Gavin Adin is no stranger to the International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) squat world record in the 93KG class. He took it back at the 2024 North American Powerlifting Federation (NAPF) North American Championships (NAC) in Scottsdale, AZ.
Adin was the 2021 IPF Junior world champion, winning convincingly and breaking the Junior bench press world record along the way. He moved to the Open class in 2022 and has taken many single-lift medals, but he still seeks his first overall podium.
In Scottsdale, Adin squatted the record for his second attempt, but the referees rejected it for insufficient depth. The referees also rejected his subsequent squat at 341 kilograms in a split two-to-one decision. However, after lengthy deliberations, the jury reversed the decision and awarded Adin the squat.
Adin employed knee sleeves and a lifting belt to assist him in the squat but no other supportive equipment. The ascent was a grind, but he locked it out successfully to claim the record.
Adin first broke this world record at the 2024 Sheffield Powerlifting Championships (SPC), SBD Apparel’s big money meet in the UK. He broke it first with 331.5 kilograms, only to lose it to Carlos Petterson-Griffiths immediately afterward. Adin’s final attempt at 337 kilograms took the record back. Petterson-Griffiths reclaimed it with 337.5 kilograms at the 2024 IPF Classic World Championships in Druskininkai, Lithuania.
That wasn’t the only record Adin broke at the NAC on Aug. 9, 2024: the total world record also fell. It had previously stood at 895 kilograms and belonged to Sweden’s Gustav Hedlund, who set it en route to victory at the 2024 SPC. Adin exceeded it with his second deadlift to achieve a total of 896 kilograms. With his final deadlift, he extended it to 901 kilograms.
Adin wrote in an Instagram caption that he is the first 93KG class lifter to break through the 900-kilogram barrier in IPF history. However, the OpenIPF website lists Jesse Norris achieving 914 kilograms in 2014 at a state-level meet with United States Powerlifting (USAPL) when USAPL was the US affiliate of the IPF. Norris couldn’t claim the world record at the state championships since they can only be broken at international meets.
2024 NAPF North American Powerlifting Championships Results — Gavin Adin, 93KG
- Squat
- 310 kilograms
341 kilograms- 341 kilograms — IPF Open World Record
- Bench Press
- 202.5 kilograms
- 217.5 kilograms
- 222.5 kilograms
- Deadlift
- 295 kilograms
- 332.5 kilograms
- 337.5 kilograms
- Total — 901 kilograms — IPF Open World Record
The 2024 Powerlifting America Raw Nationals will be Adin’s next meet. He faces the tough challenge of making the international team, though, as Brandon Pitre, Jonathan Cayco, and JamaRR Royster will all compete to be the Team USA representative in the 93KG class.
Featured image: @theipf on Instagram
