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World Men's Open, Sub-Junior, Junior & Masters Equipped Bench Press Championships

Sun City / South Africa

20 − 27 May, 2023

Australia
Lifters
1.Pordel AbbasMasters 3-120kg
Austria
Lifters
1.Wetzstein ThomasMasters 1-93kg
2.Schmid KevinJuniors-83kg
3.Frasl AndreasOpen-66kg
4.Glueck MarkusOpen-120kg
Team Members
1.Schoergenhuber Andreas+Cat.II 
2.Demuth Lukas +Head Coach
3.Maier Sabrina +Assistant Coach
Brazil
Team Members
1.Costa Iolanda +Coach
2.Zolyome Luciano +Coach
3.Schmidt Gabriel +Coach
4.Silva Jr Marco Antonio +Coach
Cameroon
Lifters
1.Techap FongangOpen-74kg
Team Members
1.Bile Roger+Cat.II 
2.Yaho Calvin +Official
3.Tingounzeu Omer Gaston +Coach
4.Tchoumi Ngounou Duplexe +Assistant Coach
5.Fuya Tankeu Sam Roland +Assistant Coach
Canada
Lifters
1.Vezina MarcMasters 3-83kg
2.Royer DanielMasters 3-105kg
3.Flemming StephenMasters 3-105kg
4.Doelman NickMasters 2-120kg
5.Vandenburg SeanMasters 1-66kg
6.Vandenburg ZacharySubjuniors-53kg
7.Chuong BrianOpen-105kg
8.Arshadi ArshiaOpen-120kg
9.Martin ShaneOpen120+kg
10.Bentley GarrettOpen120+kg
Team Members
1.Martin Shane+Cat.I 
2.Bellingham Jason +Head Coach
3.Lacoursiere Gary +Assistant Coach
Costa Rica
Lifters
1.Velasquez HugoMasters 3120+kg
Croatia
Team Members
1.Krizan Sinisa +Head Coach
Czechia
Lifters
1.Hornik JiriMasters 4-105kg
2.Pinc JanMasters 2120+kg
3.Hornik JiriMasters 1-93kg
4.Hornik DavidJuniors-83kg
5.Martin RehakSubjuniors-74kg
6.Selinger MilanOpen-120kg
Team Members
1.Slanicka Petr +Head Coach
2.Lupac David +Head Coach
3.Hornik Jiri +Assistant Coach
Denmark
Lifters
1.Thyssing HansMasters 4-105kg
2.Salby KimMasters 3-105kg
3.Friche MadsOpen-83kg
4.Mainz JacobOpen-120kg
Team Members
1.Larsen Bjarte Vik +Head Coach
2.Stegelmann Jacob +Coach
3.Rames Maj +Assistant Coach
4.Pedersen Mads +Assistant Coach
5.Friche Mads +Assistant Coach
6.Mainz Jakob +Assistant Coach
7.Pretzmann Annemia +Assistant Coach
8.Herrmann Michael +Assistant Coach
9.Forsberg Kathrine +Assistant Coach
10.Salby Anne-Marie +Assistant Coach
Estonia
Lifters
1.Laurits MihkelMasters 4-120kg
Team Members
1.Laurits Kristel +Assistant Coach
Finland
Lifters
1.Flink SeppoMasters 4-66kg
2.Kemppainen MarkkuMasters 4-74kg
3.Hietanen IsmoMasters 3-74kg
4.Ahopelto VoittoMasters 3-83kg
5.Hartikainen VesaMasters 2-83kg
6.Wasenius KajMasters 2-105kg
7.Mattila KajMasters 2-120kg
8.Vaivila VilleMasters 1-66kg
9.Haapamaki JaniMasters 1-74kg
10.Sandvik KennethOpen120+kg
Team Members
1.Skogman Seija+Cat.II+Assistant Coach
2.Mattila Kaj +Head Coach
3.Finne Mats +Coach
4.Aalto Juha +Assistant Coach
5.Sodergard Rolf +Assistant Coach
6.Haapamaki Jani +Assistant Coach
7.Hollsten Kari +Assistant Coach
8.Haapamaki Milla +Assistant Coach
9.Kopola Hannu +Assistant Coach
10.Rinkinen Petri +Assistant Coach
11.Karhu Antti +Assistant Coach
