Konstantīns Konstantinovs

Konstantīns Konstantinovs, who lived from 6 June 1978 to 28 October 2018, was a Latvian powerlifter of Russian descent. His raw deadlift of 426 kilograms, set in 2009, was the heaviest raw deadlift for the 140 kilogram weight class until 2022 and remains the heaviest beltless deadlift in the history of powerlifting. He started gymnastics at six and learned judo at school, then started lifting weights and began training in powerlifting at 16. He began his powerlifting career in 1997 at the Latvian Powerlifting Championships, won the 2002 WPC Junior World Powerlifting Championships in Finland and the GPC World Powerlifting Championships in 2002 and 2003, and totaled 1,050 kilograms in 2005.