Dan Kovacs

Dan Kovacs, born in 1970, is an American powerlifter who once held the world record for the International Powerlifting Association raw total in the 308 pound class, with a total of 2202 pounds. He began lifting in high school and played football at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He won Pennsylvania state powerlifting championships in three consecutive seasons and went on to compete nationally, setting world records in the bench press and in the combined total at the association's Senior National Powerlifting Championships in New Carrollton, Maryland, in 1996. He won the same competition again in 1997, while living in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and for a third straight year in 1998 despite injuries earlier that year. Outside the sport he worked full time as a corrections officer for Allegheny County.