At 19 years of age, Agata Sitko has enjoyed a terrific 2022 season on the competitive lifting platform. Her latest output on the 2022 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Classic Sub-Junior and Junior Championships in Istanbul, Turkey, from Aug. 27 to Sept. 4, 2022, is one other impressive notch within the Polish athlete’s strength belt. 

Sitko broke the raw bench press IPF world record within the 84-kilogram division with a 147.5-kilogram (325.2-pound) press. While Sitko’s figure got here during a Sub-Junior and Juniors competition, it’s a recent all-time IPF world record for all age groups in her weight class.

Sitko ranked first overall within the 84-kilogram Juniors category. Here’s an outline of every of Sitko’s top raw stats from this contest, including a contest personal record (PR) within the deadlift:

2022 IPF World Classic Junior Championships | Agata Sitko (84KG)

• Squat — 195 kilograms (429.9 kilos)
• Bench Press — 147.5 kilograms (325.2 kilos) — IPF World Record
• Deadlift — 240 kilograms (529.1 kilos) — Competition PR
• Total — 582.5 kilograms (1,284.2 kilos)

Note: Sitko typically competes within the 76-kilogram division. Of her 13 sanctioned meets on the time of this text’s publication, nine were at 76 kilograms.

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Even moving up a weight class, Sitko made seemingly effortless work of the previous bench press record. The Polish athlete’s recent world record bench press surpassed Daniella Melo’s top mark from the 2021 IPF World Classic Championships by 10.5 kilograms (23.1 kilos).

Had Sitko stayed at76 kilograms, she would’ve surpassed her bench press record in that division by a smaller 2.5-kilogram (5.5-pound) margin.

Versatility on Display

In a yr stuffed with records and achievements, Sitko has staked a claim as a powerlifter to maintain a keen eye on.  For instance, in seven 2022 contest appearances, Sitko won on six occasions. Sitko broke five equipped world records on the 2022 European Junior Championships in early May. She then eclipsed a few of her marks with three recent equipped world records on the 2022 World Games in mid-July. 

Not many athletes can say they own the IPF raw total (585 kilograms (1,289.7 kilos)) and equipped world records (726 kilograms (1,600.56 kilos)) in the identical division. Yet, based on the IPF database, that’s precisely the position Sitko sits in together with her past accomplishments as a 76-kilogram competitor.

Note: With a 704.5-kilogram (1,553.1.pound) total from the European Championships, Sitko also possesses the IPF equipped total world record within the 84-kilogram weight class.

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Sitko’s Future

While it’s unclear what the subsequent steps are for Sitko, it seems evident she’s pushing the petal to the barbell metal. At the same time as the leaves turn orange and the nights grow colder as fall approaches, it is probably not long before the powerlifter adds one other record to her resume.

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