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). 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), and was the first to demonstrate a deadlift of over a thousand pounds.
Bolton has also competed in strongman contests. His strongman accomplishments include placing fifth in the 2002 Arnold Strongman Classic.
Powerlifting official competition records:
equipped
- Squat - 1213 lbs/550.5 kg
- Bench Press - 755 lbs/342.5 kg
- Deadlift - 1008.6 lbs/457.5 kg
- Total - 2806.5 lbs/1273.0 kg
raw
- Bench Press - 600.8 lbs/272.5 kg raw
- Deadlift - 964.5 lbs/437.5 kg
Andy 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 singlet and a belt.
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