The Eisenhart Black Deadlift Championships

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The Eisenhart Black
Tournament information
Location Flag of Germany.svg Neukirchen beim Heiligen Blut, Bavaria, Germany
Month playedJuly
Established2011
FormatDeadlift competition

The Eisenhart Black Deadlift Championships is an annual, global strength athletics competition featuring international strongmen and powerlifters from all over the world, competing exclusively in the Deadlift. [1] The competition was established in 2011 by strength and physical culture historian and promoter Sepp Maurer and is held in every July in Bavaria, Germany. [2]

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The championships allow deadlifts to be performed either in equipped or raw standards and by using either the conventional or sumo stance. They use original Buddy Capps Texas Deadlift bar alongwith Eleiko calibrated plates. [1]

Heaviest lifts in championship history

Conventional deadlift

WeightAthleteYearCategoryRef.
505 kg (1,113 lb)
All-time World Record		 Flag of Iceland.svg Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 2025Strongman Equipped (with a deadlift suit and straps) [3]
483 kg (1,065 lb) Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Makarov 2022Strongman Equipped (with a deadlift suit and straps) [4]
470 kg (1,036 lb) Flag of Iceland.svg Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 2025Strongman Equipped (with a deadlift suit and straps) [3]
465 kg (1,025 lb) Flag of Georgia.svg Ivan Makarov 2023Strongman Equipped (with a deadlift suit and straps) [5]
460 kg (1,014 lb) Flag of Estonia.svg Rauno Heinla 2025Strongman Equipped (with a deadlift suit and straps) [3]
455 kg (1,003 lb) Flag of Georgia.svg Ivan Makarov 2025Strongman Equipped (with a deadlift suit and straps) [3]
Flag of Russia.svg Ivan Makarov 2022Strongman Equipped (with a deadlift suit and straps) [6]
442.5 kg (976 lb) Flag of Israel.svg Vladislav Alhazov 2017Strongman Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [7]
440 kg (970 lb) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hicks 2023Strongman Equipped (with a deadlift suit and straps) [5]
435 kg (959 lb) Flag of Iceland.svg Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 2025Strongman Equipped (with a deadlift suit and straps) [3]
430 kg (948 lb) Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Shivlyakov 2018Strongman Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [8]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Honza Jiruše2025Strongman Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [3]
425 kg (937 lb) Flag of Israel.svg Vladislav Alhazov 2018Strongman Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [9]
Flag of Georgia.svg Ivan Makarov 2023Strongman Equipped (with a deadlift suit and straps) [5]
422.5 kg (931 lb) Flag of Israel.svg Vladislav Alhazov 2017Strongman Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [10]
421 kg (928 lb) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Honza Jiruše2025Strongman Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [3]
420 kg (926 lb) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Eddie Hall 2015Strongman Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [11]
Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Shivlyakov 2023Strongman Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [5]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Honza Jiruše2023Strongman Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [5]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hicks 2023Strongman Equipped (with a deadlift suit and straps) [5]
Flag of Estonia.svg Rauno Heinla 2025Strongman Equipped (with a deadlift suit and straps) [3]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Lacina2025Strongman Equipped (with a deadlift suit and straps) [3]
Flag of Serbia.svg Albin Hasanović2025Strongman Equipped (with a deadlift suit and straps) [3]
410 kg (904 lb) Flag of Georgia.svg Ivan Makarov 2025Strongman Equipped (with a deadlift suit and straps) [3]
407.5 kg (898 lb) Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Shivlyakov 2023Strongman Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [5]
405 kg (893 lb) Flag of the United States.svg Fernando Arias2023Strongman Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [5]
Flag of Germany.svg Patrick Eibel2025Strongman Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [3]
400 kg (882 lb) Flag of Austria.svg Martin Wildauer 2014Powerlifting Raw (without a deadlift suit or straps) [12]
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Johnson2017Powerlifting Raw (without a deadlift suit or straps) [13]
Flag of the United States.svg John Haack 2025Powerlifting Raw (without a deadlift suit or straps) [3]
Flag of Slovakia.svg Čestmír Šimá2018Strongman Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [14]
Flag of Russia.svg Mikhail Shivlyakov 2025Strongman Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [3]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Honza Jiruše2025Strongman Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [3]
Flag of Slovakia.svg Róbert Valach2025Strongman Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [3]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Graham Hicks 2023Strongman Equipped (with a deadlift suit and straps) [5]
Flag of Serbia.svg Albin Hasanović2025Strongman Equipped (with a deadlift suit and straps) [3]

