Kasey Crowe squatting at an American Powerlifting Federation event, Keesler Air Force Base, 2012

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    Challenge de Louviers 2025 results

    October 12, 2025France9 elite lifters

    Illustrative photo · APF competition, Keesler, 2012 — not this meet
    Photo: Kemberly Groue / U.S. Air Force · Public domain · Source · Display cropped; original linked.

    9 elite raw lifters (8 men, 1 women) competed at this meet, with an average score of 432.6 DOTS. The best performance relative to bodyweight came from Valentin Pons, who totalled 1,642.4 lbs (745 kg) at 203.7 lbs (92.4 kg) bodyweight (475.5 DOTS).

    Meet at a glance

    Raw full-power lifters

    47

    All entrants, not only elite

    Bombed out

    0

    No valid total

    Attempts made

    74%

    311 of 419

    Avg. total for 3rd place

    1,029.9 lbs

    Across weight classes

    Best lifter

    Highest DOTS score of the meet, all weight classes combined.

    Men

    Valentin Pons

    1,642.4 lbs (745 kg) total · 475.5 DOTS

    Women

    Valentine Carriere

    925.9 lbs (420 kg) total · 454.5 DOTS

    Heaviest lifts of the meet

    Squat

    1. 1. Valentin Pons628.3 lbs
    2. 2. Ronan Beauvais573.2 lbs
    3. 3. Antonin Freland Liberce540.1 lbs

    Bench press

    1. 1. Jean Guillaume Dioscoride396.8 lbs
    2. 2. Samvel Shushanyan369.3 lbs
    3. 3. Valentin Pons358.3 lbs

    Deadlift

    1. 1. Valentin Pons655.9 lbs
    2. 2. David Chauvel617.3 lbs
    3. 3. Matéo Soares617.3 lbs

    Podiums by weight class

    Top three totals in each class, all age divisions combined. Official placings may differ by division.

    Women up to 115 lbs (52 kg)

    2 lifters

    1. Elona Ollivier496 lbs
    2. Flavie Falaize496 lbs

    Women up to 126 lbs (57 kg)

    1 lifter

    1. Célia Crison-Gapaillard716.5 lbs

    Women up to 139 lbs (63 kg)

    3 lifters

    1. Valentine Carriere925.9 lbs
    2. Manon Duhamel628.3 lbs
    3. Zoé Burdin De Saint Martin567.7 lbs

    Women up to 152 lbs (69 kg)

    3 lifters

    1. Julie Duchene870.8 lbs
    2. Nathalie Bonnet821.2 lbs
    3. Rose Mandeville738.5 lbs

    Women up to 168 lbs (76 kg)

    1 lifter

    1. Marine Arrondeau666.9 lbs

    Men up to 146 lbs (66 kg)

    3 lifters

    1. Nolan Horlaville1,267.7 lbs
    2. Théo Larchier997.6 lbs
    3. Marc Henry755.1 lbs

    Men up to 163 lbs (74 kg)

    7 lifters

    1. Baptiste Tailpied1,295.2 lbs
    2. Merlin Bouvry1,245.6 lbs
    3. Mathéo Mercier1,162.9 lbs

    Men up to 183 lbs (83 kg)

    11 lifters

    1. Ben Ismael Kouakou1,388.9 lbs
    2. Lucas Cord'Homme1,344.8 lbs
    3. Loan Losset1,322.8 lbs

    Men up to 205 lbs (93 kg)

    9 lifters

    1. Valentin Pons1,642.4 lbs
    2. David Chauvel1,444 lbs
    3. Bastien Frary1,300.7 lbs

    Men up to 231 lbs (105 kg)

    6 lifters

    1. Ronan Beauvais1,521.2 lbs
    2. Samvel Shushanyan1,471.6 lbs
    3. Matéo Soares1,361.4 lbs

    Men 265+ lbs (120+ kg)

    1 lifter

    1. Jean Guillaume Dioscoride1,455 lbs

    Elite men results

    Best squat, bench press and deadlift of the day, in pounds (kg in brackets). Total = sum of the three lifts. PR = lifetime competition best set at this meet.

    AthleteClassPlaceSquat / Bench / DeadliftTotalDOTS
    Valentin Pons · France205 lbs (93 kg)1628.3 lbs / 358.3 lbs / 655.9 lbs1,642.4 lbs (745 kg)475.5
    Nolan Horlaville · France145.5 lbs (66 kg)1451.9 lbs / 292.1 lbs / 523.6 lbs1,267.7 lbs (575 kg)452.0
    Ben Ismael Kouakou · France183 lbs (83 kg)1518.1 lbs / 275.6 lbs / 595.2 lbs1,388.9 lbs (630 kg)429.5
    Baptiste Tailpied · France163.1 lbs (74 kg)1457.5 lbs / 330.7 lbs / 507.1 lbs1,295.2 lbs (587.5 kg)429.2
    David Chauvel · FrancePR205 lbs (93 kg)1540.1 lbs / 286.6 lbs / 617.3 lbs1,444 lbs (655 kg)426.4
    Ronan Beauvais · France231.5 lbs (105 kg)1573.2 lbs / 341.7 lbs / 606.3 lbs1,521.2 lbs (690 kg)422.9
    Merlin Bouvry · FrancePR163.1 lbs (74 kg)1446.4 lbs / 286.6 lbs / 512.6 lbs1,245.6 lbs (565 kg)411.6
    Téo Ciret · France183 lbs (83 kg)3446.4 lbs / 303.1 lbs / 518.1 lbs1,267.7 lbs (575 kg)392.1

    Elite women results

    Best squat, bench press and deadlift of the day, in pounds (kg in brackets). Total = sum of the three lifts. PR = lifetime competition best set at this meet.

    AthleteClassPlaceSquat / Bench / DeadliftTotalDOTS
    Valentine Carriere · France138.9 lbs (63 kg)1330.7 lbs / 170.9 lbs / 424.4 lbs925.9 lbs (420 kg)454.5

    How this edition compares

    3 editions of Challenge de Louviers in our data.

    20252024
    Elite lifters95
    All raw lifters4739
    Best DOTS475.5443.5
    Attempts made74%73%
    Avg. total for 3rd place1,029.9 lbs943.4 lbs

    Highest total across all editions: 1,648 lbs (747.5 kg) by Giovanni Salamon in 2026.

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