Connor has added more jewels to her deadlift crown.
With regards to “pulling” off the seemingly unimaginable on monstrous deadlifts, Heather Connor is unmatched. In the course of the 2023 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Classic Powerlifting Championships in Valletta, Malta, the superstar pulled one other heavy rabbit out of her black top hat when she deadlifted 200 kilograms (440.9 kilos) raw. The milestone is an IPF World Record within the 47-kilogram weight class and helped Connor finish in third place, with rival Tiffany Chapon taking the highest spot once more.
Connor’s raw IPF World Record deadlift eclipses her own previous massive pulling feat of 185 kilograms (407.8 kilos). The athlete captured that accomplishment in the course of the 2022 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships. Roughly a calendar yr later, Connor has rewritten the record books by herself, adding an astonishing 15 kilograms (33.1 kilos) to the 47-kilogram class’s raw deadlift record. Connor wore a lifting belt while utilizing a sumo stance and a mixed grip on her loaded barbell for the historic pull.
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A former two-time IPF world champion (2017, 2019), the 2023 IPF Worlds was, officially, Connor’s second attempt at regaining the highest mantle within the 47-kilogram division. Unfortunately for the athlete, Connor’s efforts have aligned with the rise of the now three-time 47-kilogram world champion in Chapon. Nevertheless, taking home a record on a signature lift isn’t a nasty consolation prize.
Here’s an summary of Connor’s top stats from the 2023 IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships:
Heather Connor (47KG) | 2023 IPF Worlds Top Stats
- Squat — 132.5 kilograms (292.1 kilos)
- Bench Press — 75 kilograms (165.3 kilos)
- Deadlift — 200 kilograms (440.9 kilos) | IPF World Record
- Total — 407.5 kilograms (898.4 kilos)
Notably, per a reflective post on Connor’s Instagram profile, the powerlifter almost had to beat a measure of health adversity to attain her latest World Record deadlift. The athlete wrote that she heard “popping sounds” while performing a back squat and that the prospect of competing while injured was “terrifying.” On the time of this writing, Connor has not provided more specifics on the extent of her ailment or clarified if there was anything even mistaken.
It appears to have merely been a minor scare in the most recent chapter of a powerlifting great.
“That is the happiest and healthiest I’ve been in an extended while,” Connor began. “With the ability to go backwards and forwards with attempts to tug an enormous World Record to get on the rostrum was unreal. It was exciting and what I think makes the game [of powerlifting] so far more fun to look at.”
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Based on her previous competitive precedent, Connor will likely compete in not less than another sanctioned contest before the top of 2023. For one, the athlete is the defending Fédération Française de Force (FFForce) Girl Power champion. Plus, further appearances are only more golden opportunities for a famous deadlifter to interrupt more of her own records.
Featured image: @theipf on Instagram