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

    VGPF

    Vlaams Kampioenschap - Powerlifting & Bench Press - Classic & Equipped 2018 results

    September 22, 2018Belgium9 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 (7 men, 2 women) competed at this meet, with an average score of 401.7 DOTS. The best performance relative to bodyweight came from Rob Esselens, who totalled 1,526.7 lbs (692.5 kg) at 199.5 lbs (90.5 kg) bodyweight (446.5 DOTS).

    Meet at a glance

    Raw full-power lifters

    40

    All entrants, not only elite

    Bombed out

    1

    No valid total

    Attempts made

    —

    Attempts not published

    Avg. total for 3rd place

    1,042.8 lbs

    Across weight classes

    Best lifter

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

    Men

    Rob Esselens

    1,526.7 lbs (692.5 kg) total · 446.5 DOTS

    Women

    Sahyuri Lalime

    843.3 lbs (382.5 kg) total · 414.6 DOTS

    Heaviest lifts of the meet

    Squat

    1. 1. Gunnar De Vadder573.2 lbs
    2. 2. Rob Esselens556.7 lbs
    3. 3. Jochen Strubbe512.6 lbs

    Bench press

    1. 1. Gunnar De Vadder490.5 lbs
    2. 2. Andrew Rubinstein369.3 lbs
    3. 3. Rob Esselens363.8 lbs

    Deadlift

    1. 1. Marc Vandewiele628.3 lbs
    2. 2. Gunnar De Vadder617.3 lbs
    3. 3. Rob Esselens606.3 lbs

    Podiums by weight class

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

    Women up to 126 lbs (57 kg)

    1 lifter

    1. Lise Van Oost440.9 lbs

    Women up to 139 lbs (63 kg)

    3 lifters

    1. Sahyuri Lalime843.3 lbs
    2. Anne Daineffe782.6 lbs
    3. Jessica DeSousa683.4 lbs

    Women up to 159 lbs (72 kg)

    1 lifter

    1. Rebecca Neal644.9 lbs

    Women up to 185 lbs (84 kg)

    2 lifters

    1. Yinthe Poels633.8 lbs
    2. Kristin Thorvaldsen633.8 lbs

    Women 185+ lbs (84+ kg)

    1 lifter

    1. Klomkliang Phattaraporn766.1 lbs

    Men up to 146 lbs (66 kg)

    2 lifters

    1. Bjorn Marien1,052.7 lbs
    2. Davigno Vancompenolle859.8 lbs

    Men up to 163 lbs (74 kg)

    4 lifters

    1. Rik De Grauwe1,091.3 lbs
    2. Bertrand Rongé881.8 lbs
    3. Ruben Coorevits848.8 lbs

    Men up to 183 lbs (83 kg)

    9 lifters

    1. Stanislas Denijs1,311.7 lbs
    2. Yannick Gillemot1,185 lbs
    3. William Ransschaert1,069.2 lbs

    Men up to 205 lbs (93 kg)

    6 lifters

    1. Rob Esselens1,526.7 lbs
    2. Lieven De Saedeleer1,399.9 lbs
    3. Jochen Strubbe1,350.3 lbs

    Men up to 231 lbs (105 kg)

    8 lifters

    1. Marc Vandewiele1,388.9 lbs
    2. Sven Laenen1,273.2 lbs
    3. Yannick Verbinnen1,262.1 lbs

    Men 265+ lbs (120+ kg)

    2 lifters

    1. Gunnar De Vadder1,681 lbs
    2. Thomas Den Haese942.5 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
    Rob Esselens · Belgium205 lbs (93 kg)1556.7 lbs / 363.8 lbs / 606.3 lbs1,526.7 lbs (692.5 kg)446.5
    Gunnar De Vadder · BelgiumPRNaN lbs (NaN kg)1573.2 lbs / 490.5 lbs / 617.3 lbs1,681 lbs (762.5 kg)414.6
    Lieven De Saedeleer · BelgiumPR205 lbs (93 kg)2485 lbs / 363.8 lbs / 551.2 lbs1,399.9 lbs (635 kg)405.3
    Andrew Rubinstein · Belgium205 lbs (93 kg)3446.4 lbs / 369.3 lbs / 529.1 lbs1,344.8 lbs (610 kg)398.8
    Jochen Strubbe · Belgium205 lbs (93 kg)1512.6 lbs / 297.6 lbs / 540.1 lbs1,350.3 lbs (612.5 kg)393.9
    Marc Vandewiele · BelgiumPR231.5 lbs (105 kg)1485 lbs / 275.6 lbs / 628.3 lbs1,388.9 lbs (630 kg)389.0
    Rik De Grauwe · BelgiumPR163.1 lbs (74 kg)1363.8 lbs / 292.1 lbs / 435.4 lbs1,091.3 lbs (495 kg)368.9

    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
    Sahyuri Lalime · USA138.9 lbs (63 kg)1308.6 lbs / 159.8 lbs / 374.8 lbs843.3 lbs (382.5 kg)414.6
    Anne Daineffe · Belgium138.9 lbs (63 kg)2286.6 lbs / 181.9 lbs / 314.2 lbs782.6 lbs (355 kg)383.7

    How this edition compares

    8 editions of Vlaams Kampioenschap - Powerlifting & Bench Press - Classic & Equipped in our data.

    20182017
    Elite lifters97
    All raw lifters4032
    Best DOTS446.5453.8
    Avg. total for 3rd place1,042.8 lbs1,155.2 lbs

    Highest total across all editions: 1,929 lbs (875 kg) by Steve Ringoot in 2022.

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