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| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 May 1990 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Strongman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 kg (254 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lucy Underdown (born 18 May 1990) is an English strongwoman competitor and a police woman from Kent. [1]
One of the best female deadlifters of all-time, she holds both standard bar and elephant bar women's deadlift records in strongwoman with 325 kg (717 lb) and 306.5 kg (676 lb) respectively.
Being inspired by her twin sister, Underdown was drawn towards athletics at a young age. She competed in shot put and discus and became one of the best female throwers in the United Kingdom. [2]
Underdown began competing in strongwoman in 2018, winning the local Brighton's Strongest Woman show. She later won Britain's Natural Strongest Woman, qualifying her for the 2020 Arnold Amateur Strongwoman World Championships [2] where she placed seventh out of ten competitors.
Underdown entered pro circuit in 2021 at UK's Strongest Woman, placing third. [3] She quickly emerged as one of the best deadlifters and in 2021, deadlifted 300 kg (661 lb). [a] [4] In 2023 at Official Strongman Games, Underdown became the first woman to deadlift 317.5 kg (700 lb). [1] [5] Later in 2023, she reached second place in the World's Strongest Woman competition, tying with first-place Rebecca Roberts on points but losing on a tiebreaker. [6]
In 2024, she won 2024 Arnold UK and Britain's Strongest Woman. [6] She also reached the podium at 2024 Rogue Invitational. At 2024 Arnold Strongwoman Classic, she set the world record in the elephant bar deadlift. [7] In 2024 World Deadlift Championship, Underdown broke her own standard bar deadlift record with a 325 kg (717 lb) pull. [8]
In 2025, she extended her own elephant bar deadlift record with 306.5 kg (676 lb) at 2025 Arnold Strongwoman Classic, after briefly losing it to Andrea Thompson. [9] However she ended up in sixth place in the full show. She also earned her second consecutive Britain's Strongest Woman title. [10]
Underdown is married to Jonathan Kelly, a strongman competitor from Ireland. She suffers from anxiety [1] and has expressed frustration at the harassment strongwomen receive on social media.
