Taylor Atwood

Taylor Atwood, born on 12 September 1988, is an American powerlifter who is a 3-time IPF World Champion and has held multiple world records in the 74 kilogram weight class. He competed in his first recorded strength competition in high school in 2007, entered his first powerlifting competition in 2013 and won his first USA Powerlifting Nationals in 2014. In 2016 he competed at the IPF Classic World Powerlifting Championships for the first time with only three months of preparation, set a total world record of 722.5 kilograms and placed second. At the 2017 Classic World Powerlifting Championships he squatted 265.5 kilograms and again placed second.