Andy Bolton

Andrew Bolton (born 22 January 1970) is an English powerlifter and strongman from Dewsbury, Yorkshire. In 2006, he became the first man to deadlift 1,000 lb.

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. He has since competed in the WPO/WPC in multi ply and single ply categories. He was the former world record holder of the WPO equipped (multi-ply) total with . Bolton also held the WPO equipped (multi-ply) squat world record with and equipped deadlift world record with .

Bolton also competed in strongman competition four times: in 1994 World Muscle Power Classic where he placed eighth, 1995 Britain's Strongest Man where he placed fifth, 1999 UK Strongman Docklands Challenge where he placed second, and the 2002 Arnold Strongman Classic where he placed fifth.

Deadlift Bolton is renowned for breaking the equipped deadlift world record in powerlifting a total of six times from 2003 to 2009, and for his deadlift duel with the Icelander Benedikt Magnússon who broke his world records three times, doing them raw.

Bolton broke the deadlift word record for the first time in 2003 WPO finals in Columbus, Ohio when he surpassed Garry Frank's with . Then he took the record to at GPC-GB British Championships in Wales.

During 2005 WPC WPO European Semi Finals held in Helsinki, Magnússon broke Bolton's record for the first time with , however Bolton managed to reclaim it with only until Magnússon replied with a massive in this third attempt to claim the world record for the second time.

In 2006 at the Arnold Strongman Classic, Bolton broke the record for the fourth time with and after Magnússon suffered an injury, capitalized and became the first man to reach four-figures with at 2006 WPO semifinals in Lake George, New York.

Bolton's all time world record stood until 2011 when Magnússon returned from the injury and deadlifted raw.

In 2012, Bolton published a deadlift training book Deadlift Dynamite in collaboration with Pavel Tsatsouline.

Personal records Powerlifting: Equipped (multi ply): Squat – (2007 WPC WPO Finals) (former world record) Bench press – (2010 FPO Bullfarm Powerlifting Championships) Deadlift – (2009 BPC South East Qualifier and Novice Bash) (former world record) Total – (2007 WPC WPO Finals) (former world record)

Equipped (single ply): Squat – (1992 WPC World Championships) Bench press – (1999 WPA British Powerlifting Championships) Total – (1999 WPA British Powerlifting Championships)

Raw: Deadlift – (2010 USA-UA Night of the Living Deadlift)

Strongman: Deadlift – x 3 reps (oil filled plates) (2002 Arnold Strongman Classic) Timber carry (raw grip) – for 40 ft in 19.20 seconds (2002 Arnold Strongman Classic)