Vladislav Alhazov

Vladislav Alhazov, known as Vlad, was born on 14 November 1978 and is an Israeli-Russian powerlifter who holds the all-time world record for the heaviest raw squat with wraps, at 525 kilograms. He was the first man to squat 500 kilograms raw, at the 2017 NPA Open Israel Championships, and shares with Dan Bell the world record for the heaviest raw squat within a full powerlifting competition, at 505 kilograms. Earlier he was an equipped lifter who squatted 567 kilograms in multi-ply equipment, but in 2008 an attempt at 590 kilograms at Westside Barbell ended in a severe knee injury that required complete knee reconstruction. In 2006 and 2007 he also entered several strongman competitions and was third at the 2006 IFSA Ukrainian Open.