LIFE WILL WIN OVER DEATH, AND
LIGHT WILL WIN OVER DARKNESS.
 

6th World Masters Men's Bench Press Championships

Miami \ USA

19 − 22 April, 2006

Masters I
LiftersResultsWilks PointsRem.
#NameBorn/BW/LotTeamBP1BP2BP3BestW.CoefPointsRankDT
-52kg
1.Virzi Carmelo1957/50.60/44GER 80.090.092.592.51.010193.4357 
-56kg
1.Falke Rainer1965/54.90/74GER 100.0110.0120.0120.00.9283111.4051 
2.Jussi Pekka1960/55.60/56SWE 90.0100.0110.0100.00.916891.6858 
-60kg
1.McLaren Rex1962/59.20/137USA 140.0142.5145.0145.00.8635125.2136 
2.Azuma Hiroshi1963/59.50/174JPN 135.0142.5147.5142.50.8594122.4643 
-67.5kg
1.Rajala Erkki1962/66.90/106FIN 172.5172.5172.5172.50.7766133.9625 
2.Da Costa Adriano1963/66.80/43FRA 157.5165.0170.0165.00.7775128.2932 
3.Kihlstrom Pekka1959/67.50/122SWE 160.0160.0167.5160.00.7710123.3640 
−Mori Takashi1963/67.30/118JPN 147.5150.0150.0−0.7729−  
-75kg
1.Hara Michael1960/74.80/76USA 230.0240.0245.0240.00.7139171.341 
2.Berndt Roy1966/74.80/10GER 190.0200.0210.0200.00.7139142.7815 
3.Mishima Tadashi1962/73.40/129JPN 190.0195.0210.0195.00.7235141.0818 
4.Romero Fermin1966/74.50/117ESP 182.5182.5197.5182.50.7159130.6528 
5.Amatsuji Shinobu1962/73.70/133JPN 170.0180.0182.5170.00.7214122.6442 
6.Froggatt Brian1958/73.80/149NZL 155.0162.5167.5162.50.7207117.1150 
7.Czachor Patrick1963/74.20/75FRA 155.0162.5162.5155.00.7179111.2752 
8.Prater Gary1963/74.90/119GBR 135.0145.0147.5135.00.713296.2856 
-82.5kg
1.Furnas Andy1964/82.20/156USA 202.5212.5215.0215.00.6714144.3513 
2.Ishimoto Naoki1962/79.90/57JPN 212.5217.5217.5212.50.6832145.1811 
3.Zangl Greg1961/79.80/71USA 200.0210.0212.5200.00.6838136.7624 
4.Rasmussen Erik1962/82.00/164DEN 185.0192.5202.5185.00.6724124.3937 
5.Shabana Ashraf Riad1962/82.30/38EGY 185.0185.0192.5185.00.6709124.1238 
6.Martinez Victor1964/76.90/104COL 170.0170.0180.0180.00.7005126.0935 
7.Andersson Conny1959/81.40/78SWE 167.5175.0190.0175.00.6754118.1948 
8.Van Der Walt Kallie1960/81.70/5RSA 175.0185.0185.0175.00.6739117.9349 
9.King Stephen1962/81.30/12NZL 130.0137.5145.0145.00.675998.0155 
−Bandera Javier1961/81.20/54URU 180.0180.0180.0−0.6764−  
-90kg
1.McAuliffe Joseph1965/89.20/110USA 245.0245.0245.0245.00.6413157.127 
2.Jacob Klaus-Dieter1961/89.80/171GER 207.5215.0220.0220.00.6391140.6019 
3.Leblevenec Patrick1963/88.20/147FRA 200.0212.5217.5212.50.6451137.0823 
4.Eriksson Roland1964/89.20/127SWE 190.0202.5205.0205.00.6413131.4727 
5.Arkle Keith1961/89.80/15GBR 200.0210.0217.5200.00.6391127.8233 
6.Roulot Joel1961/87.80/81FRA 190.0200.0205.0190.00.6467122.8741 
