Lamar Gant

Who is Lamar Gant?

Lamar Gant is an American world record-holding powerlifter 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 at a bodyweight of 123 pounds at the Flint Olympian Games. In 1985, he became the first man to deadlift five times his own bodyweight, lifting 661 pounds at a bodyweight of 132 pounds. For this, he has been included in the Guinness Book of Records. As of 2006, he holds the world records for deadlifting in both the 123- and 132-pound weight classes. His best lifts at 123 pounds are 314 pounds RAW bench press and 638 pounds deadlift; at 132 pounds are 595 pounds squat 615 pounds, 352.5 pounds RAW bench press, and 688 pounds deadlift.