12.Takkunen Markus +Assistant Coach
13.Kuronen Tuomas +Assistant Coach
14.Sanna Oksanen +Assistant Coach
15.Sandvik Marcela +Assistant Coach
16.Barlund Camilla +Assistant Coach
17.Sandvik Kenneth +Assistant Coach
France
Lifters
1.Courtehoux PierreMasters 4-93kg
2.Deconinck ErickMasters 3-93kg
3.Eldin VincentMasters 2-74kg
4.Pinguet CyrilMasters 2-83kg
5.Suc LionelMasters 1-83kg
Team Members
1.Dufour Greg+Cat.I 
2.de Puytorac Xavier+Cat.I 
3.Dufour Gregory +Head Coach
4.Berot Stephane +Coach
5.Robineau Joel +Assistant Coach
6.Terii Ellie +Assistant Coach
Georgia
Team Members
1.Kvikvinia Elguja+Cat.II+Head Coach
2.Bezhashvili Tsotne +Coach
Germany
Lifters
1.Baumeister GerhardMasters 4-83kg
2.Haensicke PeerMasters 3-93kg
3.Paul HaraldMasters 3120+kg
4.Staegemann MikeMasters 2-66kg
5.Schnurr MarioMasters 2-105kg
6.Roesler RicardoMasters 1-93kg
7.Barthel FrankMasters 1-120kg
8.Gross ReneMasters 1120+kg
9.David MattiJuniors-83kg
10.Opitz VincentJuniors-93kg
11.Sester SvenSubjuniors-83kg
12.Guenterberg RaikOpen-83kg
13.Hochlov AlexOpen-93kg
14.Bessler FelixOpen-120kg
Team Members
1.Klawitter-Thomsen Kerstin+Cat.I 
2.Platzer Helmuth+Cat.II 
3.Herder Sandrino +Head Coach
4.Speth Eva +Official
5.Schnurr Mario +Coach
6.Platzer Helmuth +Coach
7.Gross Rene +Assistant Coach
8.Staegemann Maik +Assistant Coach
9.Guenterberg Raik +Assistant Coach
10.Bessler Felix +Assistant Coach
11.Michl Willi +Assistant Coach
12.Nerb Franz +Assistant Coach
13.Haug Georg +Assistant Coach
14.Cichon Susann +Assistant Coach
15.Korell Thomas +Assistant Coach
16.Wieninger Werner +Assistant Coach
17.Pfeiffer Ina +Assistant Coach-Athlete
18.Menzel Uli +Assistant Coach-Athlete
19.Kluwe Jan +Assistant Coach-Athlete
20.Staegemann Maja +Assistant Coach-Athlete
21.Mueller Sven +Assistant Coach-Athlete
22.Wolff Jannik +Assistant Coach-Athlete
23.Bethge Ruediger +Assistant Coach-Athlete
24.Scheu Gabriela +Assistant Coach-Athlete
25.Wollny Christian +Assistant Coach-Athlete
Great Britain
Lifters
1.McGauley DanielSOI-59kg
2.Cowan StewartMasters 3-120kg
3.Peskett StuartMasters 2-83kg
4.Ball DarrenMasters 2120+kg
5.Simon ScottMasters 1-120kg
6.Gardner AngusJuniors-105kg
7.Duarte HugoOpen-93kg
8.Shaw JosephOpen-105kg
9.Gibson MichaelOpen-105kg
Team Members
1.Marshal Martin +Head Coach
2.Wray Sheridan +Head Coach
3.Foran Paul +Coach
4.Brignall Matt +Coach
5.Brincat-Smith James +Coach
6.Coggle Craig +Coach
7.McGuiness Wesley +Coach
8.Macpherson Charlotte +Coach
9.Gardner Angus +Assistant Coach
10.Peskett Stuart +Assistant Coach
11.Elder Lauren +Assistant Coach
12.Gorden Maureen +Assistant Coach
Hungary
Team Members
1.Janos Bajan+Cat.I 
2.Kromek Andras +Head Coach
3.Lorand Berke +Official
4.Agnes Szabo +Assistant Coach
5.Janos Cserna +Assistant Coach
6.Kornel Schauer +Assistant Coach
India
Lifters
1.Saha Nirmal KumarMasters 4-83kg
2.Sharma Deepak ShreenathMasters 2120+kg