7.Rosenzweig Dana1957/88.70/85USA 185.0190.0190.0185.00.6432118.9947 
−Kitagawa Takeshi1958/87.20/30JPN 212.5212.5220.0−0.6491−  
−Ahl Thomas1960/89.60/155SWE 215.0215.0215.0−0.6398−  
-100kg
1.Kinghorn Ian1959/98.90/23GBR 237.5237.5237.5237.50.6113145.1810 
2.Lehto Juha1964/99.30/140FIN 227.5232.5240.0232.50.6103141.8916 
3.Williams Yegi1965/97.90/168RSA 225.0225.0232.5225.00.6139138.1321 
4.Flett Joachim1958/98.50/84GER 217.5225.0232.5225.00.6123137.7722 
5.Vuorisalo Michael1960/98.10/77SWE 215.0215.0227.5215.00.6134131.8826 
6.Muller Thomas1962/98.90/68GER 202.5210.0210.0202.50.6113123.7939 
7.Rakocevic Aleksandar1963/99.00/150SRG 200.0200.0210.0200.00.6111122.2244 
−Nakatani Koichi1960/93.90/9JPN 222.5222.5222.5−0.6254−  
−Perez Francisco1964/98.50/130ESP 207.5207.5220.0−0.6123−  
−Farstad Svein Olav1965/95.80/97NOR 230.0230.0232.5−0.6197−  
−Jaldefors Mikael1966/99.70/125SWE 240.0240.0240.0−0.6093−  
-110kg
1.Mayer Kevin1966/108.00/173USA 270.0277.5277.5277.50.5919164.254 
2.Doan David1964/109.20/79USA 270.0270.0272.5272.50.5898160.725 
3.Hadrysiak Mariusz1961/109.40/59POL 240.0250.0255.0255.00.5895150.328 
4.Lousich Steve1965/109.60/49NZL 245.0245.0252.5245.00.5892144.3512 
5.Tanaka Tetsuva1961/109.20/123JPN 240.0250.0250.0240.00.5898141.5517 
6.Ahlqvist Lars1958/101.30/143SWE 185.0195.0200.0200.00.6055121.1046 
7.Royer Daniel1957/109.20/24CAN 177.5187.5202.5187.50.5898110.5953 
8.Katzen Gary1961/105.20/70RSA 170.0175.0190.0175.00.5972104.5154 
-125kg
1.Lane Horace1964/124.00/100USA 297.5297.5305.0297.50.5708169.812 
2.O'Halloran Shawn1965/123.30/6CAN 290.0297.5297.5290.00.5715165.743 
3.Hoen Marcus1964/118.80/144GER 240.0245.0250.0250.00.5763144.0714 
4.Stiemerling Thomas1960/115.40/175GER 225.0225.0230.0225.00.5805130.6129 
5.Mihaly Michal1966/121.30/80CZE 220.0237.5240.0220.00.5735126.1734 
−Echeverria Rene1958/125.00/162ECU 200.0200.0200.0−0.5698−  
−Korhonen Risto1958/123.20/159FIN 190.0190.0190.0−0.5716−  
−Stojanovski Strase1962/124.60/48AUS 250.0250.0250.0−0.5702−  
−Mus Rafal1964/121.30/27POL 240.0240.0247.5−0.5735−  
125+kg
1.Gaudreau Daniel1960/166.40/96USA 290.0305.0320.0290.00.5450158.056 
2.Ujiie Ichiro1957/152.70/108JPN 255.0262.5265.0265.00.5519146.259 
3.Lochner Jurgen1959/147.40/177GER 252.5260.0262.5252.50.5547140.0620 
4.Mackey Matthew1961/164.00/142GBR 227.5235.0250.0235.00.5462128.3631 
5.Fukushima Yasuto1965/136.60/63JPN 230.0230.0240.0230.00.5609129.0130 
6.Chervier Michel1961/130.50/132FRA 215.0215.0230.0215.00.5652121.5245 
