Engelbrecht turns into the primary athlete to attain a 1,200-kilogram complete.
Final up to date on April 2nd, 2025
Humankind hardly ever wholly advances in energy. Data in weight courses are damaged over time as athletes develop stronger and practice more durable, and the goal of their sights inches ever heavier. However lifting weights that no human has ever executed earlier than is a monumental feat. It’s what Colton Engelbrecht of South Africa simply did.
24-year-old Engelbrecht holds the all-time complete world information within the 110KG and 125KG courses, lifting within the latter a 1,120-kilogram complete on the 2024 WPC-SA Beastmode Energy Wars meet, 27.5 kilograms shy of Dan Bell‘s all-time complete report achieved in 2021. Engelbrecht shattered that mark on March 29, 2025, when he grew to become the primary human to attain a 1,200-kilogram uncooked complete on the 2025 WPC Conflict of Titans to develop into the highest pound-for-pound lifter on the planet.
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2025 WPC Conflict of Titans Outcomes — Colten Engelbrecht
- Squat — 470 kilograms (1,036.2 kilos)
- Bench Press — 260 kilograms (573.2 kilos)
- Deadlift — 470 kilograms (1,036.2 kilos)
- Complete — 1,200 (2,645.6 kilos)
Engelbrecht tried a 500-kilogram deadlift on his last try. He pulled the barbell to his knees however needed to drop it earlier than locking out. Nevertheless, it was suggestive that Engelbrecht had extra within the tank and will have surpassed the 1,200-kilogram complete mark had he not made an enormous 30-kilogram leap between his eighth and ninth makes an attempt.
Engelbrecht competed at a physique weight of 120 kilograms, which suggests his report complete was 10 occasions his physique weight. He was not a superheavyweight hitting these outstanding numbers. He was two weight courses beneath the place superheavyweights compete and nonetheless wrecked the earlier information with gas nonetheless within the tank.
Engelbrecht wrote within the caption of his Instagram submit relaying his feat, “It’s been executed. I informed everybody I wouldn’t fail once more, and I didn’t — hit the largest complete in powerlifting historical past, 10 occasions physique weight complete, and highest dots ever. I’m not executed; I’ll go additional, so sit again and benefit from the present.”
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