Throughout her profession, Tamara Walcott has consistently proven she’s considered one of the best powerlifters ever. The 90-plus kilogram athlete’s latest official showing of strength in a full power meet could be her best yet. 

On July 30, 2022, while competing raw, Walcott captured a 290-kilogram (639.3-pound) deadlift through the 2022 World Raw Powerlifting Federation (WRPF) American Pro. The pull surpasses her own previous figure from the 2021 WRPF The Bucked Up Showdown and is the recent All-Time World Record by 1.5 kilograms (3.3 kilos). Walcott wore a lifting belt and lifting straps and used a standard stance to capture her deadlift record. 

Walcott also captured a complete of 735 kilograms (1,620.4 kilos) for the brand new All-Time World Record. It surpasses April Mathis’s former top mark from the 2011 American Powerlifting Federation (APF) Southern States by 4.71 kilograms (10.4 kilos).

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Within the caption of her Instagram post, Walcott was emotional. She reflected on her staggering accomplishments since she began competitive powerlifting in July 2018. 

“4 years in, and I’m here, not by luck but by faith,” Walcott wrote. “I worked for this. I prayed for this. Why? Because after I win, so many others do too! The inconceivable becomes possible for others after they see it occur!”

While Walcott didn’t capture a World Record in all 4 powerlifting benchmarks, she notched personal raw competition bests on her bench press, squat, deadlift, and total top stats.

Here’s a rundown of Walcott’s best lifts from her performance on the 2022 WRPF American Pro:

Tamara Walcott (+90KG) | 2022 WRPF American Pro Top Stats

• Squat — 272.5 kilograms (600.7 kilos) | Competition Best
• Bench Press — 172.5 kilograms (380.3 kilos) | Competition Best 
• Deadlift — 290 kilograms (639.3 kilos) | All-Time Raw Deadlift World Record
• Total — 735 kilograms (1,620.4 kilos) | Heaviest All-Time Raw Total 

Notably, in late July 2022, just before this 12 months’s edition of the WRPF American Pro, Walcott accomplished a 299-kilogram (660-pound) raw deadlift during a training session. If she were to transfer that achievement to a contest, Walcott would’ve prolonged her original deadlift All-Time World Record by 10.8 kilograms (24 kilos), and her recent total All-Time World Record can be 14.5 kilograms (32 kilos) ahead of April Mathis. 

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Walcott’s Future

On the time of this text’s publication, Walcott has not confirmed when her next powerlifting contest will come across the bend. In response to Open Powerlifting, Walcott has never participated in an August competition. Nevertheless, she has featured in a September full power meet within the last two years. In response to the WRPF website, the one current WRPF contest that will align with Walcott’s past precedent is the upcoming The Clash on the Columbia on September 3-5, 2022, in Vancouver, WA. 

Whether Walcott elects to potentially exceed her World Record marks at that competition is unclear at the moment. Even then, given her track record, it wouldn’t be a stretch to see the prolific powerlifter turn heads over again each time she stands on a sanctioned lifting platform again. 

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