−Gillespie William1959/146.50/128USA 327.5327.5327.5−0.5551−  
−Staerkjaer Niels1966/171.00/148DEN 305.0307.5320.0−0.5426−  

Best 10 Lifters by Wilks Points

RankNameBornTeamW.ClassRankB.WeightResultW.CoefW.Pts
Gold Prize by Relative Points1. Hara Michael1960U.S.America -75kg174.80240.00.7139171.336
Silver Prize by Relative Points2. Lane Horace1964U.S.America -125kg1124.00297.50.5708169.813
Bronze Prize by Relative Points3. Mayer Kevin1966U.S.America -110kg1108.00277.50.5919164.252
4. Gaudreau Daniel1960U.S.America 125+kg1166.40290.00.5450158.050
5. McAuliffe Joseph1965U.S.America -90kg189.20245.00.6413157.119
6. Kinghorn Ian1959Great Britain -100kg198.90237.50.6113145.184
7. Furnas Andy1964U.S.America -82.5kg182.20215.00.6714144.351
8. Rajala Erkki1962Finland -67.5kg166.90172.50.7766133.964
9. McLaren Rex1962U.S.America -60kg159.20145.00.8635125.207
10. Falke Rainer1965Germany -56kg154.90120.00.9283111.396
Masters II
LiftersResultsWilks PointsRem.
#NameBorn/BW/LotTeamBP1BP2BP3BestW.CoefPointsRankDT
-56kg
1.Hedlund Lars-Gunnar1955/55.70/3SWE 105.0110.0112.5112.50.9152102.9639 
2.Imba Katsuhiko1947/55.50/13JPN 90.0100.0110.0100.00.918491.8446 
-60kg
1.Kanaya Takashi1948/59.00/109JPN 135.0140.0145.0140.00.8662121.2722 
2.Lietzau Joachim1950/59.10/17GER 125.0125.0×125.00.8648108.1034 
3.Flink Seppo1953/58.30/89FIN 102.5107.5110.0107.50.875994.1644 
-67.5kg
1.Sitruk Claude1950/63.00/91FRA 175.0182.5187.5182.50.8166149.033 
2.Kita Yoshikazu1950/67.20/32JPN 137.5145.0160.0145.00.7738112.2031 
3.Kapor Jozsef1951/66.90/161HUN 142.5142.5142.5142.50.7766110.6733 
4.Kastegren Jouko1954/67.00/36FIN 125.0130.0135.0125.00.775696.9543 
5.Sundstol Birger1954/66.20/42NOR 112.5112.5112.5112.50.783288.1148 
6.Yong Peter1951/64.50/157USA 100.0110.0115.0110.00.800488.0449 
-75kg
1.Miller Larry1954/74.20/55USA 210.0220.0220.0210.00.7179150.762 
2.Kato Yuji1948/74.50/160JPN 167.5172.5180.0180.00.7159128.8614 
3.Haines Jay1951/74.40/114USA 160.0160.0160.0160.00.7166114.6629 
4.Bieberbach Winfried1955/74.50/87GER 135.0140.0147.5140.00.7159100.2340 
−Monoe Takeshi1952/74.00/45JPN 155.0155.0155.0−0.7193−  
-82.5kg
1.Yokoyama Mutsuo1954/82.30/11JPN 215.0215.0220.0220.00.6709147.604 
2.Synstad Bjarne1951/80.10/34NOR 200.0205.0215.0205.00.6822139.857 
3.Klostergaard Jim1948/81.40/93USA 177.5182.5182.5177.50.6754119.8824 
4.Schuricht Lutz1951/81.10/61GER 170.0177.5177.5170.00.6769115.0727 
5.Moyaux Christian1952/81.70/52FRA 150.0155.0155.0155.00.6739104.4537 
