2023 IPF Equipped World Championships Results

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The International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) has an extensive equipped lifting history and has held world championships for over 50 years. The 2023 World Equipped Championships (WEC) were held in Druskininkai, Lithuania — a small spa town in the southernmost region — on Nov. 13-18, 2023. Athletes from 30 countries gathered in a celebration of single-ply equipped lifting. This category allows...
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The International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) has an extensive equipped lifting history and has held world championships for over 50 years. The 2023 World Equipped Championships (WEC) were held in Druskininkai, Lithuania — a small spa town in the southernmost region — on Nov. 13-18, 2023.


Athletes from 30 countries gathered in a celebration of single-ply equipped lifting. This category allows the use of squat suits, knee wraps, bench press shirts, and deadlift suits, none of which are permitted in IPF raw powerlifting.


2023 IPF Equipped Powerlifting Championships Results
Below are the full results for each contested weight category:


Women’s 47KG

[*]Tetiana Bila (UKR) — 460 kilograms
[*]Paulina Szymanel (POL) — 440 kilograms
[*]Mei-Xiang Liu (TPE) — 387.5 kilograms

Women’s 52KG

[*]Anastasiia Derevianko (UKR) — 487.5 kilograms
[*]Laura Savolainen (SWE) — 470 kilograms
[*]Carmen Bueno (ECU) — 455 kilograms

Women’s 57KG

[*]Kimberly Johnson (USA) — 555 kilograms
[*]Kenia Monserrate (ECU) — 535 kilograms
[*]Alessandra Cernigliaro (ITA) — 535 kilograms

Women’s 63KG

[*]Taylor LaChapelle (USA) — 630 kilograms
[*]Larysa Soloviova (UKR) — 600 kilograms
[*]Johanna Aguinaga (ECU) — 572.5 kilograms

Women’s 69KG

[*]Kelsey McCarthy (USA) — 627.5 kilograms
[*]Matilda Vilmar (SWE) — 620 kilograms
[*]Cathrin Silberzahn (GER) — 580 kilograms

Women’s 76KG

[*]Sonja Stefanie Krüger (GER) — 663 kilograms
[*]Marte Elverum (NOR) — 640 kilograms
[*]Natalie Hanson (USA) — 585 kilograms

Women’s 84KG

[*]Rhaea Stinn (CAN) — 650 kilograms
[*]Daria Rusanenko (UKR) — 640.5 kilograms
[*]Ankie Timmers (NED) — 625 kilograms

Women’s +84KG

[*]Katrina Sweatman (GBR) — 670 kilograms
[*]Sóley Margrét Jónsdóttir (ISL) — 657.5 kilograms
[*]Valentyna Zahoruiko (UKR) — 637.5 kilograms

Men’s 59KG

[*]Franklin León (ECU) — 690 kilograms
[*]Yi-Chun Lin (TPE) — 672.5 kilograms
[*]Chen-Ting Wu (TPE) — 655 kilograms

Men’s 66KG

[*]Tsung-Ting Hsieh (TPE) — 785 kilograms
[*]Yusuke Satake (JPN) — 770 kilograms
[*]Mariusz Grotkowski (POL) — 757.5 kilograms

Men’s 74KG

[*]Jaros?aw Olech (POL) — 682.5 kilograms
[*]Alex Ochoa (ECU) — 827.5 kilograms
[*]Go Suzuki (JPN) — 797.5 kilograms

Men’s 83KG

[*]Mykola Barannik (UKR) — 935 kilograms
[*]Vitalii Kolomiiets (UKR) — 912.5 kilograms
[*]Matias Viiperi (FIN) — 865 kilograms

Men’s 93KG

[*]Volodymyr Rysiyev (UKR) — 1025 kilograms
[*]Kostiantyn Musiienko (UKR) — 1015 kilograms
[*]Yoshiki Suzuki (JPN) — 937.5 kilograms

Men’s 105KG

[*]Ian Bell (USA) — 1046 kilograms
[*]Sergii Bilyi (UKR) — 1045 kilograms
[*]Asgeir Hoel (NOR) — 1000 kilograms

Men’s 120KG

[*]Oleksiy Bychkov (UKR) — 1120 kilograms
[*]Sen Yang (TPE) — 1105 kilograms
[*]Sofiane Belkesir (FRA) — 1090 kilograms

Men’s +120KG

[*]Joseph Cappellino (USA) — 1087.5 kilograms
[*]Christoph Seefeld (GER) — 1067.5 kilograms
[*]Carlos Manuel Campos Murillo (CRC) — 1067.5 kilograms

[Related: Rudy Kadlub (100KG) Sets Masters Raw (w/Wraps) World Record Total of 590 Kilograms]

Image via @bigjoecapp on Instagram
[Related: Powerlifter Jamal Browner Deadlifted 1,003 Pounds for 4 Reps]


2023 WEC Standout Moments

• Jaros?aw Olech wins the 74-kilogram class, claiming his 18th world title.
• Sonja Stefanie Krüger nearly bombed out on squat and bench press but ultimately scored overall gold.
• Sen Yang and Danylo Kovalov broke the 120-kilogram class’s squat world record three times.
• World record squats for Kenia Monserrate and Daria Rusanenko.
• Ian Bell won his first Open World title with a world record deadlift of 388.5 kilograms (856.5 pounds)
• Kate Sweatman became the first British female world champion since 1992.
• Joe Cappellino won the world title in his last competition before retiring from competitive powerlifting.

The 2023 WEC was the final contest in the 2023 IPF calendar. However, the European Powerlifting Federation (EPF) European Classic Championships will take place Dec. 4-9, 2023, in Tartu, Estonia. Every session will be streamed live for free on the EPF’s YouTube channel.


Featured image: @bigjoecapp on Instagram


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