Farhanna Farid

Farhanna Farid is a Singaporean powerlifter. She is a 2-time Asian champion and a 4-time national champion. As of 2022, she has broken 6 Asian records and a world record and is also the first Singaporean to win an overall gold medal in an international competition for the female's open category. She made her international competition debut in the 2018 Asian Classic Powerlifting Championships winning three golds.

Biography Farhanna was born in Singapore in 1992. She graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS), and works professionally as a pharmacist. She started her Powerlifting career in 2017, entering her first international competition in 2018. She broke the Asian record in her first deadlift attempt, and exceeded her first lift in both her second and third attempt.

She was awarded the Best Lifter (silver) by IPF Points and also won the Squat (120 kg) and Overall categories in her weight class, in addition to a bronze in the Bench Press.

World record On 6 June 2022, Farhanna set a world record in the open U-52kg deadlift at the World Open Classic Powerlifting Championships 2022 in Sun City, South Africa. She achieved 200.5kg, ahead of France's Noemie Allabert and Shizuka Rico who achieved 192.5kg and 185kg respectively.

On 16 September 2022, Farhanna broke her own world record, lifting 201kg at the inaugural Southeast Asian Cup in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.

On 15 December 2023, Farhanna rewrote her deadlift world record twice at the Asian Classic Powerlifting Championships in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. After clearing her first attempt of 190kg, Farhanna lifted 203.5kg on her second try and followed that up with a new world record 208kg effort. This was the eighth time she has rewritten the record in the past 1½ years. She broke her own record again on 16 June 2024 in Lithuania.

At the 2026 IPF World Classic Open Powerlifting Championships in Druskininkai, Lithuania, Farhanna Farid set her 14th world record with a 220.5 kg deadlift in the women’s 52 kg class on 14 June 2026. The lift earned her gold in the deadlift event and surpassed her previous world record of 217.5 kg, set in December 2025. She also recorded a 145 kg squat and 72.5 kg bench press, finishing fifth overall with a 438 kg total.