−Jonsson Per-Ake1954/82.30/41SWE 180.0180.0180.0−0.6709−  
-90kg
1.Tachibana Tadashi1949/88.90/65JPN 190.0200.0207.5207.50.6424133.309 
2.Otani Susumu1952/83.20/145JPN 200.0205.0210.0205.00.6666136.658 
3.Brookes John1955/89.10/62GBR 185.0195.0205.0195.00.6417125.1319 
4.O'Dwyer Roy1952/88.60/82USA 192.5197.5197.5192.50.6436123.8920 
5.Thorngren Sven1950/84.00/31SWE 190.0190.0202.5190.00.6628125.9317 
6.Aarhus Jens1954/87.90/21SWE 187.5195.0195.0187.50.6463121.1823 
7.Rose De Raffaele1955/88.30/146RSA 145.0155.0157.5145.00.644793.4845 
-100kg
1.Furmanek Jerzy1952/99.90/152POL 225.0232.5240.0232.50.6088141.555 
2.Aymon Jean-Pierre1954/99.10/90AUT 210.0210.0212.5210.00.6108128.2715 
3.Givens Floyd1951/98.80/95USA 195.0205.0212.5205.00.6116125.3818 
4.Vetter Ulrich1952/98.50/86GER 190.0195.0205.0195.00.6123119.4025 
5.Durocher Laurent1952/98.60/20FRA 190.0195.0205.0195.00.6121119.3626 
6.Podmokly Mieczyslaw1952/98.40/14POL 175.0180.0182.5175.00.6126107.2035 
7.Flett Martin1956/95.00/151GBR 170.0182.5182.5170.00.6220105.7436 
8.Jaakkola Reijo1948/97.80/102FIN 150.0160.0170.0170.00.6142104.4138 
9.Gibson Graeme1948/98.70/167NZL 150.0160.0162.5162.50.611899.4242 
10.Micka Josef1949/97.70/2CZE 140.0150.0150.0140.00.614486.0250 
−Couchy Stanislas1953/96.80/7FRA 190.0190.0195.0−0.6169−  
-110kg
1.Vilppola Kari1955/109.50/88FIN 220.0222.5222.5222.50.5893131.1210 
2.Chrun Greg1951/106.90/131USA 220.0220.0220.0220.00.5939130.6611 
3.Takada Chikara1954/101.40/101JPN 190.0190.0195.0190.00.6053115.0128 
4.Brooks David1952/109.00/169GBR 190.0202.5202.5190.00.5902112.1432 
5.Koprnicky Miroslav1951/100.90/40CAN 160.0165.0170.0165.00.6064100.0641 
6.Piwowar Krzysztof1955/108.00/18POL 150.0150.0170.0150.00.591988.7847 
−Reitzle Simon1949/105.40/1GER 180.0180.0180.0−0.5968−  
-125kg
1.Klinger Bradley1956/121.10/134USA 257.5265.0272.5265.00.5737152.031 
2.Dufour Michel1955/123.50/138FRA 210.0220.0227.5227.50.5713129.9713 
3.Hutchinson Kevin1954/122.00/58USA 212.5220.0227.5220.00.5728126.0216 
4.Nygaard Truls1956/117.50/72NOR 210.0212.5220.0212.50.5778122.7821 
−Massey Julian1956/115.10/154GBR 190.0195.0202.5−0.5809−  
125+kg
1.Beeler Frank1953/148.90/8USA 240.0252.5268.0252.50.5539139.866 
2.Pawlik Piotr1955/127.40/141POL 222.5230.0230.0230.00.5677130.5712 
3.Beuch Ronald1950/130.00/116USA 100.0202.5212.5202.50.5656114.5330 
4.Vujovic Veselin1947/125.30/29SRG 100.0215.0217.5100.00.569656.9651 
−Lollo Tuomo1953/126.90/4FIN 200.0210.0220.0disq.0.5681124.98 +

Best 10 Lifters by Wilks Points

