Phil Beniston
Phil Beniston
British, European & World single lift record holder
Phil is a Nottingham based powerliter and martial artist. He has only been competing for two years.
His achievements in 2005 include:
- UK Powerlifting Champion
- UK Bench Press Champion
- British Bench Press Champion
- European Bench Press Champion & World Bench Press CHampion
- World Bench Record (190kg at 86kg bw)
In 2006 Phil's achieved the following:
- English Powerlifting Champion
- European Bench Press Champion
- World Record Squat (285kg at 91kg bw)
- World Record Bench 200.5kg at 91kg bw
- World Record Bench 197.5kg at 88kg bw
Achievements for 2007:
- World Powerlifitng Championships winner (M40+, 100kg cat)
- World Bench Press Record of 202.5kg (same cat)
- Won the Bench Press Championships (same cat)
- At the World Powerlifting Championships in Torreon, Mexico Phil broke a World Record Squat of 290kg, 200kg Bench and 252.5kg Deadlift (total of 742.5kg) at 93 kg body weight. He won World Bench with 202.5kg at 90.35kg body weight
- Las Vegas AAU, December 2007 in Las Vegas- won Bench Press by lifitng 170kg (raw)
Achievements for 2008:
- BPO English Bench Press Champion (190kg at 90.4 kg M40+)
- GPC World World Qualifiers in Birmingham M40+ 100kg class 1st, 705kg total, squat 265kg, bench 200kg, deadlifts 240 kg
- BPO British Powerlifitng Championships 90kg M40+ class (despite being injured) did token squat and deadlifts (240kg & 220kg) benched 200kg for British record (powerlifting) and same in single lift bench for British, European and World record.
In Martial Arts Phil has a 7th Dan Black Belt in Hwrang Do (Korean Kickboxing) and 6th dan Black Belt in Combat Jujitsu. He's also been indroduced into USA International Black Belt Hall of Fame as Master Instructor of the year in 2004.
Phil's main goals for future include winning World Powerlifting Championships 100kg M49+ calss with squat over 300kg, and World Record Bench over 210kg, which means setting a new World Record total of 812.5kg within 6 months.
He also managed to lose over half a stone with the help of Fat Stripper.
To visit Phil Beniston's web site click here. To view BBC's recent feature on Phil please click here
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