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
IPF World Championships
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
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.

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