3.Kuldeep DandotiyaJuniors120+kg
4.Monish ChakravartiSubjuniors-120kg
Team Members
1.P J Joseph+Cat.I+Official
2.Smita Deepak Sharma +Assistant Coach
Iran
Lifters
1.Mesforoosh Amir RezaOpen-74kg
Team Members
1.Soltani Farshid+Cat.I+IPF Official
Ivory Coast
Team Members
1.Fezan Bi Tiana Kouassi Gustave +Head Coach
Japan
Lifters
1.Takahashi SeiichiroMasters 4-59kg
2.Kitamura HiroyukiMasters 3-59kg
3.Hashimoto MasatoMasters 3-66kg
4.Sakai TomotakaMasters 3-83kg
5.Akiyama KatsumiMasters 3-105kg
6.Takatori MakotoMasters 3-105kg
7.Yoshino KojiMasters 2-59kg
8.Yoshimoto HirohideMasters 2-59kg
9.Kametani MitsuoMasters 2-74kg
10.Ametani ShigeakiMasters 2-93kg
11.Takemura AkihisaMasters 2-105kg
12.Noda ToshihikoMasters 1-59kg
13.Ishikawa TakuyaMasters 1-66kg
14.Amakawa AkinoriMasters 1-66kg
15.Matsuoka YoshiakiMasters 1-74kg
16.Araki KosukeMasters 1-83kg
17.Goto TakashiMasters 1-83kg
18.Sato YukiMasters 1-93kg
19.Hirakawa YukiJuniors-59kg
20.Kojima HiromuJuniors-66kg
21.Honda FutaJuniors-93kg
22.Kinoshita KantaJuniors-120kg
23.Kojima YukiSubjuniors-74kg
24.Yazawa KonosukeSubjuniors-93kg
25.Tamura YoOpen-59kg
26.Fukuda MasashiOpen-66kg
27.Kawashima TatsuyaOpen-66kg
28.Kodama DaikiOpen-83kg
29.Yamashita YasukiOpen-93kg
30.Hasegawa NaokiOpen-105kg
31.Kase SatoshiOpen-120kg
32.Uemura KazuhoOpen120+kg
Team Members
1.Sawa Chiyomi+Cat.II+Coach
2.Fujita Yuji +Head Coach
3.Sato Yuki +Head Coach
4.Honda Futa +Coach
5.Takahashi Yuji +Coach
6.Hirakawa Yuki +Coach
7.Kojima Yuki +Coach
8.Mizoguchi Kumi +Coach
9.Sakaguchi Airi +Coach
10.Komine Koyo +Coach
11.Kawakami Kyoji +Coach
12.Kodama Daiki +Coach
13.Nishikawa Akiko +Coach
14.Hasegawa Naoki +Coach
15.Ishii Kyoko +Coach
16.Ishibashi Akane +Coach
17.Kinoshita Kanta +Coach
18.Fujiyama Mikako +Coach
19.Hashimoto Masato +Coach
20.Ando Hisako +Coach
21.Hashimoto Misaki +Coach
22.Kikuchi Miyabi +Coach
23.Suzuki Hideko +Coach
24.Kume Ryohei +Coach
25.Goto Mahiro +Coach
26.Sakata Namiko +Coach
27.Ito Yumiko +Coach
28.Iida Noriko +Coach
29.Takatori Makoto +Coach
30.Akagawa Tomoko +Coach
31.Kojima Hiromu +Coach
32.Kametani Mitsuo +Coach
33.Ishikawa Takuya +Coach
34.Araki Kosuke +Coach
35.Horiguchi Yosuke +Coach
36.Goto Takashi +Coach
37.Fukudau Masashi +Coach
38.Kushino Shigeki +Coach
39.Iwamoto Sachiko +Coach
40.Amakawa Akinori +Coach
41.Kase Satoshi +Coach
42.Akiyama Katsumi +Coach
43.Kawashima Tatsuya +Coach
44.Hoshita Chizuko +Coach
45.Ito Takahiro +Coach
46.Nobuhara Hideyuki +Coach
47.Ametani Shigeaki +Coach
48.Matsuoka Yoshiaki +Coach
49.Sato Tosiyuki +Coach
50.Sakai Tomotaka +Coach
51.Sakai Tomohiro +Coach
52.Ohira Tomoharu +Coach
53.Kitamura Hiroyuki +Coach
54.Mizoo Motohiro +Coach
55.Noda Toshihiko +Coach
56.Hashimoto Yoshiyuki +Coach
57.Takahashi Seiichiro +Coach
58.Takahashi Shinichiro +Coach
59.Tamura You +Coach
60.Yoshino Koji +Coach
61.Tsushima Ayane +Coach
