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2008 Squat Moment of the Year

Submitted by Staff on December 12, 2008 - 1:37pm.

Vladislav Alhazov's 1,250

20% (171 votes)

Robyn Blankenship's 440 @ 181 Raw

3% (23 votes)

Sam Byrd's 1,100 @ 220

16% (138 votes)

Inna Filimonova's 507 @ 123

1% (6 votes)

Wade Hooper's 815 @ 181

10% (86 votes)

Andrew Malanichev's 1,014

5% (39 votes)

Mike Mastrean's 903 @ 242

3% (22 votes)

Tyson Myers' 727 @ 242 Raw

3% (23 votes)

Jaroslaw Olech's 793 @ 165

11% (91 votes)

Laura Phelps-Sweatt's 730 @ 165

3% (24 votes)

Galina Potselueva's 573 @ 148

0% (2 votes)

James Searcy's 821 Raw

2% (16 votes)

Oleksandr Shepil's 914 @ 275

1% (7 votes)

Brian Siders' 992

7% (57 votes)

Yevgen Yarymbash's 1,168 @ 275

7% (57 votes)

Julia Zaugolova's 617 @ 165

8% (67 votes)

Andrey Belyaev's 903 @ 220

1% (8 votes)

Total votes: 837

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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on December 18, 2008 - 12:43pm. » quote

Tony Conyer's squat was done in an APA meet with double ply gear, not raw.

Submitted by Staff on December 18, 2008 - 1:14pm. » quote

Anonymous wrote:

Tony Conyer's squat was done in an APA meet with double ply gear, not raw.

Removed. It was placed there in error.

Thank you.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on December 20, 2008 - 11:56am. » quote

What about Jon Grove's 810 RAW? His was legit, and he was 50 lbs lighter than Searcy. I think if you're putting a SHW RAW squat up there to vote on it should be the best one of the year, and that was Jon Grove's!!

Submitted by Staff on December 21, 2008 - 4:31pm. » quote

Anonymous wrote:

Bodyweight has not been looked at as a factor beyond weight class for the purposes of these awards. So a 182 pound lifter is the same as a 198 pound lifter when considering their lifts. It's a good question about whether it should be though. The problem is tracking actual weights versus weight class. It's much harder, and in some instances, just not possible.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on December 25, 2008 - 3:57am. » quote

What about Wei Ling Chen's 207.5kg squat at 52kg which she made look extremely easy at IPF worlds?

Submitted by Staff on December 26, 2008 - 10:16am. » quote

Anonymous wrote:

What about Wei Ling Chen's 207.5kg squat at 52kg which she made look extremely easy at IPF worlds?

A great squat for sure but nowhere near the 490 pound IPF World Record. Filimonova, Potselueva, and Zaugolova all surpassed existing IPF World Records in 2008.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on December 26, 2008 - 1:35pm. » quote

What a joke, Olech with 11% of the votes...

Submitted by Anonymouse (not verified) on December 26, 2008 - 8:28pm. » quote

How is a 903 @ 242 and 914 @ 275 included and not Belyaev's 903@220? (even then I think he weighed 92kg there)

Submitted by Staff on December 27, 2008 - 1:06pm. » quote

Anonymouse wrote:

How is a 903 @ 242 and 914 @ 275 included and not Belyaev's 903@220? (even then I think he weighed 92kg there)

It was an oversight. Although late, it's been included.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on December 27, 2008 - 4:11pm. » quote

Jessica O'Donnell- 610 squat at about 210