Lamar Gant

Lamar Gant (born 1957) is an American former powerlifter. He competed with idiopathic scoliosis. He was inducted into the International Powerlifting Federation Hall of Fame in 1980.

Gant set his first world record in 1974 by deadlifting 524.5 pounds (238 kg) at a bodyweight of at the Flint Olympian Games. In 1985, he became the first person in human history to deadlift five times his own bodyweight - lifting at a bodyweight of . He holds the world records for deadlifting in both the 123- and 132-pound weight classes.

235 kg595.2 pounds 270 kgBench Press308.6 pounds 140 kg352.7 pounds 160 kgDeadlift639.3 pounds 290 kg683.4 pounds 310 kg