Watch Polish powerlifter Agata Sitko compete at any sanctioned contest, and it’s easy to forget she’s only 19 years old. The powerlifting community got a recent emphatic reminder of this fact.
On July 8, 2022, throughout the 2022 World Games, Sitko (76KG) broke three equipped International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Records with a 195-kilogram (429.9-pound) bench press, a 261-kilogram (575.4-pound) deadlift, and a 726-kilogram (1,600.6-pound) total. By the point the competition finished, Sitko’s overall strength and conditioning helped her take home the gold medal within the 76-kilogram division. The powerlifting portion of the competition took place in Birmingham, Alabama, from July 7-10, 2022.
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Notably, along with her three equipped Open World Records, Sitko achieved a private competition best in each lift. Here’s a whole overview of her performance on this competition:
Agata Sitko (76KG) | 2022 World Games Top Stats
- Squat — 270 kilograms (595.2 kilos) | Personal Competition Best
- Bench Press — 195 kilograms (429.9 kilos) | Equipped World Record | Personal Competition Best
- Deadlift — 261 kilograms (575.4 kilos) | Equipped World Record | Personal Competition Best
- Total — 726 kilograms ((1,600.6 kilos) | Equipped World Record | Personal Competition Best
So as to add further context to Sitko’s dominant performance, she prolonged the three successive latest World Records by a substantial amount.
Based on the IPF database, Sitko’s latest equipped bench press World Record surpasses Tetyana Melnyk’s previous mark by six kilograms (13.2 kilos). Sitko’s latest equipped deadlift World Record exceeds her own mark by 10.5 kilograms (23.1 kilos). Finally, to place a cherry on top, Sitko’s total was 21.5 kilograms (47.4 kilos) greater than her past equipped World Record of 704.5 kilograms (1,553.1 kilos).
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The 2022 World Games were scored on a pound-for-pound basis. Which means Sitko not only attained the very best bench press, deadlift, and total for the 76-kilogram competitors — she also had the best rating relative to her exact competitive body weight of 76 kilograms (167.5 kilos).
Listed below are the very best stats and the ultimate point totals for the rostrum finishers within the 76-kilogram weight class, per The World Games website:
Women’s 76KG | 2022 World Games Podium Results
1. Agata Sitko (Poland) — 119.12 total points | Body weight — 76 kilograms (167.5 kilos)
- Squat — 270 kilograms (595.2 kilos)
- Bench Press — 195 kilograms (429.9 kilos) | Equipped World Record
- Deadlift — 261 kilograms (575.4 kilos) | Equipped World Record
- Total — 726 kilograms ((1,600.6 kilos) | Equipped World Record
2. Kelsey McCarthy (U.S. Virgin Islands) — 109.44 total points | Body weight — 66.6 kilograms (146.8 kilos)
- Squat — 242.5 kilograms (534.6 kilos)
- Bench Press — 170 kilograms (374.8 kilos)
- Deadlift — 212.5 kilograms (468.5 kilos)
- Total — 625 kilograms (1,377.9 kilos)
3. Francesca Parrello (Italy) — 106.25 total points | Body weight — 75.4 kilograms (166.2 kilos)
- Squat — 257.5 kilograms (567.7 kilos)
- Bench Press — 140 kilograms (308.6 kilos)
- Deadlift — 247.5 kilograms (545.6 kilos)
- Total — 645 kilograms (1,422 kilos)
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On the time of this writing, Sitko hasn’t confirmed when she is going to next feature in an official competition. The 2022 European Open, Sub-Junior, Junior & Masters Classic & Equipped Bench Press Championships might be a possible option. Those will occur in Budapest, Hungary, on August 2-7, 2022.
For now, it stands to reason the Polish athlete has earned time to bask within the glow of all her latest achievements.
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