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2009 Male Bencher of the Year

Submitted by Staff on December 22, 2009 - 11:08am.

Allen Baria

3% (29 votes)

Anton Kraft

2% (16 votes)

Daisuke Midote

1% (10 votes)

Jason Coker

0% (3 votes)

Jay Fry

3% (26 votes)

Jason Coker

0% (3 votes)

Joe Mazza

5% (51 votes)

John Bogart

3% (25 votes)

Laszlo Meszaros

29% (279 votes)

Mark Bell

5% (43 votes)

Markus Schick

2% (22 votes)

Mike Womack

2% (21 votes)

Roy Holte

9% (85 votes)

Ryan Celli

3% (27 votes)

Scot Mendelson

10% (90 votes)

Scott Rowe

1% (11 votes)

Shawn Frankl

13% (121 votes)

Tiny Meeker

3% (30 votes)

Toshihiko Noda

0% (4 votes)

Vladimir Volkov

5% (45 votes)

Yuji Watanabe

1% (5 votes)

Total votes: 946

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Submitted by Swedish Dude (not verified) on December 23, 2009 - 5:44am. » quote

Fredrik Smulter won the European championships and the World championships in SHW (IPF) 2009. He is my choice.

Submitted by kjellberg2 on December 23, 2009 - 7:28am. » quote

Where is Fredrik Smulter? Horrible mistake that his name is not on the list!

Submitted by Staff on December 23, 2009 - 8:30am. » quote

kjellberg2 wrote:

Where is Fredrik Smulter? Horrible mistake that his name is not on the list!

A very good choice. But Smulter was beaten for Worlds best lifter by Schick and did not hit a World Record unlike the remainder of the IPF benchers on the list. Unfortunately, he also didn't get the chance to compete at the Arnold.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on December 23, 2009 - 10:19am. » quote

WOW, No respect for the annihilator.
Thats cool. It just pisses me off for
this upcoming year.

Submitted by Craig (not verified) on December 24, 2009 - 10:29am. » quote

Tiny won the FIT, Europa, Olympia Super Show, Biggest Bench on the River, and the WABDL Worlds. He gets my vote.

Submitted by Sean Katterle on December 24, 2009 - 1:30pm. » quote

Craig wrote:

Tiny won the FIT, Europa, Olympia Super Show, Biggest Bench on the River, and the WABDL Worlds. He gets my vote.

This catagory isn't titled SUB MAXIMAL, 250 POUNDS OVER YOUR RAW 1RM, LIMITED COMPETITION, INVITE ONLY, SHIRTED REPS BENCHER OF THE YEAR.

If it were, then you'd have a case to argue.

Submitted by powerdoc on December 25, 2009 - 12:38pm. » quote

Who the hell is Scott Rowe? LOL

Submitted by FWT hawks (not verified) on December 25, 2009 - 6:04pm. » quote

the french benchpresser Richard Ligier "the amazing Master Joe" won the WPC world's and gets my vote !!! Show them brother ;-)

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on December 29, 2009 - 7:20pm. » quote

Marcus Hirvonen just did 352.5 kilos @275 a few hours ago. Highest Wilks score in IPF history. He gets my vote.

Submitted by Tom Nash (not verified) on December 31, 2009 - 11:46pm. » quote

Tiny is one of the greatest benchers of all time. No doubt about it. He had a great year. Despite what some people with obvious chips on their shoulders might think, he deserves to be consider in this conversation. Sad to see people trash mouthing Tiny without provocation. Dean you must have poster of Tiny in your bed room because you are serious fixated on him.

Submitted by Tom Nash (not verified) on December 31, 2009 - 11:47pm. » quote

Excuse me, I meant SEAN!

Submitted by Ica (not verified) on January 1, 2010 - 12:20pm. » quote

Roy Holte World champ 09, holds bouth World records, 326/718 and 327/720 in 275 class, runner up at Arnolds 09. Best bencher 2009!

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on January 1, 2010 - 3:22pm. » quote

Where is Icelands sigfus fossdal that bench +340kg in single ply.