The Fédération Française de Force (FFF) 2023 Girl Power Tournament will be held in Cenon, France, on Oct. 22, 2023. Ten female athletes will compete for cash prizes and potentially attempt International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) raw world records. Tune in to the free live stream on the FFForce YouTube channel on Oct. 22, 2023.
The contest will be scored entirely on GL points — a formula designed to compare the lifters across different body weight categories; used by the IPF and its affiliates. The competition first ran in 2021. The debut edition was won by IPF superstar and top-ranked raw lifter Prescillia (Lya) Bavoil. In 2022, the IPF raw deadlift world record holder in the 47-kilogram class, Heather Connor, crossed the Atlantic to defeat Kristín Þórhallsdóttir for the top spot.
Connor will return to France for the 2023 edition of the contest against some of the fiercest competition the powerlifting world has to offer. Take a look at the star-studded roster below:
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Girl Power Tournament Roster
- Jade Jacob, France — 118.89 GL points
- 2021 Junior World Champion
- Silver medallist at the open 2022 and 2023 CWC
- Bronze medallist at the 2023 Sheffield Championships
- Deadlift world record holder in the 57-kilogram class
- Agata Sitko, Poland — 116.71 GL points
- 2021 equipped junior world champion
- 2021 equipped open world champion
- 2022 classic Junior world champion
- 2022 World Games winner
- Silver medallist at the open 2022 and 2023 CWC
- Classic bench press world record holder in the 76-kilogram and 84-kilogram weight classes
- Equipped bench press, deadlift, and total world record holder in the 76-kilogram and 84-kilogram weight classes
- Noémie Allabert, France — 114.82 GL points
- 2021 & 2022 world champion
- Silver medallist at the 2023 CWC
- Silver medallist at the 2023 Sheffield Championships
- Squat world record holder in the 52-kilogram class
- Heather Connor, USA — 114.02 GL points
- 2017 & 2019 world champion
- Silver medallist at the 2016 & 2022 CWC
- Deadlift world record holder in the 47-kilogram class
- Bobbie Butters, Great Britain — 113.75 GL points
- Bronze medallist at the 2019, 2021 and 2022 CWC
- 2022 European champion
- Squat world record holder in the 57-kilogram class
- Sara Naldi, Italy — 111.44 GL points
- 2019 junior world champion
- 2019 & 2021 Junior European champion
- Joya Khairallah, Lebanon — 108.89 GL points
- 2023 junior world champion
- Silver medallist at the 2022 Junior World Championship
- Junior deadlift and Junior total world record holder in the 52-kilogram class
- Amélie Mierger, France — 107.30 GL points
- Four-time European Champion
- Bronze medallist at the 2019, 2021 & 2022 CWC
- European bench press record holder in +84-kilogram class
- Alison Huet, France — 99.70 GL points
- 2021 World University Cup Champion
- 2021 European University Cup Champion
- 2022 Western European Champion
- Estela Cuervo Usanos, Spain — 95.53 GL points
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Prize Money
Cash prizes are on the table for the top five lifters as follows:
- 1st place — 5,000 Euros (approx. $5,300 USD)
- 2nd place — 3,000 Euros (approx. $3,200 USD)
- 3rd place — 1,500 Euros (approx. $1,600 USD)
- 4th place — 1,000 Euros (approx. $1,100 USD)
- 5th place — 500 Euros (approx. $550 USD)
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