Peter Tregloan

Peter Tregloan, who lived from 18 October 1957 to 20 November 2025, was a British former strongman and powerlifter who won a number of titles including nine world championships in powerlifting and held the world records in squat, deadlift and total weight for the masters age class. He was born in Cornwall and grew up on a family farm near Wendron. His early interests were judo, in which he was a national champion, and rugby union, which he played for St Ives and Exeter, and he went on to become a professional wrestler. From the mid-eighties he was a prominent strongman and powerlifter, having taken up powerlifting in 1985, and he was a nine-time World Super Heavyweight powerlifting champion.