Stefi Cohen

Stefi Cohen is a Venezuelan American weightlifter, boxer and fitness writer and influencer, born in Caracas in 1992. She played on the Venezuela under-17 national football team before moving to the United States on a soccer scholarship, then turned to CrossFit and Olympic weightlifting before switching to powerlifting; her first powerlifting contest was in April 2015. She has set 25 world records in powerlifting, including becoming the first woman to deadlift over four times her own bodyweight, with 485 pounds at 121 pounds in August 2017, and she holds records in three weight classes. She has also fought six professional boxing matches, holds a doctorate in physical therapy and co-wrote a book on training and back pain.