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Powerlifting made headlines in 2017, thanks to Matthew Yap who broke the World’s Squat Record and made many Singaporean proud. When did Powerlifting make such an impact as a sport and who was the first World Record Holder in Singapore?

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The first Singapore powerlifter to break a world record was Marcus Yap during the 2015 World Championships in Salo Finland. Yap broke the deadlift World record with a 223 kg (491 lb) deadlift in the U59kg Junior Class.

In June 2017, Matthew Yap broke the world squat record at his first-ever world tournament at the World Classic Powerlifting Championships in Minsk, Belarus. Matthew is coach by his brother Marcus Ya, a two-time world record holder, who lifted 208kg on his last attempt to break the world mark of 207.5kg, set by Swede Eddie Berglund in Texas in 2016.

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In the Asia Classic Powerlifting Championships 2017 in India, Marcus clinched the squat (196kg), bench (117.5kg) and deadlift (222.5kg) golds, combining for a Junior (from 19 to 23-year-old) world record total of 536kg. His younger brother Matthew swept the squat (197kg), bench (123kg) and deadlift (210kg) gold medals. He also earned the overall gold medal and set a new Asian sub-junior record total of 530kg.

We’ve compiled a list, featuring some of the best Powerlifters from Singapore that has won on the international stage and some won the respect of many others in the Powerlifting scene.