62.Tokutake Megumi +Coach
63.Yamashita Takuya +Coach
64.Yamashita Yasuki +Coach
65.Watanabe Susumu +Coach
66.Uemura Kazuho +Coach
67.Takemura Akihisa +Coach
68.Tsushima Mitsumi +Coach
69.Yazawa Konosuke +Coach
70.Yoshimoto Hirohide +Coach
Luxembourg
Team Members
1.Parage Gaston+Cat.I+IPF Official
Mongolia
Lifters
1.Shagdar PerenleiMasters 4-66kg
2.Purev BayarMasters 3-74kg
3.Zundui DorjMasters 3-83kg
4.Khuujii AmarsanaaMasters 2-74kg
5.Ichinnorov TeskhuuMasters 2-105kg
6.Tserendamba BayarkhuuMasters 2-120kg
7.Bazarsuren UurtsaikhMasters 2-120kg
8.Baljinnyam BatsaikhanMasters 1-74kg
9.Ganjuur GantugsMasters 1-83kg
10.Lkhagvajav BarkhasbaatarMasters 1-105kg
11.Odsuren TurboldJuniors-59kg
12.Chuluunbat TserenbatJuniors-74kg
13.Amgalanbaatar AmartaivanOpen-59kg
14.Batbold DulguunOpen-83kg
15.Batgerel BayarbaatarOpen-83kg
16.Batsukh GansukhOpen-93kg
17.Dashzegve TumenjargalOpen-105kg
18.Shuurai ChanravOpen-120kg
19.Odontungalag MunkhbatOpen120+kg
20.Bataa ChimidtserenOpen120+kg
Team Members
1.Dash Battulga+Cat.II 
2.Dash Battulga +Head Coach
3.Purevjav Khajidmaa +Official
4.Khuder Enkhbold +Coach
Netherlands
Lifters
1.Asrian ArtakMasters 1-83kg
Team Members
1.van den Hoek Pjotr+Cat.I+IPF Official
2.Ergin Kemal +Coach
3.Lee Marco +Coach
4.Hammang Alain +Coach
5.Asrian David +Coach
6.van der Mee Carola +Coach
7.van der Struis William +Coach
New Zealand
Team Members
1.Cain Ruby +Assistant Coach
2.McIntee Chris +Assistant Coach
3.Poli Teresa +Assistant Coach
4.Kerr-Phillips Sharon +Assistant Coach
5.Evans Delwyn +Assistant Coach
6.Bentley Garrett +Assistant Coach
Norway
Lifters
1.Eriksen RogerMasters 3-105kg
2.Fjeld Per OivindMasters 3-120kg
3.Lorentzen Ove HenningMasters 2-83kg
4.Hellerud Alf IvarMasters 2-93kg
5.Skundberg VetleJuniors-93kg
6.Myrvang Fredrik EskilOpen-59kg
7.Hole Per MariusOpen-120kg
Team Members
1.Fjeld Per Oivind+Cat.I+Head Coach
2.McColl Alastair +Head Coach
3.Gundersen Kim +Assistant Coach
4.Myrvang Fredrik +Assistant Coach
Poland
Lifters
1.Zelazko BartoszMasters 2-74kg
2.Nocek GrzegorzMasters 2-93kg
3.Debicki TomaszMasters 1-83kg
4.Walczak ErykMasters 1-105kg
5.Debicki RadoslawJuniors-66kg
6.Perlik KrzysztofJuniors-74kg
7.Zastawny MaciejJuniors-83kg
8.Krolik JakubJuniors-120kg
9.Lewczyk FilipJuniors120+kg
10.Zalewski RafalOpen-93kg
Team Members
1.Znojek Arkadiusz+Cat.I+Head Coach
2.Nocek Grzegorz+Cat.I+Coach
3.Janaszek Szymon +Assistant Coach
4.Zajac Andrzej +Assistant Coach
Slovakia
Lifters
1.Kolsovsky StefanMasters 3-59kg
2.Mihok AntonMasters 3-74kg
Team Members
1.Knasinsky Lukas +Coach
South Africa
Lifters
1.de Nysschen TommieMasters 3-74kg
2.Schoonraad ChristoMasters 3-105kg
3.van der Linde GlenMasters 2-74kg
4.de Beer HermanusMasters 2-120kg
5.Smith GysMasters 2120+kg
6.Crain JohnMasters 2120+kg
7.Masson CraigMasters 1-120kg
8.Breetzke SimonMasters 1120+kg
9.van der Linde RubenOpen-74kg
