Konstantin Konstantinov

Friends, today Konstantin Konstantinov has passed away from his life a wonderful athlete and an idol of millions! WRPO expresses deep words of condolences to relatives and friends!

Konstantīns Konstantinovs (Russian: Константи́н Константи́нов, June 6, 1978 – October 28, 2018) was a Latvian Russian powerlifter. His raw deadlift of 426 kg (939.2 lb), set in 2009, was formerly the raw deadlift world record. Today, it is still the world record for the biggest raw deadlift without a belt in an official competition.

The official deadlift record is currently held by Eddie Hall with a lift of 500 kg (1,102.3 lb), set in 2016.

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Powerlifting career

Konstantinovs won the 2002 WPC Junior World Powerlifting Championships and the 2003 GPC World Powerlifting Championships both in the 125 kilograms (276 lb) weight class.

Konstantinovs finished third at the 2010 Champions Battle Raw Deadlift Challenge behind 3 time WPC World Champion and 2009 WPC Raw World Champion Andrey Belyaev and popular Russian strongman/Olympic weightlifter Mikhail Koklyaev on June 25, 2010 in Arhangelsk, Russia.

Konstantinovs won the 2011 WPC Raw World Powerlifting Championships title on Nov. 18, 2011 in Riga, Latvia in the 140 kilograms (310 lb) weight class with a 960 kilograms (2,120 lb) total. He also placed third at the 2009 WPC Raw World Championships in Rostov-na-Donu, Russia.

Private life

Konstantinovs worked as a professional bodyguard to earn his living.

On October 28th, 2018, it was reported among the powerlifting community that Konstantinovs died at the age of 40 due to unspecified causes. 

Personal Powerlifting Records

done in non-official competition (WPC/GPC)

• Raw Squat no knee wraps - 705.5 lbs (320.0 kg) @275 lb (125 kg) class
• Raw Squat with knee wraps - 738.5 lbs (335.0 kg) @308 lb (140 kg) class
• Raw Bench Press without belt - 584.2 lbs (265.0 kg) @275 lb (125 kg) class
• Equipped Deadlift with power suit - 948.0 lbs (430.0 kg) @275 lb (125 kg) class
• Raw Deadlift - 904.2 lbs (411.0 kg) @275 lb (125 kg) class
• Raw Deadlift without belt - 939.2 lbs (426.0 kg) @308 lb (140 kg) class

→ current all-time raw (unequipped) deadlift world records in the 308lb and 275lb class (open and drug-tested)

• Raw Powerlifting Total no knee wraps - 2171.6 lbs (705.5/584.2/881.9) @275 lb class/985.0 kg (320.0/265.0/400.0) @125 kg class
• Raw Powerlifting Total with knee wraps - 2217.9 lbs (727.5/551.2/939.2) @308 lb class/1006.0 kg (330.0/250.0/426.0) @140 kg class

→ current all-time drug-tested raw (unequipped) powerlifting total world records in the 308lb and 275lb class