Andy Bolton, ENG – Powerlifter (1st 1000lb Deadlift)
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.