Lamar Gant

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Lamar Gant (born 1957) is an American world record-holding powerlifter. Gant set his first world record in 1974 by deadlifting 524.5 lb (238 kg) at a bodyweight of 123 lb at the Flint Olympian Games. In 1985, he became the first man to deadlift five times his own bodyweight, lifting 661 lbs at a bodyweight of 132 lb. For this, he has been included the Guinness Book of Records. He currently holds the world records for deadlifting in both the 123 and 132 lb weight classes.