Английская Википедия:Andy Bolton
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Career
Bolton won his first powerlifting competition in 1991 when he was twenty-one years of age, at a local powerlifting event called the BAWLA Yorkshire Junior Championships. Bolton has since competed in the WPO/WPC. He is the current World Powerlifting Organization "world record holder" in the total (1273 kg/2806 lb).[2] Bolton also holds the current WPO world records in the squat (550.5 kg/1213 lb) and was the previous holder of the deadlift (457.5 kg/1008.6 lb),[2] and was the first to demonstrate a deadlift of over a thousand pounds.[3]
Bolton has also competed in strongman contests. His strongman accomplishments include placing fifth in the 2002 Arnold Strongman Classic.[4]
Powerlifting official competition records:
equipped
- Squat - 1213 lbs/550.5 kg (multi ply)
- Bench Press - 727.5 lbs/330 kg[5] (multi ply)
- Deadlift - 1008.6 lbs/457.5 kg (multi ply)
raw
- Squat - 838 lbs/380 kg (single ply)
- Bench Press - 600.8 lbs/272.5 kg[6] (single ply)
- Deadlift - 964.5 lbs/437.5 kg (raw)
Deadlift
Bolton is best known for being the first man to lift a 1,000 lb. deadlift (equipped) in a powerlifting competition.[1] Bolton appeared in October 2010 at Elizabethtown High School at "The Night of the Living Dead" deadlift competition where he deadlifted 964.5 lbs raw in only a pair of pants and a striking pair of socks.[7]
In 2012, Bolton published a deadlift training book Deadlift Dynamite in collaboration with Pavel Tsatsouline.[8]
References
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Frank Leavers, Interview with Andy Bolton. andrew-bolton.com, 26 November 2007
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 World Powerlifting Organization World Records Шаблон:Webarchive (.DOC). Retrieved 12 August 2007.
- ↑ Lusher, Adam, "Today, Andy Bolton is mainly exercising his 'little' muscles...Шаблон:Dead linkШаблон:Cbignore", Sunday Telegraph, 8 January 2007. Retrieved 12 August 2007.
- ↑ Official 2002 Results Arnold Classic Strongman Competition. Arnoldsstrongestman.com. Retrieved on 2012-06-21.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
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- ↑ Night of the Living Dead blog spot. Nightofthelivingdeadlift.blogspot.com. Retrieved on 2012-06-21.
- ↑ Deadlift Dynamite review Шаблон:Webarchive
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