Athlete
Becca Swanson
American former World League Wrestling champion and powerlifter
4 sourced records. Each exercise has a top recorded mark and its evidence. Check the date, age, effort and method before you compare.
Becca Swanson Bench press (multi-ply division)
Becca Swanson's recorded Bench press (multi-ply division) is 272.5 kg. Performance date: 2008-03-08. Age at the time: 31–32. This was a competition result. The source at criticalbench.com gives this mark. Source type: book. Confidence is medium.
2008 APF Big Iron In-House Open · Women’s superheavyweight; multi-ply division; before her pro wrestling career
Source quote and limits
“272.5 kg. @ 240.0 lb.”
The record book’s bench table, page 13, gives 272.5 kg on March 8, 2008 at 240 lb bodyweight in Omaha. The date and multi-ply equipment class agree with https://barbend.com/news/heaviest-competition-bench-presses/ . The federation result sheet is preserved as original.csv at https://gitlab.com/openpowerlifting/opl-data/-/raw/main/meet-data/apf/0808/original.csv and gives the same 240 lb bodyweight and 272.5 kg lift. Its source file is https://worldpowerliftingcongress.com/wp-content/uploads/results/archive/BIG_InHouse_APF_2008.xls ; direct retrieval returned HTTP 406. The lift is kept as a separate equipped variation.
2008
- Bench press (multi-ply division)272.5 kg
Quote and details
“272.5 kg. @ 240.0 lb.”
2005
- Bench press (multi-ply division)237.5 kg
Quote and details
“387.5+237.5+305.0=930.0 kg.”
Becca Swanson Squat (multi-ply division)
Becca Swanson's recorded Squat (multi-ply division) is 387.5 kg. Performance date: 2005-10-29. Age at the time: 28–29. This was a competition result. The source at criticalbench.com gives this mark. Source type: book. Confidence is medium.
2005 WPO Semifinals · Women’s superheavyweight; multi-ply division; before her pro wrestling career
Source quote and limits
“387.5+237.5+305.0=930.0 kg.”
Michael Soong’s historical record book, page 13, gives the competition date, loads and exact bodyweight. The page was rendered and visually checked. The 930 kg total row explicitly lists squat, bench and deadlift as 387.5+237.5+305.0. These values agree with the original result text preserved at https://gitlab.com/openpowerlifting/opl-data/-/raw/main/meet-data/wpc/0504/original2.txt . Equipment classification is multi-ply in https://www.openpowerlifting.org/u/beccaswanson ; each lift is kept in a separate variation. Date is the listed October 29, 2005 competition date. Her later World League Wrestling title and identity are confirmed on her Wikipedia page. A separate November 2005 deadlift has conflicting 310 and 315 kg reports and is excluded.
2005
- Squat (multi-ply division)387.5 kg
Quote and details
“387.5+237.5+305.0=930.0 kg.”
Becca Swanson Deadlift (multi-ply division)
Becca Swanson's recorded Deadlift (multi-ply division) is 305 kg. Performance date: 2005-10-29. Age at the time: 28–29. This was a competition result. The source at criticalbench.com gives this mark. Source type: book. Confidence is medium.
2005 WPO Semifinals · Women’s superheavyweight; multi-ply division; before her pro wrestling career
Source quote and limits
“387.5+237.5+305.0=930.0 kg.”
Michael Soong’s historical record book, page 13, gives the competition date, loads and exact bodyweight. The page was rendered and visually checked. The 930 kg total row explicitly lists squat, bench and deadlift as 387.5+237.5+305.0. These values agree with the original result text preserved at https://gitlab.com/openpowerlifting/opl-data/-/raw/main/meet-data/wpc/0504/original2.txt . Equipment classification is multi-ply in https://www.openpowerlifting.org/u/beccaswanson ; each lift is kept in a separate variation. Date is the listed October 29, 2005 competition date. Her later World League Wrestling title and identity are confirmed on her Wikipedia page. A separate November 2005 deadlift has conflicting 310 and 315 kg reports and is excluded.
2005
- Deadlift (multi-ply division)305 kg
Quote and details
“387.5+237.5+305.0=930.0 kg.”
Photo: Becca Swanson, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped.