australia, previously known as the Australian Powerlifting Union or APU, is the Australian national World Drug-Free Powerlifting Federation affiliate. The APU was the Australian national International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) affiliate for the sport of Powerlifting between the years of 2018 and 2023. Formed in 2018 after Powerlifting Australia was removed from the IPF after Robert Wilks was not re-elected to the IPF Executive Committee, the APU hosted local-, state-, national- and international-level competitions under the IPF ruleset and banner.
Agata Sitko is a Polish heavyweight powerlifter, competing in the IPF. 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, as well as the World Classic Championships in 2024.
Krzysztof Wierzbicki is a Polish powerlifter. Wierzbicki has won 5 gold medals at the World Classic Championships and 2 gold medals at the European Classic (raw) Championships in the IPF. Wierzbicki has also took part in the World Games in 2017, where he finished in 5th place.
Emil Norling is a Swedish powerlifter. Norling has won 1 gold and two silver medals at the world classic championships and 5 gold medals at the European classic (raw) championships in the IPF. Norling became the first Swede to earn first place in all three weights, becoming International Powerlifting Federation champion of the 2019 Junior World Classic Powerlifting Championships.
Dariusz Wszoła is a Polish powerlifter. Wszoła has won 3 gold medals at the world championships and 12 gold medals at the European championships in the IPF. In total he won 38 medals of any colour at classic or equipped powerlifting senior championships. In addition he has got a plenty of medals from World and European Bench Press Championships. He also took part in 4 editions of the World Games and won bronze medal at the 2005 World Games.
Jezza Uepa is a Nauruan powerlifter. Uepa has won gold medal at the 2019 World Classic Powerlifting Championships in 120+ category. In his collection from world championships he has got also two silver and one bronze medal. He also won a bronze medal at the 2011 Pacific Games in 120+ kg category. Following the 2019 World Powerlifting Championship in Sweden, Uepa was crowned as the World's Strongest Man. In 2023, Uepa has squated 470 kg at Brisbane Open. The same year, he lifted 420 kg at the IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships which were held at Calgary, Canada. During the Oceania Classic Powerlifting & Bench Press Championship which was held at Christchurch, New Zealand, Uepa lifted has 455 kg raw.
Antti Savolainen is a Finnish powerlifter. Savolainen has won 1 gold medal at the World Classic Championships and 5 gold medals at the European Championships in the IPF. In total he won 17 medals in world & continental powerlifting Senior Championships. He also took part in the 2017 World Games in Wrocław, where he finished 6th in lightweight category. In 2023, Savolainen won gold at the European Powerlifting Federation Equipped Championships in 74 kg.
Temur Samkharadze is a Georgian powerlifter. He is current world silver medallist in 120+ category. He has also won two gold medals at the European classic (raw) championships in the IPF.
Panagiotis Tarinidis is a French classic powerlifter competing in -66 kg category. Tarinidis is two time world champion and two time European champion.
Eddie Berglund is a Swedish powerlifter. Berglund has won gold medal at the 2022 world classic championships and 3 gold medals at the European classic (raw) championships in the IPF.
Hassan El Belghiti is a French powerlifter. El Belghiti is one time world champion and eight times European champion. In total he won 30 medals of any colour at both world & European championships. He also took part in 5 editions of The World Games winning silver in 2017 and two bronzes in 2009 and 2022.
Russel Orhii is an American powerlifter, competing in the 83 kilogram weight class. He is a 2-time IPF World Champion and 6-time National champion.
Taylor Atwood is an American powerlifter. He is a 3-time IPF World Champion and has held multiple world records in the 74 kilogram weight class.
