The 2023 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Classic Championships were held in Valetta, Malta, between June 11-18, 2023. There were seven long days of competition, and open world records fell in nearly every class.
There were historic performances in the women’s 84+KG class, with the IPF raw squat world record being broken four times, the IPF raw deadlift world record shattered twice, and the IPF raw total world record eclipsed three times. The men’s 74KG class was a similar story, with new names next to the IPF raw squat, raw deadlift, and raw total world records.
Below are the podium results for each weight category contested in Malta:
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2023 IPF World Classic Championships — Women’s Results
Below are the results for the eight women’s weight classes:
47KG
- Tiffany Chapon (FRA) — 424.5 kilograms
- Jessica Espinal (USA) — 412.5 kilograms
- Heather Connor (USA) — 407.5 kilograms
52KG
- Evie Corrigan (NZL) — 460 kilograms
- Noémie Allabert (FRA) — 450.5 kilograms
- Megan-Li Smith (NZL) — 437.5 kilograms
57KG
- Natalie Richards (USA) — 512.5 kilograms— IPF Raw World Record
- Jade Jacob (FRA) — 502.5 kilograms
- Maiara da Silva Dias (ESP) — 472.5 kilograms
63KG
- Carola Garra (ITA) — 557.5 kilograms— IPF Raw World Record
- Meghan Scanlon (USA) — 532.5 kilograms
- Chiara Bernardi (ITA) — 520 kilograms
69KG
- Prescillia Bavoil (FRA) — 549 kilograms— IPF Raw World Record
- Marte Kjenner (NOR) — 532.5 kilograms
- Clara Peyraud (FRA) — 530 kilograms
76KG
- Karlina Tongotea (NZL) — 593 kilograms
- Agata Sitko (POL) — 590.5 kilograms
- Jessica Buettner (CAN) — 567.5 kilograms
84KG
- Amanda Lawrence (USA) — 636.5 kilograms
- Kristín Þórhallsdóttir (ISL) — 565 kilograms
- Ziana Azariah (GBR) — 557.5 kilograms
+84KG
- Brittany Schlater (CAN) — 693.5 kilograms — IPF Raw World Record
- Sonita Muluh (BEL) — 688.5 kilograms
- Jewel Tasi (NZL) — 647.5 kilograms
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2023 IPF World Classic Championships — Men’s Results
Below are the results for the eight men’s weight classes:
59KG
- Wascar Carpio (USA) — 625 kilograms
- Ivan Campano Diaz (ESP) — 602.5 kilograms
- Franklin Leon (ECU) — 597.5 kilograms
66KG
- Panagiotis Tarinidis (FRA) — 705 kilograms
- Brian Le (USA) — 695.5 kilograms
- Kyota Ushiyama (JPN) — 692.5 kilograms
74KG
- Carl Johansson (SWE) — 778 kilograms | bodyweight: 73.65 kilograms
- Timothy Monigatti (NZL) – 778 kilograms | bodyweight 73.85 kilograms
- Taylor Atwood (USA) — 777.5 kilograms
83KG
- Delaney Wallace (USA) — 815 kilograms
- Asein Enahoro (HUN) — 805.5 kilograms
- Nick Manders (CAN) — 797.5 kilograms
93KG
- Jonathan Cayco (USA) — 888 kilograms — IPF Raw World Record
- Gustav Hedlund (SWE) — 875 kilograms
- Emil Krastev (BUL) — 872.5 kilograms
105KG
- Anatolii Novopismennyi (UKR) — 940 kilograms — IPF Raw World Record
- Emil Norling (SWE) — 905 kilograms
- Abdulla Mohamed (LBA) — 902.5 kilograms
120KG
- Tony Cliffe (GBR) — 952.5 kilograms
- Mahamed Sahad (ALG) — 925 kilograms
- Inderraj Singh Dhillon (USA) — 906 kilograms
+120KG
- Jesus Olivares (USA) — 1,080 kilograms
- Temur Samkharadze (GEO) — 982.5 kilograms
- Cenk Koçak (TUR) — 980 kilograms
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2023 IPF World Classic Championships — Best Lifter Awards
In addition to the world championship title in each weight class, all the lifters are scored on GL points*, and awards are given to the top three lifters, male and female.
*Note: The GL point formula is an attempt to compare the achievements of lifters of different body weights and is used by the IPF and its affiliates.
Best Lifter – Men
- Anatolii Novopismennyi (UKR) — 116.575 GL points
- Jonathan Cayco (USA) — 116.230 GL points
- Gustav Hedlund (SWE) — 114.679 GL points
Best Lifter – Women
- Natalie Richards (USA) — 122.179 GL points
- Carola Garra (ITA) — 122.096 GL points
- Amanda Lawrence (USA) — 120.399 GL points
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2023 IPF World Classic Championships — Team Awards
National teams are also ranked on their performance, with points given for the placings their athletes achieved. Team USA was the clear leader in the men’s divisions, but it was neck and neck with Team France in the women’s division. The placings had to be given on the combined GL points score.
Best Team — Men
- USA — 57 points — 549.00 combined GL points
- France — 39 points — 534.09 combined GL points
- Sweden — 37 points — 559.33 combined GL points
Best Team — Women
- USA — 50 points — 589.25 combined GL points
- France — 50 points — 577.40 combined GL points
- New Zealand — 43 points — 554.30 combined GL points
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