Famous Polish Powerlifters #9

Welcome! Andrzej Stanaszek is an unusual powerlifter, because he’s a midget. He’s only 122cm tall. He has born in 1971, so he’s 47 years old. He’s from Łodygowice village, near Żywiec city. He belongs to ‘Stal Bielsko Biała’ sports club. He has got 8 titles of World Master in Powerlifting, 10 titles World Master in bench press and many other Master titles in squat , bench press and powerlifting at international rank. In 1995 he get in the Hall of Fame of IPF powerlifting federation. His best lifts are 300,5kg squat, 182,5kg bench press and 144,5kg deadlift at 52kg category. His deadlift is that weak in compare with other lifts, because when he did first two lifts he is 100% winner. That’s why he slack deadlift.

Famous Polish Powerlifters #8

Welcome! Today I’ll introduce you to Dariusz Wszoła. He is Polish powerlifter from Legnica city. He was born in 1978. He belongs to ‘TKKF Śródmieście Legnica’ sports club. Dariusz trains 3-4h everyday. On the single training he lifts 10-20 tons of weight. In 2005 he gained bronze medal at The World Games in Duisburg. In 2009 he earned gold medal at Europe Championships. On the World Championships in Killeen, USA on 26^th  June 2017 Dariusz gained bronze medal at 59kg category. His score was  577,5kg. He has had 54 medals at international competitions. He set 3 records of Poland – 262,5kg squat , 180kg bench press and total score 660kg at 59kg category. He has got 10 Master of Poland titles. His best lifts are squat with  262,5kg, bench press with 185kg and deadlift with 227kg. 

Famous Polish Powerlifters #7

Hi! Roman Szymkowiak was born in 1959. He’s 59 years old powerlifter. He lives in Kościan. He’s former trainer in ‘Kobra Kościan’ sports club. He was trainer of national team in powerlifting in 2000-2010. Roman has won World Championships in Salzburg in 1996. He has been master of Europe 3 times. He has been Master of Poland 9 times. His best lifts at 82,5kg bodyweight, 90kg category are squat with 340kg, bench press with 220kg and deadlift with 390kg. Score 950kg.

He started lifting when he was 27. In 1991 he gained bronze medal on Masters of Europe. Year later he was third on World Championships. In the next year he was second. His last competition was in 2007 after 7 years of rest. His score was 810kg at 90kg category and he won Masters of Poland.

Famous Polish Powerlifters #6

Welcome! Daniel Grabowski has born in 1986. He’s from Suwałki. He graduated pedagogy and resocialization at KUL university in Lublin. He is the youngest World Champion in Poland. He was 24 years old. In November 2010 at World  Championships in Potchefstroom he get first place at 125kg weight class. He did squat with 445kg, bench press with 275kg and deadlift with 352,5kg. Score 1072,5kg. His best lifts are 290kg bench press , 445kg squat and 362,5kg deadlift.

 As a child he was training basketball, but he hurt his spine. So he went to the gym for rehabilitation. Instantly he fell in love with powerlifting. Year later he won Masters of Poland. When he was studying, he was training at AOS in Lublin, at some moments only he was  training because of amount of weight on his bar.

Famous Polish Powerlifters #5

Hello! Lastly I wrote ‘This is the last episode of this series’, but I discovered some people at least famous as previous powerlifters. Jan Wegiera has born on 10^th of January 1965. He’s from Zakopane.  He belongs to ‘Wiking Strachowice’ sports club. Mr. Jan has had 10 World Champion titles in Bench press. In 2015 on World Championships in Sundsvall he did a bench press with 307,5kg. He’s currently Polish record-holder in 93kg category. He did a squat with 360kg, bench press with 302,5kg and  powerlifting score 942,5kg.

His first meet with sport was playing football. He was dreaming about beeing a professional footballer. Then he needed to improve his performance, so he start training at the gym. At this moment he forget about football to train like powerlifter. That was approximately 30 years ago! His first competition was in 1987 in Starachowice. He get 7^th place.

Famous Polish Powerlifters #4

Good Morning! This is the last episode of this series. Sebastian Kot ‘Faceless’ was born on 16-th of December 1785. He’s From ‘Ruda Śląska’ town. He’s member of national team. He has bit record of Poland for 9 times. He has got own youtube channel, where he is vlogging about he’s preparation to competitions like Grzegorz Wałga. Also he’s grant in ‘KFD’ youtube channel, where he teach about Powerlifting and vlogging too.