RankNameBornTeamW.ClassRankB.WeightResultW.CoefW.Pts
Gold Prize by Relative Points1. Klinger Bradley1956U.S.America -125kg1121.10265.00.5737152.030
Silver Prize by Relative Points2. Miller Larry1954U.S.America -75kg174.20210.00.7179150.759
Bronze Prize by Relative Points3. Sitruk Claude1950France -67.5kg163.00182.50.8166149.030
4. Yokoyama Mutsuo1954Japan -82.5kg182.30220.00.6709147.598
5. Furmanek Jerzy1952Poland -100kg199.90232.50.6088141.546
6. Beeler Frank1953U.S.America 125+kg1148.90252.50.5539139.860
7. Tachibana Tadashi1949Japan -90kg188.90207.50.6424133.298
8. Vilppola Kari1955Finland -110kg1109.50222.50.5893131.119
9. Kanaya Takashi1948Japan -60kg159.00140.00.8662121.268
10. Hedlund Lars-Gunnar1955Sweden -56kg155.70112.50.9152102.960
Masters III
LiftersResultsWilks PointsRem.
#NameBorn/BW/LotTeamBP1BP2BP3BestW.CoefPointsRankDT
-56kg
1.Fushimi Hiraku1937/55.50/158JPN 110.0120.0125.0120.00.9184110.2114 
-60kg
1.Gallart Pierre1944/57.10/92FRA 122.5127.5132.5132.50.8934118.384 
2.Diepold Alexander1937/59.20/19GER 105.0110.0112.5110.00.863594.9832 
3.Iwakami Katsuo1943/58.50/53JPN 105.0107.5115.5107.50.873193.8633 
4.Tsukuda Tadakazu1944/59.30/60JPN 105.0105.0112.5105.00.862190.5236 
-67.5kg
1.Magome Toru1943/67.30/112JPN 160.0160.0167.5160.00.7729123.662 
2.Pellegrino Jules1943/67.10/178USA 132.5137.5140.0140.00.7747108.4616 
3.Shiraida Teruo1943/61.90/98JPN 127.5135.0137.5137.50.8293114.039 
4.Russo Jose1940/64.00/16FRA 125.0132.5137.5132.50.8057106.7618 
5.Pfaus Ludwig1942/66.50/111GER 120.0125.0125.0120.00.780493.6534 
−Zwick Ivan1939/66.30/170USA 132.5132.5137.5−0.7823−  
-75kg
1.Eriksson Allan1946/74.60/136SWE 155.0160.0162.5
165.0
162.50.7152116.226 
2.Lee Alexander1944/74.10/107GBR 150.0160.0160.0160.00.7186114.988 
3.Peschl Harald1945/74.80/166GER 145.0152.5152.5145.00.7139103.5221 
4.Kawashima Akira1936/70.90/33JPN 140.0140.0145.0140.00.7422103.9120 
5.Kumakura Hideo1936/74.10/94JPN 140.0140.0140.0140.00.7186100.6024 
 6.Lawson Mike1941/71.80/67USA 115.0122.5132.5132.50.735297.4127 
7.Pascal-Casas Reynaldo1944/73.30/135FRA 132.5137.5137.5132.50.724295.9630 
-82.5kg
1.Escolano Louis1945/81.60/46FRA 165.0170.0173.0
175.0
172.50.6744116.335 
2.Jorgensen Hans Jorgen1944/80.60/165DEN 150.0162.5170.0
w3173.5
170.00.6795115.527 
3.Lozano Rudy1939/81.60/69USA 165.0165.0175.0165.00.6744111.2813 
4.Maehara Makoto1944/81.20/22JPN 150.0155.0155.0150.00.6764101.4623 
−Eriksson Borje1942/79.30/103SWE 160.0165.0165.0−0.6865−  
−Debastian Emil1944/79.50/39GER 140.0140.0140.0−0.6854−  
