Andy Bolton

Andrew Bolton (born 22 January 1970) is an English powerlifter and strongman who was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire. He is the first man to deadlift 1000 lbs/453.6 kg, doing so in 2006.

Career
Bolton won his first powerlifting competition in 1991 when he was twenty-one years of age, at a local powerlifting event called the BAWLA Yorkshire Junior Championships. Bolton has since competed in the WPO/WPC. He is the current World Powerlifting Organization "world record holder" in the total (1273 kg/2806 lb). Bolton also holds the current WPO world records in the squat (550.5 kg/1213 lb) and was the previous holder of the deadlift (457.5 kg/1008.6 lb), and was the first to demonstrate a deadlift of over a thousand pounds.

Bolton has also competed in strongman contests. His strongman accomplishments include placing fifth in the 2002 Arnold Strongman Classic.

Powerlifting official competition records:

equipped


 * Squat - 1213 lbs/550.5 kg (multi ply)
 * Squat - 838 lbs/380 kg (single ply)
 * Bench Press - 727.5 lbs/330 kg (multi ply)
 * Bench Press - 600.8 lbs/272.5 kg (single ply)
 * Deadlift - 1008.6 lbs/457.5 kg (multi ply)

raw
 * Bench Press - 490.5 lbs/222.5 kg (raw)
 * Deadlift - 964.5 lbs/437.5 kg (raw)

Deadlift
Bolton is best known for being the first man to lift a 1000 lbs/453.6 kg deadlift (equipped) in a powerlifting competition. He first pulled 1003.1 lbs/455 kg at 2006 World Championships - WPO Semi-Finals, USA and then bettered it with 1008.6 lbs/457.5 kg at 2009 South East Qualifier and Novice Bash, England. He was not surpassed until 2011 when Benedikt Magnússon deadlifted 1015 lbs/460.4 kg raw.

Bolton appeared in October 2010 at Elizabethtown High School at "The Night of the Living Dead" deadlift competition where he deadlifted 964.5 lbs raw in only a pair of pants and a striking pair of socks.

In 2012, Bolton published a deadlift training book Deadlift Dynamite in collaboration with Pavel Tsatsouline.