World Powerlifting Congress


The World Powerlifting Congress is a powerlifting federation hosting meets around the world. The federation hosts competitions which allow multi-ply equipment, but hosted a Raw world championship for the first time in 2009.
The WPC was established in 1986 and has affiliates in 37 countries.
In 1999, the WPC started to host drug tested competitions under the AWPC banner, with both raw and equipped contests. The competitive season comes to an end each year in November, as qualified lifters from different countries compete in the annual WPC World Championships.
The United States affiliate for the WPC is the American Powerlifting Federation. The APF has several series of qualifying competitions that allow athletes to advance from the local/state level, to the national level, and then finally to the international level, the WPC/AWPC.

As of 2013, the British affiliate is known as the BPU, following the BPC losing the WPC licence.

WPC World Championships

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WPC world champions
Year52 kilograms56 kilograms60 kilograms67.5 kilograms75 kilograms82.5 kilograms90 kilograms100 kilograms110 kilograms125 kilograms140 kilogramsOpen
1987 Mike Nelson Ernesto Milian John Carr Ed Morishima Ausby Alexander Michael Phillips Buddy Duke Ed Coan Willie Bell Bill Nichols
1988 Gerrit Badenhorst
1989 Gerrit Badenhorst
1990 Peterson Doug HeatNorm Shackelford Joseph McCoy Ed Riley Mankamyer Mesa Eugene Van der Merwer Brock Gerrit Badenhorst Mark Robinson
1996 Gary Mellor Steven Grey Doug Heath Andre Fourie Neville Primich Tom Rutigliano Jesse Kellum Gerhard Depner Justin Koenig Lee Marshall Gerhard Holleitner Peter Tregloan
2000 Ernesto Milian Reno Karkuschke Sakari Selkainaho Angelo Berardinelli Joseph Dougherty Jesse Kellum Gerhard Depner Paul Urchick Ano Turtainen Andy Bolton Garry Frank
2001 Toni Haaperanta David Ramokadi Gianfranco Manca Andries Randall Bronson Brown Bernhard Schwab Chris Muller Michael Schrott Uwe Frey Andy Bolton
2002 Toni Haaperanta Vladimir Morozovs Martin Almqvist Ron Palmer Tatu Avola Harald Selsam Jani Ihalainen Ano Turtiainen Niko Laaperi Peter Tregloan
2003 Reno Karkuschke Juha Jaakkola Sean Baker Tatu Avola Benji Hill Jani Ihalainen Jason Patrick Allan Meehan Brent Mikesell
2004 Shant Sheklanian Charles Morse Mike Brown Harald Selsam Justin Graalfs James Grandick James Hoskinson
2005 Igor Arlamyev Oleg Artemyev Otis Brown Illya Kokorev Vasily Tevetkov Andrey Sharapov Alexander Matveev Mika Virtanen Maxim Mikhaylov Christian Poppe Artur Stepanov Tibor Meszaros
2006 Suradzh Chebotar Roman Murygin Oleksandr Kutchr Stanislav Pryakhin Phillip Delmonti Shawn Frankl Rufat Agaev Yevgen Yarymbash AJ Roberts Chris Clark
2007 Aleksandr Onuchin Yevgeny Bagin Mikhail Speranskiy Sergey Ayvazov Maksim Tomchin Andrey Sharapov Andrey Ayvazov Fatemi Mehdi Mikhail Glazunov Ano Turtiainen Igor Nastynov
2008 Alexander Onuchin Reno Karkuschke Mattias Schleinzer Illya Kokorev Chris Jenkins Serigy Nalyeykin Shawn Frankl Sergey Starodubskiy Jose Garcia Greg Theriot Andy Bolton
2009 Gerry McNamara Illya Kokorev Lee Cutler Chris Jenkins Andrey Beleyaev Craig Combes Bratanov Vadim Jim Nuttall Ahmed Hassanin
2010 Alizhan Eshchanov Vincent Eldin Illya Kokorev Dmitriy Khovanskiy Steve Loncke Andrey Beleyaev Juha Someroja Mark Griffiths Oliver Williamson Kari Kalliola
2011 Mihail Sabarovs Oleg Ivanyukov Marc Tejero Gordon Wood Vasiliy Tsvetkov Maksim Piskunov Andrey Belyeav Juha Someroja Craig Coombes Luis Batista Philippe Crets

WPC Raw World Championships

The WPC began hosting the WPC Raw World Championships in 2009. The only equipment allowed is a weight belt and wrist wraps.

Men

AWPC Raw World Championships

The WPC began hosting the drug tested AWPC Raw World Championships in 2009. The only equipment allowed is a weight belt and wrist wraps. Unlike the WPC, the event is drug tested.

Men

Men