Fifty years ago, on May 3, 1975, at the Central YMCA in Chattanooga, Tennessee, a formidable 22-year-old woman named Jan Todd ...

In 1975, Jan Todd set a Guinness World Record with a 394.5-pound two-handed deadlift — but training was tough at a time when women weren’t expected to lift heavy. Jan Todd squatting at the U.S.

A woman from Newfoundland and Labrador has ... South Africa, setting a world record in the open deadlift category. Weighing 113.5 pounds herself, she deadlifted almost triple her own bodyweight ...

On April 13, she will attempt to set a new women’s world record for deadlift in one minute. “I have to deadlift a minimum total of 7,000 pounds in one minute,” said Bryant. “I will be the ...

(Submitted by Stef Kean) A woman from Newfoundland and Labrador has further cemented her place on the world powerlifting stage after setting a world record in deadlifting earlier this month. Stef Kean ...

It was then that she became inspired to lift weights — and within 18 months, she had landed the Guinness World Record for the heaviest deadlift (394.5 lbs.) by a woman. “I really wasn't ...

Farhanna Farid locked out a 209.5-kg (461.9-lb) deadlift to set a new World Record at the 2025 IPF World Classic Powerlifting ...

here are 8 women who have made history with their remarkable accomplishments. Powerlifter Tamara Walcott’s success story is a true inspiration. A divorcee and mother of two, Tamara entered ...

She obliterated the U63kg field in Belfast earlier this month, smashing the deadlift record at that level by producing an enormous one of 187.5kg, when nobody else even topped 150kg. Reeve ...