Mariša Golob

Mariša Golob (born 15 May 1990) is the most successful and decorated female in Slovenian powerlifting history.

Career Throughout her younger years Mariša Golob competed in karate, artistic gymnastics and basketball. In 2011, she joined a local gym and met her current coach Erni Gregorčič. He saw her potential and introduced her to powerlifting. In 2012, she began to compete internationally and since then won more than 25 World and European Championship titles in powerlifting, bench press, push&pull and deadlift.

She is the current national, European and world record holder in many different powerlifting federations (GPA, WUAP, IPO, WPA). She is participating and competing in two powerlifting federations, WUAP and GPA.

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

Squat 140 kg Bench press 100 kg Deadlift 172,5 kg Total 402,5 kg

Official powerlifting competition records (raw - wraps):

Squat 162,5 kg Bench press 100 kg Deadlift 172,5 kg Total 427,5 kg

Official powerlifting competition records (equipped):

Squat 152,5 kg Bench press 105 kg Deadlift 142,5 kg Total 400 kg

Official bench press competition record (raw):

Bench press 97,5 kg Official bench press competition record (equipped):

Bench press 120 kg

Official push&pull competition records (raw) :

Bench press 97,5 kg Deadlift 172,5 kg Total 262,5 kg

Official deadlift competition record (raw) :

Deadlift 172,5 kg

National, European and World records

National records

Mariša is the current Slovenian powerlifting, bench press, push&pull and deadlift record holder in −56 kg weight class in junior and open category.

European records

Mariša holds the current GPA European record powerlifting in −56 kg, open category.

World records

At the moment Mariša is a GPA push&pull World record holder in −56 kg, open category and bench press World record holder in −56 kg, junior category. She is also the current IPO World record holder in equipped bench press in −56 kg weight class, both junior and open category. In WUAP federation she is also the holder of the raw powerlifting World record in −56 kg and -52 kg weight class, open category, equipped bench press −56 kg weight class, open category and equipped bench press −60 kg weight class, junior category. In the same federation she also holds equipped powerlifting World records in both −56 kg and −60 kg weight class, junior category. In May 2018 Mariša became squat (full meet), bench press (full meet) and total WPA world record holder in open -56 kg class.

World and European Championships Place Championships Date Location Event Type Weight class Category 1 GPC European Championships 14–19 May 2012 Powerlifting raw −60 kg junior 1 GPC European Championships 14–19 May 2012 Bench press raw −60 kg junior 1 GPC World Championships 17–22 Sep 2012 Bench press equipped −67,5 kg junior 1 WUAP European Championships 12–15 Jun 2013 Powerlifting equipped −60 kg junior 1 WUAP European Championships 12–15 Jun 2013 Bench press equipped −60 kg junior 1 WUAP World Championships 25–28 Sep 2013 Powerlifting equipped −56 kg junior 1 WUAP World Championships 25–28 Sep 2013 Bench press equipped −56 kg junior 1 GPA World Championships 5–8 Dec 2013 Powerlifting raw −56 kg junior 1 GPA World Championships 5–8 Dec 2013 Bench press raw −56 kg junior 1 GPA European Championships 4–5 May 2014 Powerlifting raw −56 kg junior 1 GPA European Championships 4–5 May 2014 Bench press raw −56 kg junior 1 IPO European Championships 4–5 May 2014 Bench press equipped −56 kg junior 1 WUAP European Championships 13–14 Jun 2014 Powerlifting equipped −56 kg open 1 WUAP European Championships 13–14 Jun 2014 Bench press equipped −56 kg open 1 WUAP World Championships 7–11 Oct 2014 Powerlifting raw −56 kg open 1 WUAP World Championships 7–11 Oct 2014 Bench press raw −56 kg open 2 GPA World Championships 21–24 Nov 2014 Powerlifting raw −56 kg open 1 GPA World Championships 21–24 Nov 2014 Bench press raw −56 kg open 1 GPA World Championships 21–24 Nov 2014 Deadlift raw −56 kg open 1 GPA World Championships 21–24 Nov 2014 Push&Pull raw −56 kg open 1 GPA European Championships 24–26 Apr 2015 Powerlifting raw −56 kg open 1 GPA European Championships 24–26 Apr 2015 Bench press raw −56 kg open 1 GPA European Championships 24–26 Apr 2015 Deadlift raw −56 kg open 1 GPA European Championships 24–26 Apr 2015 Push&Pull raw −56 kg open 1 WUAP European Championships 16–20 Jun 2015 Powerlifting raw −56 kg open 1 WUAP European Championships 16–20 Jun 2015 Bench press equipped −56 kg open 1 GPA World Championships 8–11 Oct 2015 Powerlifting raw −56 kg open 1 GPA World Championships 8–11 Oct 2015 Bench press raw −56 kg open 1 GPA World Championships 8–11 Oct 2015 Deadlift raw −56 kg open 1 GPA World Championships 8–11 Oct 2015 Push&Pull raw −56 kg open 1 GPA European Championships 27–29 May 2016 Powerlifting raw −56 kg open 1 IPO European Championships 27–29 May 2016 Bench press equipped −56 kg open 1 WUAP European Championships 15–18 June 2016 Powerlifting raw −56 kg open 1 WUAP World Championships 4–11 Oct 2016 Powerlifting raw −56 kg open 1 GPA World Championships 8–11 Dec 2016 Powerlifting raw −56 kg open 1 GPA World Championships 8–11 Dec 2016 Squat raw −56 kg open 1 GPA World Championships 8–11 Dec 2016 Push&Pull raw −56 kg open 1 WUAP European Championships 12–17 June 2017 Powerlifting raw −52 kg open 1 WUAP World Championships 17–22 October 2017 Powerlifting raw −52 kg open 1 WPA World Championships 15–20 May 2018 Powerlifting raw −56 kg open 1 WPA World Championships 15–20 May 2018 Deadlift raw −56 kg open 1 WPC European Championships 23–29 June 2018 Powerlifting raw −52 kg open 1 WUAP World Championships 15–21 October 2018 Powerlifting raw −56 kg open 1 WUAP World Championships 15–21 October 2018 Deadlift raw −60 kg open 1 IPL World Championships 7–9 December 2018 Powerlifting raw (sleeves) −56 kg open 1 IPL World Championships 7–9 December 2018 Bench press raw −56 kg open 1 IPL World Championships 7–9 December 2018 Push&Pull raw −56 kg open 1 IPL World Championships 7–9 December 2018 Deadlift raw −56 kg open