Erni Gregorčič

Erni Gregorčič (born 4 June 1976) is the most decorated and successful Slovenian powerlifter and record holder. He is a professional personal trainer and specialized strength coach. He is also the coach of Mariša Golob, the most successful female in Slovenian powerlifting history.

Career In 1998 Erni Gregorčič started working in a local gym as a personal trainer and trained on daily basis. During his active years as a personal trainer he discovered powerlifting and was compelled to try it. He started competing in 2010 and since then won more than 30 World and European Championship titles in powerlifting, bench press, push&pull and deadlift.

Throughout his powerlifting career he competed in many different powerlifting federations (GPC, WPC, GPA, WUAP, IPO, WPA) and still holds World and European records in a few of them. He is currently actively participating and competing in WUAP and GPA and is also Slovenian president of this two federations.

Personal records Official powerlifting competition records (raw - sleeves):

Squat 210 kg Bench press 151 kg Deadlift 260 kg Total 620 kg

Official powerlifting competition records (raw - wraps):

Squat 220 kg Bench press 151 kg Deadlift 256 kg Total 623 kg

Official powerlifting competition records (equipped):

Squat 230 kg Bench press 170 kg Deadlift 225 kg Total 625 kg Official bench press competition record (raw):

Bench press 151 kg Official bench press competition record (equipped):

Bench press 182,5 kg Official push&pull competition records (raw) :

Bench press 150 kg Deadlift 251 kg Total 396 kg Official deadlift competition record (raw) :

Deadlift 260 kg

Erni Gregorčič after the award ceremony at 2018 WPA World Championship in Lutsk, Ukraine.

National, European and World records

National records

Erni is the current Slovenian powerlifting, bench press, push&pull and deadlift record holder in −75 kg weight class in open, submaster and master category.

European records

Erni holds the current GPA European submaster bench press and push&pull record in −75 kg weight class. He also holds IPO European submaster equipped bench press record in −75 kg weight class.

World records

Federation Event Type Weight class Category WUAP Powerlifting (squat) raw −75 kg submaster WUAP Powerlifting (bench press) raw −75 kg submaster WUAP Powerlifting (total) raw −75 kg submaster WUAP Powerlifting (squat) raw −75 kg master 40–44 WUAP Powerlifting (bench press) raw −75 kg master 40–44 WUAP Powerlifting (deadlift) raw −75 kg master 40–44 WUAP Powerlifting (total) raw −75 kg master 40–44 WUAP Bench press raw −75 kg submaster WUAP Deadlift raw −75 kg master 40–44 WUAP Deadlift raw −82,5 kg master 40–44 WPA Powerlifting (squat) raw −75 kg master 40–44 WPA Powerlifting (deadlift) raw −75 kg master 40–44 WPA Powerlifting (total) raw −75 kg master 40–44 WPA Deadlift raw −75 kg master 40–44 WPC Powerlifting (squat) raw −75 kg master 40–44 WPC Powerlifting (deadlift) raw −75 kg master 40–44 WPC Powerlifting (total) raw −75 kg master 40–44 GPA Powerlifting (deadlift) raw −75 kg master 40–49 GPA Push&Pull (bench press) raw −75 kg master 40–49 GPA Push&Pull (deadlift) raw −75 kg master 40–49 GPA Push&Pull (total) raw −75 kg master 40–49 IPL Powerlifting (deadlift) raw (sleeves) −75 kg master 40–44 IPL Deadlift raw −75 kg master 40–44

