The superstar in Chapon capped 2022 in among the finest possible ways.
After an all-around competitive 12 months full of glowing performances, Tiffany Chapon could’ve theoretically put a cap on her productive 2022 before her most up-to-date contest. Nobody would’ve blamed her for hanging up her lifting belt months earlier to start recuperating for an additional potentially fruitful powerlifting circuit in 2023. Though that thought process probably wouldn’t have matched up with the strength, power, and general fiery competitive spirit of one in every of the game’s biggest young superstars.
For the second consecutive 12 months, Chapon has won the 2022 European Powerlifting Federation (EPF) European Classic Powerlifting Championships. Because the athlete has done in most of her competitive appearances dating back to September 2020, Chapon’s first-place performance saw her feature within the 47-kilogram weight class as a raw and Open competitor. This 12 months’s contest takes place in Skierniewice, Poland, and runs from Nov. 25 to Dec. 4, 2022.
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Here’s an outline of Chapon’s performance on the 2022 European Championships, along with her top stats on each of her best lifts:
Tiffany Chapon | Top Stats 2022 EPF European Classic Powerlifting Championships
- Squat — 150 kilograms (330.7 kilos)
- Bench Press — 95 kilograms (209.4 kilos)
- Deadlift — 162.5 kilograms (358.3 kilos)
- Total — 407.5 kilograms (898.4 kilos)
While she didn’t notch any records, taking home one other European title in her weight class could possibly be an indication of the consistent excellency Chapon has established throughout her profession. In keeping with Open Powerlifting — in a competitive strength journey that began in September 2020 on the 2020 Fédération Française de Force (FFForce) Silent Employee Meet — Chapon has now won nine of 12 profession contests. That sterling resume not only includes her two consecutive European titles (2021-2022) but additionally back-to-back victories within the annual International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Classic Powerlifting Championships (2021-2022).
That 2022 IPF display may be the present tentpole moment of Chapon’s life on sanctioned lifting platforms. At the competition in Sun City, South Africa, the French athlete broke three separate IPF World Records within the 47-kilogram division on the squat (160.5 kilograms/353.9 kilos), bench press (96 kilograms/211.6 kilos), and total (426.5 Kilograms/940.4 kilos). Note: Per the official IPF database, Chapon’s bench press mark has since been surpassed by Ukraine’s Nataliia Cheremenko (99 kilograms/218.2 kilos) on the 2022 European Championships.
Results like this could probably have been no surprise for Chapon. A handful of coaching occasions in spring 2022 saw the athlete unofficially surpass various IPF World Records multiple times. On this case, practice made (almost) perfect for a simultaneous European and World champion.
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With the vacation season across the corner, it seems likely Chapon may finally take time to sit down back and ruminate on the successful 2022 that was. Though when the calendar finally shifts to 2023, it could only be fair to expect more coming fireworks from this powerlifting dynamo.
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