10.Vorster MarcelOpen-74kg
11.Smedley DeonOpen-93kg
12.Ayekpa ArchieOpen-93kg
13.van Wyk DerikOpen-105kg
Team Members
1.Smith Hannie+Cat.I+Official
2.Leighton Heather+Cat.I+Official
3.Oppenheim Dan+Cat.I+Coach
4.Rees Jacqui+Cat.I+Coach
5.Ludik Andre +Head Coach
6.de Wet Henk +Coach
7.Leighton Megan +Coach
8.de Wet Laura +Coach
9.Anthony Rodney +Coach
10.Maritz Ilze-Mari +Coach
11.du Toit Chantelle +Coach
12.Barry Elisabeth +Coach
13.Crain John +Assistant Coach
14.Bekker Matt +Assistant Coach
15.Anthony Carol +Assistant Coach
16.Anthony Andrew +Assistant Coach
17.Kriel Antoinette +Assistant Coach
Sweden
Lifters
1.Ring TomasMasters 3-83kg
2.Siltanen JukkaMasters 2-74kg
3.Sandstrom RickardMasters 2-83kg
4.Holmgren MarcusMasters 1-74kg
5.Sandstrom ArvidJuniors-74kg
6.Warnquist DavidJuniors-105kg
7.Wang JoakimOpen-93kg
8.Dahlkvist OliverOpen-105kg
9.Mirblom RasmusOpen120+kg
Team Members
1.Langva Anett+Cat.I 
2.Olsson Lars-Gunnar+Cat.I 
3.Nilsson Per +Head Coach
4.Selberg Amit +Head Coach
5.Lind Andreas +Head Coach
6.Bjork Oscar +Coach
7.Ring Tomas +Coach
8.Langva Anett +Coach
9.Hoglund Johan +Assistant Coach
10.Mirblom Rasmus +Assistant Coach
11.Langva Selberg Mario Michael +Assistant Coach
Syria
Team Members
1.Mohamad Ziad+Cat.II+Head Coach
2.Almasri Hasan +Coach
U.S.America
Lifters
1.Sides DanielMasters 3-74kg
2.Rodriguez MichaelMasters 3-74kg
3.Rosenzweig DanaMasters 3-93kg
4.Cencich ThomasMasters 3-93kg
5.Keller RobertMasters 3120+kg
6.Petrencak SteveMasters 2-66kg
7.Thacker WilliamMasters 2-105kg
8.Ferrantelli MikeMasters 2-120kg
9.Hanifen LukeMasters 1-83kg
10.Mamola AdamOpen-93kg
11.Brown AustinOpen-105kg
Team Members
1.Keller Robert+Cat.I 
2.Nagata Claudia A+Cat.I 
3.Petrencak Steve +Head Coach
4.Ferrantelli Mike +Coach
5.Miner Yoli +Coach
6.Mamola Adam +Coach
7.Reale Gary +Coach
8.Walter Chris +Coach
9.Ferrantelli Kelly +Coach
10.Ross Jason +Coach
11.Kummer Jordan +Coach
12.Sides Daniel +Coach
13.Cencich Thomas +Coach
14.Patrick Colton +Coach
15.Brown Austin +Coach
16.Rodriguez Michael +Coach
17.Thacker William +Coach
18.Bennett Kenneth +Coach
19.Losa Jonathan +Coach
20.Rosenzweig Dana +Assistant Coach
US Virgin Islands
Team Members
1.Parks Garmez +Official
2..parks Garmez +Coach
Ukraine
Lifters
1.Chuprynko IvanOpen-74kg
2.Balenkov AndriiOpen-83kg
Team Members
1.Bazaiev Sirazhutdin+Cat.I+Official
2.Naleykin Viktor +Head Coach
3.Orobets Vasyl +Coach
Summary Table
Number of LiftersWorld Women's Open, Sub-Junior, Junior & Masters Classic Bench Press Championships134
World Men's Open, Sub-Junior, Junior & Masters Classic Bench Press Championships267
World Women's Open, Sub-Junior, Junior & Masters Equipped Bench Press Championships80
World Men's Open, Sub-Junior, Junior & Masters Equipped Bench Press Championships178
Persons as …Referee13
Representative225
Referee & Representative16
All Together913