−Kitano Toshio1946/81.70/153JPN 162.5162.5165.0−0.6739−  
-90kg
1.Phillips Bill1938/88.30/124USA 170.0175.0175.0
193.0
175.00.6447112.8210 
2.MacFayden William1934/85.80/37GBR 170.0170.0175.0170.00.6549111.3312 
3.White Terry1941/87.80/64USA 160.0160.0172.5160.00.6467103.4722 
4.Anderson Norman1934/87.20/51GBR 140.0145.0150.0140.00.649190.8735 
5.Kempen William1945/83.70/83RSA 125.0132.5137.5125.00.664283.0340 
-100kg
1.Kawabe Katsuji1942/93.00/126JPN 165.0172.5177.5177.50.6282111.5111 
2.Lebolay Marc1938/99.10/113FRA 175.0175.0180.0175.00.6108106.8917 
3.Helmich William1942/99.20/99USA 160.0162.5162.5160.00.610697.7026 
4.Bjaaland Peer1942/90.30/176NOR 152.5160.0160.0152.50.637397.1928 
5.Fell Gerd1938/91.10/73GER 152.5152.5160.0152.50.634596.7629 
6.Mattila Kari1945/92.20/35SWE 140.0150.0155.0140.00.630888.3137 
7.Waldeck Leif1939/98.50/139SWE 140.0140.0140.0140.00.612385.7238 
8.Feldmann Klaus1936/98.10/115SWE 120.0120.0120.0120.00.613473.6143 
-110kg
1.Tallman Clifford1943/108.60/25USA 185.0192.5192.5185.00.5909109.3215 
2.Nygard Kurt1946/104.30/163FIN 175.0175.0175.0175.00.5990104.8319 
3.Warren Anthony1946/105.90/47NZL 160.0160.0170.0160.00.595895.3331 
4.Smith Frederick1947/108.20/120GBR 140.0140.0145.0140.00.591682.8241 
−Vergnes-Blanquer Marc1939/103.80/26FRA 180.0180.0180.0−0.6000−  
−Evans Robert1946/103.50/50USA 182.5182.5182.5−0.6006−  
-125kg
1.Maliniemi Niilo1946/112.70/172SWE 222.5222.5222.5
230.0
222.50.5843130.011 
2.Nylund Christer1944/115.50/121FIN 210.0220.0220.0210.00.5804121.883 
3.Murray Marsh1940/118.60/105USA 160.0170.0170.0170.00.576598.0025 
125+kg
1.Sandelin Raimo1940/126.70/28FIN 150.0150.0150.0150.00.568385.2539 
2.Huberth Sven1943/126.70/66SWE 125.0145.0152.5145.00.568382.4042 

Best 10 Lifters by Wilks Points

RankNameBornTeamW.ClassRankB.WeightResultW.CoefW.Pts
Gold Prize by Relative Points1. Maliniemi Niilo1946Sweden -125kg1112.70222.50.5843130.007
Silver Prize by Relative Points2. Magome Toru1943Japan -67.5kg167.30160.00.7729123.664
Bronze Prize by Relative Points3. Gallart Pierre1944France -60kg157.10132.50.8934118.376
4. Escolano Louis1945France -82.5kg181.60172.50.6744116.334
5. Eriksson Allan1946Sweden -75kg174.60162.50.7152116.220
6. Phillips Bill1938U.S.America -90kg188.30175.00.6447112.823
7. Kawabe Katsuji1942Japan -100kg193.00177.50.6282111.505
8. Fushimi Hiraku1937Japan -56kg155.50120.00.9184110.208
9. Tallman Clifford1943U.S.America -110kg1108.60185.00.5909109.317
10. Sandelin Raimo1940Finland 125+kg1126.70150.00.568385.245