Larry Pacifico

Larry Pacifico is an American former world champion powerlifter, born on 17 January 1946 and nicknamed Mr. Powerlifting. He won nine straight IPF World Powerlifting Championships from 1971 to 1979, won a total of 102 competitions and set 54 world records, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest powerlifters of all time. His best competition lifts were a squat of 832 pounds, a bench press of 592 pounds without a bench shirt, a deadlift of 771 pounds and a total of 2,061 pounds. Bill Kazmaier described him as a god in powerlifting. He was inducted into the York Barbell Hall of Fame on 28 June 1998 and now owns a gym and works as a personal trainer in Dayton, Ohio.