Dariusz Wszoła Sportowiec (born 2 June 1978) is a Polish

powerlifter Powerlifting is a competitive strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift. As in the sport of Olympic weightlifting, it involves the athlete attempting a maximal weight singl ...

. Wszoła has won 3 gold medals at the world championships (both classic & equipped) and 12 gold medals at the European championships in the IPF. In total he won 38 medals of any colour at classic or equipped powerlifting senior championships. In addition he has got a plenty of medals from World and European Bench Press Championships. He also took part in 4 editions of the

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and won bronze medal at the

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Career

In 2016, Wszoła won gold medal at the European Senior Powerlifting Championships in

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, Czech Republic after lifting a whopping 620 kg (combined of 240 kg in squats, 170 kg in bench press and 210 kg in deadlift). In 2019, both Dariusz and

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became gold medalists at the European Classic Powerlifting Championships after lifting 560 kg, with Wszoła also winning two additional gold medals for the squat and bench press.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wszola, Dariusz 1978 births Living people Polish powerlifters Competitors at the 2017 World Games 20th-century Polish sportsmen 21st-century Polish sportsmen World Games bronze medalists for Poland World Games medalists in powerlifting Medalists at the 2005 World Games