Andy Bolton

British strength athlete

Andrew Bolton (born 22 January 1970) is an English powerlifter and strongman who was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire. He is the first man to deadlift 1000 lbs/453.6 kg, doing so in 2006. Career. Bolton won his first powerlifting competition in 1991 when he was twenty-one years of age, at a local powerlifting event called the BAWLA Yorkshire Junior Championships. Bolton has since competed in the WPO/WPC. He is the current World Powerlifting Organization "world record holder" in the total (1273 kg/2806 lb). Bolton also holds the current WPO world records in the squat (550. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Bolton

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