Lucy Underdown

Lucy Underdown (born 18 May 1990) is an English strongwoman competitor and a police woman from Kent.

One of the best female deadlifters in the world, she is the first (and currently the only) woman to deadlift 700 lb and holds both standard bar and elephant bar women's deadlift records in strongwoman with and respectively.

Early life Being inspired by her twin sister Amy, Underdown was drawn towards athletics at a young age. She competed in sprinting first and then moved to shot put and discus and became one of the best female throwers in the United Kingdom, ranking either first or second from age 12 into her 20s. After 17 years of competition, she quit in 2017.

Strongman career Underdown began competing in strongwoman in 2018, winning the local Brighton's Strongest Woman show. She later won Britain's Natural Strongest Woman, qualifying her for the 2020 Arnold Amateur Strongwoman World Championships, her first international competition She quickly emerged as one of the best deadlifters and in 2021, deadlifted . In 2023 at Official Strongman Games, Underdown became the first woman to deadlift . Later in 2023, she reached second place in the World's Strongest Woman competition, tying with first-place Rebecca Roberts on points but losing on a tiebreaker.

In 2024, she won 2024 Arnold UK and Britain's Strongest Woman. In 2024 World Deadlift Championship, Underdown extended her own standard bar deadlift record with , breaking the strongwoman deadlift record for the third time.

In 2025, she also extended her own elephant bar deadlift record with at the 2025 Arnold Strongwoman Classic, after briefly losing it to Andrea Thompson. However she ended up in sixth place in the full show. She also earned her second consecutive Britain's Strongest Woman title.

In 2026, she again extended her own elephant bar deadlift record with at the 2026 Arnold Strongwoman Classic, after briefly losing it to Jennifer Lyle.

Personal life Underdown is married to Jonathan Kelly, a strongman competitor from Ireland. She has anxiety and has expressed frustration at the harassment strongwomen receive on social media.

Personal records Deadlift – (2024 Women's World Deadlift Championships) (world record) Elephant bar Deadlift – (2026 Arnold Strongwoman Classic) (world record) Deadlift (for reps) – × 12 reps (2024 Arnold UK - Strongwoman) (world record), and × 18 reps (2022 Ultimate Strongman women's championship) (world record) Log lift – (2021 UK's Strongest Woman)