World and European Championships Place Championships Date Location Event Type Weight class Category 1 GPC World Championships 6–11 Sep 2010 Powerlifting raw −75 kg open 2 GPC World Championships 6–11 Sep 2010 Bench press raw −75 kg open 2 GPC European Championships 12–19 Jun 2011 Powerlifting raw −75 kg open 3 GPC European Championships 12–19 Jun 2011 Bench press raw −75 kg open 2 WPC European Championships 27 Jun – 2 July 2011 Bench press raw −75 kg open 1 GPC European Championships 14–19 May 2012 Powerlifting equipped −75 kg open 1 GPC European Championships 14–19 May 2012 Bench press equipped −75 kg open 1 GPC European Championships 14–19 May 2012 Bench press raw −75 kg open 3 GPC World Championships 17–22 Sep 2012 Powerlifting equipped −75 kg open 4 GPC World Championships 17–22 Sep 2012 Bench press equipped −75 kg open 4 GPC World Championships 17–22 Sep 2012 Bench press raw −75 kg open 1 WUAP European Championships 12–15 Jun 2013 Powerlifting equipped −75 kg submaster 1 WUAP European Championships 12–15 Jun 2013 Bench press equipped −75 kg submaster 1 WUAP World Championships 25–28 Sep 2013 Powerlifting equipped −82,5 kg submaster 1 WUAP World Championships 25–28 Sep 2013 Bench press equipped −82,5 kg submaster 1 GPA World Championships 5–8 Dec 2013 Powerlifting raw −75 kg submaster 1 GPA World Championships 5–8 Dec 2013 Bench press raw −75 kg submaster 1 GPA European Championships 4–5 May 2014 Powerlifting raw −75 kg submaster 1 GPA European Championships 4–5 May 2014 Bench press raw −75 kg submaster 1 IPO European Championships 4–5 May 2014 Bench press equipped −75 kg submaster 1 WUAP European Championships 13–14 Jun 2014 Powerlifting equipped −75 kg submaster 1 WUAP European Championships 13–14 Jun 2014 Bench press equipped −75 kg submaster 1 WUAP World Championships 7–11 Oct 2014 Powerlifting raw −75 kg submaster 1 WUAP World Championships 7–11 Oct 2014 Bench press raw −75 kg submaster 1 GPA World Championships 21–24 Nov 2014 Powerlifting raw −75 kg submaster 1 GPA World Championships 21–24 Nov 2014 Bench press raw −75 kg submaster 1 GPA World Championships 21–24 Nov 2014 Deadlift raw −75 kg submaster 1 GPA World Championships 21–24 Nov 2014 Push&Pull raw −75 kg submaster 1 GPA European Championships 24–26 Apr 2015 Powerlifting raw −75 kg submaster 1 GPA European Championships 24–26 Apr 2015 Bench press raw −75 kg submaster 1 GPA European Championships 24–26 Apr 2015 Deadlift raw −75 kg submaster 1 GPA European Championships 24–26 Apr 2015 Push&Pull raw −75 kg submaster 1 WUAP European Championships 16–20 Jun 2015 Powerlifting raw −75 kg submaster 1 WUAP European Championships 16–20 Jun 2015 Bench press equipped −75 kg submaster 1 GPA World Championships 8–11 Oct 2015 Powerlifting raw −75 kg submaster 1 GPA World Championships 8–11 Oct 2015 Bench press raw −75 kg submaster 1 GPA World Championships 8–11 Oct 2015 Deadlift raw −75 kg submaster 1 GPA World Championships 8–11 Oct 2015 Push&Pull raw −75 kg submaster 1 GPA European Championships 27–29 May 2016 Powerlifting raw −75 kg submaster 1 IPO European Championships 27–29 May 2016 Bench press equipped −82,5 kg submaster 1 WUAP European Championships 15–18 June 2016 Powerlifting raw −75 kg master 1 WUAP World Championships 4–11 Oct 2016 Powerlifting raw −75 kg master 1 GPA World Championships 8–11 Dec 2016 Powerlifting raw −75 kg master 1 GPA World Championships 8–11 Dec 2016 Squat raw −75 kg master 1 GPA World Championships 8–11 Dec 2016 Push&Pull raw −75 kg master 1 GPA World Championships 8–11 Dec 2016 Push&Pull raw −75 kg open 1 WUAP European Championships 12–17 June 2017 Powerlifting raw −75 kg master 1 WUAP World Championships 17–22 October 2017 Bench press raw −75 kg master 1 WUAP World Championships 17–22 October 2017 Powerlifting raw −75 kg master 1 WPA World Championships 15–20 May 2018 Powerlifting raw −75 kg master 1 WPA World Championships 15–20 May 2018 Deadlift raw −75 kg master 1 WPC European Championships 23–29 June 2018 Powerlifting raw −75 kg master 1 WUAP World Championships 15–21 October 2018 Powerlifting raw −75 kg master 1 WUAP World Championships 15–21 October 2018 Deadlift raw −82,5 kg master 1 IPL World Championships 7–9 December 2018 Powerlifting raw (sleeves) −75 kg master 1 IPL World Championships 7–9 December 2018 Push&Pull raw −75 kg master 1 IPL World Championships 7–9 December 2018 Push&Pull raw −75 kg open 1 IPL World Championships 7–9 December 2018 Deadlift raw −75 kg master 1 WUAP European Championships 17–22 June 2019 Powerlifting raw −75 kg master 1 IPL World Championships 18–20 October 2019 Powerlifting raw −75 kg master 1 IPL World Championships 18–20 October 2019 Deadlift raw −75 kg master