The 2021 European Powerlifting Federation (EPF) European Masters Classic/Equipped Powerlifting Championships took place from July 7-13, 2021, and the 2021 EPF European Open, Junior & Sub-Junior Equipped Powerlifting Championships took place from Aug. 3-8, 2021 — both in Pilsen, Czechia. They proved to be feasts for those who relish records relinquishing. Below are all the records that were scored in the squat, bench press, deadlift, and total at those events:
Records From the 2021 EPF Powerlifting Championships
Note: every record below is a European record. If it is also an IPF world record, it will be marked as such.
Squat
- Zuzanna Kula | 47KG | 185 kilograms (407.9 pounds) | Equipped | Juniors/Open
- IPF World Record
- Petra Mlejnkova | 57KG | 123 kilograms (271.2 pounds) | Raw | Masters 2
- Eva Buxbom | 57KG | 172.5 kilograms (380.3 pounds) | Equipped | Masters 2
- IPF Masters 2 World Record
- Antonina Marchenko | 69KG | 245.5 kilograms (541.2 pounds) | Equipped | Open
- Sonja-Stefanie Krueger | 69KG | 240 kilograms (529.1 pounds) | Equipped | Juniors
- IPF Junior World Record & IPF World Record
- Raquel De La Calle Labarzana | 69KG | 157.5 kilograms (347.2 pounds) | Raw | Masters 1
- Tetyana Melnyk | 76KG | 260 kilograms (573.2 pounds) | Equipped | Open
- IPF World Record
- Daria Rusanenko | 76KG | 252.5 kilograms (556 pounds) | Equipped | Juniors
- IPF World Record
- Elsa Pálsdóttir | 76KG | 130 kilograms (286.6 pounds) | Raw | Masters 3
- IPF Masters 3 World Record
- Rolf Hampel | 83KG | 275 kilograms (606.3 pounds | Equipped | Masters 3
- IPF World Record
- Heidi Hille Arnesen | 84KG | 240 kilograms (529.1 pounds) | Equipped | Masters 2
- IPF Masters 2 World Record
- Nicki Lentz Nielsen | 93KG | 400 kilograms (881.9 pounds) | Equipped | Open
- IPF World Record
- Alejandro Rodriguez Acuna | 93KG | 265 kilograms (584.2 pounds)| Raw | Masters 2
- Sasa Cvetkovic | 120KG | 275 kilograms (606.3 pounds) | Raw | Masters 2
- Milan Spingl | +120KG | 328 kilograms (723.1 pounds) | Raw | Masters 1
Bench Press
- Zuzanna Kula | 47KG | 185 kilograms (407.9 pounds) | Equipped | Juniors/Open — IPF Junior World Record (not Junior European record)
- Junior European bench press record is held by Irina Ivanova — 112.5 kilograms
- Stefan Kolsovsky | 59KG | 142.5 kilograms (314.2 pounds) | Equipped | Masters 3
- Mickael Bernard | 66KG | 190 kilograms (418.9 pounds) | Equipped | Masters 2
- IPF World Record
- Sonja-Stefanie Krueger | 69KG | 178 kilograms (392.4 pounds) | Equipped | Juniors/Open
- IPF Junior World Record
- Daisy Blondan | 69KG | 70 kilograms (154.3 pounds) | Raw | Masters 3
- John Terragni | 74KG | 117.5 kilograms (259 pounds) | Raw | Masters 4
- IPF World Record
- Tetyana Melnyk | 76KG | 189 kilograms (416.7 pounds) | Equipped | Open
- Heidi Hille Arnesen | 84KG | 147.5 kilograms (325.2 pounds) | Equipped | Masters 2
- IPF Masters 2 World Record
- Kostiantyn Musiienko | 93KG | 351 kilograms (773.8 pounds) | Equipped | Open
- IPF World Record
- Alejandro Rodriguez Acuna | 93KG | 168.5 kilograms (371.5 pounds) | Raw | Masters 2
- Mariusz Hadrysiak | 120KG | 240 kilograms (529.1 pounds) | Equipped | Masters 3
- IPF World Record
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Deadlift
- Eva Buxbom | 57KG | 180 kilograms (396.8 pounds) | Equipped | Masters 2
- Kathrine Bak | 69KG | 232.5 kilograms (512.6 pounds) | Equipped | Masters 1
- IPF Masters 1 World Record & IPF World Record
- Sonja-Stefanie Krueger | 69KG | 192.5 kilograms (424.4 pounds) | Equipped | Juniors
- IPF Junior World Record
- Daisy Blondan | 69KG | 127.5 kilograms (281.1 pounds) | Raw | Masters 3
- Agata Sitko | 76KG | 215 kilograms (474 pounds) | Equipped | Juniors
- IPF Junior World Record
- Elsa Pálsdóttir | 76KG | 157.5 kilograms (347.2 pounds) | Raw | Masters 3
- IPF Masters 3 World Record
- Heidi Hille Arnesen | 84KG | 200 kilograms (440.9 pounds) | Equipped | Masters 2
- IPF Masters 2 World Record
Total
- Zuzanna Kula | 47KG | 455.5 kilograms (1,004.2 pounds) | Equipped | Juniors
- IPF Junior World Record
- Eva Buxbom | 57KG | 442.5 kilograms (957.6 pounds) | Equipped | Masters 2
- IPF Masters 2 World Record
- Sonja-Stefanie Krueger | 69KG | 610.5 kilograms (1,345.9 pounds) | Equipped | Juniors
- IPF Junior World Record
- Daisy Blondan | 69KG | 292.5 kilograms (644.9 pounds) | Raw | Masters 3
- Tetyana Melnyk | 76KG | 661.5 kilograms (1,458.4 pounds) | Equipped | Open
- IPF World Record
- Elsa Pálsdóttir | 76KG | 347.5 kilograms (766.1 pounds) | Raw | Masters 3
- IPF Masters 3 World Record
- Rolf Hampel | 83KG | 670 kilograms (1,477.1 pounds) | Equipped | Masters 3
- IPF World Record
- Heidi Hille Arnesen | 84KG | 587.5 kilograms (1,295.2 pounds) | Equipped | Masters 2
- IPF Masters 2 World Record
- Kostiantyn Musiienko | 93KG | 1,051 kilograms (2,317.1 pounds) | Equipped | Open
- IPF World Record
- Alejandro Rodriguez Acuna | 93KG | 698.5 kilograms (1,539.9 pounds) | Raw | Masters 2
- Sasa Cvetkovic | 120KG | 717.5 kilograms (1,581.8 pounds) | Raw | Masters 2
Record Book Overhaul
It was abundantly clear that the powerlifters who competed at the 2021 EPF European Masters Classic/Equipped Powerlifting Championships and 2021 EPF European Open, Junior & Sub-Junior Equipped Powerlifting Championships did not mess around. In total 72 records were captured at these two events.
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