He was second on World Championship in 2013 and he bit record of World in deadlift – 334kg.

He has been Master of Poland in powerlifting for 3 times.

He was second on Europe Championship in deadlift in Pilzno in 2015.

He is competing in ‘Strength Wars League 2k17’ competition as anonymous ‘Faceless’. He is reaching success. He is in Finals in Cologne. He has already won with Matt Syrovatka (Quarter Finals)

In December 2017 he won final fight with ‘Anabolic Horse’ Krasinsky and became Strength Wars Champion.

Famous Polish Powerlifters #3

Hello! Now let’s introduce you to someone younger. Grzegorz Wałga ‘The Wagon’ is specialized in shirt bench press. He’s multiple Polish, European and World master. He’s from Cieszyn. He belongs to ‘Hałas Team Strzelin’ powerlifting club. He has got own youtube channel, where he is vlogging about he’s preparation to competitions. Also he’s grant in ‘KFD’ youtube channel, where he teach about bench press and vlogging too.

In 2016 he set a new record in all weights category. He did bench press with 365 kg.

2014: World master of WUAP federation in category 110 kg, he did bench press with 310kg. In same competiton but in category: absolute open he was second.

2015: He was second on World masters of WPC federaction category 125kg. He did the record of all weights, the biggest weight of Polish ever made – 352,5kg.

In November 2017 He did 400kg bench press on WPA World competition, but the approach was failed, because he don’t touch the chest. It was close!

Famous Polish Powerlifters #2

Hi!

Today I’ll introduce you to Jan Łuka. He’s 68 years old ,but he’s still strong. He has won Polish championship 18-th times. He beat Guinness’s record in Iron lift, doing 15 repetition in 3 minutes with 350 kg. He did a chin-up with added weight 105 kg. His the best powerlifting score is 800kg in 90kg category.

In 1992 he won European championship in Maromme in category 82,5kg. He did squat with 270 kg , bench press with 167,5 kg , deadlift with 290 kg. Score: 732,5kg.

In the same year he was vice winner on World championship in Derby in category 90kg. He did squat with 280kg, bench press with 177,5kg , deadlift with 310kg. Score: 767,5 kg.

He’s won World championships in bench press 5 times. The best score he has in 1996 in Pressbaum. He was in 90kg senior category. He pressed 222,5 kg. He was 47 and it was his last big achievement. 

Famous Polish powerlifters #1

Hello!

Today I’ll introduce you to Jarosław Olech. He’s 43 years old. He belong in ‘Wiking’ club in Strachowice.He’s been master of World and European fifteen times! He beat up some Polish and World records too!

In 2007 He won competition in Austrian Sölden and became master of world for six time. He was in weight category 75kg. He did squat with 350kg , bench press with 200kg and deadlift 310 kg. Score: 860

In November 2010 on Senior’s world competition in Pilzno he beat 3 records in 74kg category. He did squat with 365,5kg , deadlift with 320 and score: 903 kg. Also he beat Polish bench press record: 217,5 kg. His Wilks score (relation of Body weight and lifted weight) was 657 , so he was the strongest man of all bodyweights.

In 2017 he won for third time ‘World Games 2017’ in medium category with Wilks score 650,67. He weighted only 71,5 kg, but he did squat with 355 kg , bench press with 212,5 and deadlift with 315 kg!

Of course I didn’t commute all of his achievements,

 because he has a lot of it.

Hello everybody!

Hi, I’m Dariusz Strycharz. I’m 15 years old. I’m from Poland and I live in Szczecin. I’m quite tall and slim.  I’ve got quite short fair hair and blue eyes. 

My hobby is powerlifting. It’s a strength sport in which  you lift maximal weights in low range repetitions. I’ve been training since January 2016. The first year wasn’t very gainful, because I didn’t know how to workout and what to eat. I was too skinny. Now I’m resting from high weights , because I feel pain in my knee. So, I’m doing more hypertrophy trainings. My diet is concentrated to gain some muscles with low surplus calorie intake.

In this blog I’m going to tell you more about my hobby and the world of strength sports. My first blog series going to be about famous Polish powerlifters.