On August 6, 2022, strongman Rauno Heinla deadlifted 476 kilograms (1,049.4 kilos) through the 2022 World Deadlift Championships (WDC) in Cardiff, Wales. Not solely did the max one-rep pull give the 40-year-old Heinla the win within the 2022 WDC — which was part of the general Giants Dwell World Open — it’s a new Grasp’s World Document by 39.6 kilograms (87.4 kilos).
Mikhail Shivlyakov held the earlier document mark due to a deadlift of 436 kilograms (962 kilos) from the 2020 World’s Final Strongman (WUS) “Feats of Energy” collection.
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The 2022 WDC started by tasking the athletes with an preliminary deadlift weight of 400 kilograms (881.9 kilos) earlier than progressing to 425.5 kilograms (938.1 kilos), then 453.5 kilograms (999.8 kilos). 5 athletes — Heinla, Graham Hicks, Mitchell Hooper, Ivan Makarov, and Pavlo Nakonechnyy — tried at the very least 453.6 kilograms (1,000 kilos).
Nevertheless, Heinla was the solely competitor in a position to lock out a rep of 1,000 kilos or extra efficiently, and he took house the victory in consequence. Heinla and former World’s Strongest Man (WSM) champions Hafthor Björnsson (2018) and Eddie Corridor (2017) stay the one strongmen to have ever deadlifted that a lot weight from the ground.
Notably, not one of the athletes may deadlift 505 kilograms (1,113 kilos) through the contest. The Giants Dwell group would have rewarded the strongman who achieved such a feat with a $55,000 prize. Björnsson nonetheless owns the heaviest strongman deadlift of all-time at 501 kilograms (1,104.5 kilos). He captured that mark on the 2020 WUS “Feats of Energy” collection.
Listed below are the entire prime outcomes from the 2022 World Deadlift Championships:
2022 World Deadlift Championships Closing Standings
- Rauno Heinla — 476 kilograms (1,049.4 kilos) | 2022 WDC Champion
- Graham Hicks — 453.5 kilograms (999.8 kilos)
- Mitchell Hooper — 453.5 kilograms (999.8 kilos)
- Ivan Makarov — 453.5 kilograms (999.8 kilos)
- Pavlo Nakonechnyy — 453.5 kilograms (999.8 kilos)
- Gavin Bilton — 425.5 kilograms (938.1 kilos)
- Oleksii Novikov — 425.5 kilograms (938.1 kilos)
- Evan Singleton — 425.5 kilograms (938.1 kilos)
- Shane Flowers — 400 Kilograms (881.9 kilos)
- Andy Black — 400 Kilograms (881.9 kilos)
- Pa O’Dwyer — 400 Kilograms (881.9 kilos)
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A Becoming Second
Heinla profitable the 2022 WDC could possibly be seen as an ideal fruits of a lot of his latest coaching focus.
In mid-June 2022, the Estonian athlete deadlifted 420 kilograms (926 kilos) for 4 reps with ease. Then, in early July, Heinla first teased a new Grasp’s World Document with a pull of 450 kilograms (992 kilos) — which was 30 kilos greater than the previous prime mark. Heinla would eclipse that unofficial coaching feat by 26 kilograms (57.4 kilos) with the brand new Grasp’s World Document on the 2022 WDC.
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Heinla provides the Grasp’s World Document to a formidable resume of deadlift accomplishments. He possesses the all-time 400-kilogram (881.8-pound) deadlift for reps World Document with six on the 2020 World’s Final Strongman Feats of Energy collection. Plus, he’s additionally the Silver Greenback World Document holder with a pull of 579.7 kilograms (1,278 kilos) on the 2022 Silver Greenback Deadlift Estonian Championship.
With Heinla’s victory on the 2022 WDC, one among strongman’s biggest deadlifters can now formally name himself the world’s prime energetic deadlifter.
Featured picture: @rauno_heinla