Sumo deadlift

WeightAthleteYearCategoryRef.
490 kg (1,080 lb) Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Wierzbicki 2025Hybrid Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [3]
485 kg (1,069 lb) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ventsislav Dimitrov2023Hybrid Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [5]
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ventsislav Dimitrov2025Hybrid Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [3]
480 kg (1,058 lb) Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Wierzbicki 2025Hybrid Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [3]
452.5 kg (998 lb) Flag of Estonia.svg Rauno Heinla 2022Hybrid Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [15]
440 kg (970 lb) Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Wierzbicki 2025Hybrid Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [3]
430 kg (948 lb) Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ventsislav Dimitrov2022Hybrid Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [15]
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Ventsislav Dimitrov2023Hybrid Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [5]
422.5 kg (931 lb) Flag of Estonia.svg Rauno Heinla 2022Hybrid Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [15]
420 kg (926 lb) Flag of the United States.svg Derek Thistlethwaite2025Hybrid Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [3]
Flag of the United States.svg Shane Hunt2025Hybrid Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [3]
400 kg (882 lb) Flag of the United States.svg Derek Thistlethwaite2023Hybrid Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [5]
Flag of the United States.svg Shane Hunt2023Hybrid Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [5]
Flag of the United States.svg Derek Thistlethwaite2025Hybrid Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [3]
Flag of the United States.svg Shane Hunt2025Hybrid Raw (without a deadlift suit, with straps) [3]
Flag of Germany.svg Moritz Mader2025Hybrid Equipped (with a deadlift suit and straps) [3]

Hybrid lifts done using a sumo stance and with straps are unique to the Eisenhart Black Deadlift Championships. They are not officially recognized under the rules of strongman or powerlifting (because sumo stance is prohibited in strongman, and straps are prohibited in powerlifting).

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "The Eisenhart Black Invitational Tournament". Sepp Maurer, www.black-competition.de. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  2. ↑ Neukirchen beim Heiligen Blut, Germany (March 22, 2023). "Eisenhart Black Competition, 2025". Kinema Deutschland. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "2025 Eisenhart Black Official livestream". Eisenhart Black. 26 July 2025. Retrieved 26 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Eisenhart Black Competition 2022 - Ivan Makarov's Deadlift". Conny Ekholm for Strength Results. 2 December 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 "Sepp Maurers Eisenhart 2023 - mit Graham Hicks / John Haack / Ivan Makarov / Shane Hunt..." Sportschule KINEMA. 2 February 2024. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  6. ↑ "Eisenhart! 483kg Deadlift! Makarov, Haack, Heinla, Shivlyakov, Dimitrov etc". Max Kleinwächter; timestamp 24:25 (in German). 2022-12-05.
  7. ↑ "442.5 on the Dead Lift! FIRST PLACE !". Passes.com. 22 October 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
  8. ↑ "Eisenhart V - Black Competition: Mikhail Shivlyakov 430 Kg Deadlift". Sportschule KINEMA. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  9. ↑ "Eisenhart V - Black Competition: Vlad Alhazov 425 Kg Deadlift". Sportschulekinema. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  10. ↑ "Vlad Alhazov - 422,5 Kg im ersten Antritt". Kinema. 23 October 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  11. ↑ "Eisenhart Challenge 2015 Big EDDIE 420kg". TOBIAS ZINSERLING. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  12. ↑ Markus Büttner (July 25, 2014). "Eisenhart Challenge 2014". www.hardcore-spezies.de. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Steve Johnson(@forsakenwarrior) - Speed-Deadlift 400 kg". Sportschulekinema. 24 October 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2025.
  14. ↑ Anna Schmidt (October 23, 2018). "Eisenhart Challenge 2018". www.hardcore-spezies.de. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  15. 1 2 3 "Eisenhart Season VI: Black Competition Bench press and Deadlift". Rauno Heinla, timestamp 2:18. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
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