Lamar Gant
| Lamar Gant | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1957 |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Powerlifter |
| Known for | Powerlifting |
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
| Competition record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Powerlifting | ||
Representing  United States
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| IPF World Championships | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1975 Birmingham | – 56 kg |
| | 1976 York | – 56 kg |
| | 1977 Perth | – 56 kg |
| | 1978 Turku | – 60 kg |
| | 1979 Dayton | – 56 kg |
| | 1980 Arlington | – 60 kg |
| | 1981 Calcutta | – 60 kg |
| | 1982 Munich | – 56 kg |
| | 1983 Goteborg | – 56 kg |
| | 1984 Dallas | – 56 kg |
| | 1986 The Hague | – 60 kg |
| | 1987 Fredrikstad | – 60 kg |
| | 1988 Perth | – 60 kg |
| | 1989 Sydney | – 60 kg |
| | 1990 The Hague | – 60 kg |
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1973 Harrisburg | – 56 kg |
Lamar Gant (born 1957 in Fort Collins, Colorado) is an American world record-holding powerlifter with idiopathic scoliosis.[1] He was inducted into the International Powerlifting Federation Hall of Fame in 1980.[2]
Gant set his first world record in 1974 by deadlifting 524.5 pounds (238 kg) at a bodyweight of 123 pounds (56 kg) at the Flint Olympian Games. In 1985, he became the first person in human history to deadlift five times his own bodyweight - a feat still unmatched - lifting 661 pounds (300 kg) at a bodyweight of 132 pounds (60 kg). He holds the world records for deadlifting in both the 123- and 132-pound weight classes.[3] His best lifts at 123 pounds are 314 pounds (142 kg) RAW bench press and 638 pounds (289 kg) deadlift; at 132 pounds are 595 pounds (270 kg) squat 615 pounds (279 kg) (in training), 352.5 pounds (159.9 kg) RAW bench press, and 688 pounds (312 kg) deadlift.