Andrea Thompson has set a Log Lift World Record of 140 kilograms (308.6 kilos). The strongwoman scored the feat on the 2022 World Log Lift Championships (WLLC) on Oct. 9, 2022, in Ipswich, United Kingdom. It extends the previous World Record by five kilograms (11 kilos). That mark also belonged to Thompson, who completed a 135-kilogram (297.7-pound) within the July 2020 World’s Ultimate Strongman (WUS) “Feats of Strength Series.”
To assist her along with her log lift feat, Thompson donned a lifting belt, knee sleeves, elbow sleeves, and wrist wraps. The athlete shared an Instagram post featuring her complete log lift performance. Her successful lockout with the record-breaking weight could be seen within the fourth video below:
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Thompson’s output on the 2022 WLLC was so successful she prolonged her past World Record on her third attempt of the day. The athlete pressed 137.5 kilograms (303.1 kilos) and, evidently, with more strength left within the tank, went for the hallowed 140-kilogram figure on her fourth try. A confident beaming smile from Thompson as she appeared to attend for a down signal from the official might need told an ideal story of the athlete’s feelings in the mean time.
Before notching her latest World Record, Thompson had trained with 2016 Europe’s Strongest Man (ESM) Laurence Shahlaei. Thompson had notably called her shot during a recent YouTube exercise session with Shahlaei, saying she “would break the record, then go for 140 kilograms.”
In a post on her Instagram, Thompson thanked the previous ESM champ for “all the time believing” in her. Meanwhile, the comments of Thompson’s log lift World Record post feature words of praise from notable figures in strongman/strongwoman congratulating the athlete for her milestone — including Paul Smith, Annabelle Chapman, and Lucy Underdown.
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Thompson’s recent record adds to a noteworthy catalog of accomplishments as a strongwoman. Along with a first-place result on the 2018 World’s Strongest Woman (WSW), the athlete was in possession of the strongwoman deadlift World Record of 290 kilograms (639.4 kilos). The successful pull happened on the October 2020 edition of the WUS Feats of Strength Series. Underdown went on to interrupt that record through the 2022 Britain’s Strongest Woman contest.
Thompson has written that her next competitive appearance could be on the 2022 Official Strongman Games. That competition will happen on Nov. 11-13, 2022, in Daytona Beach, FL. In accordance with Strongman Archives, if Thompson finishes on the rostrum, it’s going to be her fifth appearance in the highest three in her last seven contests dating back to December 2018.
Because the sample size of Thompson’s illustrious profession shows, anything is perhaps possible.
Featured image: @andreathompson_strongwoman on Instagram