Andy Bolton
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Andy Bolton | |
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| Born | Andrew Bolton 1970-01-22 |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Professional powerlifter |
| Known for | First man to ever deadlift 1,000lbs |
Andy Bolton is an English powerlifter from Leeds. Andy Bolton was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire on 22 January 1970 but moved to Leeds due to training requirements in his late teens to early twenties.
Early life
At the age of thirteen Andy Bolton decided that weight training was what he wished to do, this was after seeing some youths in the local youth club lifting weights. Bolton's father was not enthusiastic about his lifting weights at such a young age, and monitored his lifting carefully to ensure he did not lift too much. It was not until Bolton was 18 years old that his father let him move forward and start to lift heavier weights on a full training regime.
Career
Bolton won his first competitive 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" (1273 kg/2806 lb).[1] Bolton also holds the current WPO world records in the squat (550.5 kg/1213 lb) and deadlift (457.5 kg/1009 lb)[1], and was the first to demonstrate a deadlift of over a thousand pounds.[2]
Bolton has also competed in strongman contests. His strongman accomplishments include placing fifth in the 2002 Arnold Classic Strongman Competition.[3]
References
- ^ a b World Powerlifting Organization World Records (.DOC). Retrieved August 12, 2007.
- ^ Lusher, Adam, "Today, Andy Bolton is mainly exercising his 'little' muscles...", Sunday Telegraph, January 8th, 2007. Retrieved August 12th, 2007.
- ^ Official 2002 Results Arnold Classic Strongman Competition. Retrieved August 12, 2007.
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