Kjell Egil Bakkelund (born 18 July 1988) is a Norwegian powerlifter. Bakkelund has won 5 gold medals at the world championships (both classic & equipped) and 7 gold medals at the European championships in the IPF. He is also two time World Games medallist, winning a gold medal at the 2022 World Games in Birmingham and silver medal in 2013 World Games in Cali.[1][2]
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| Born | 18 July 1988 (age 36) Gjøvik, Norway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Career
editBakkelund began his career as a Junior in 2011. Since then, he won both raw and equipped world titles, including one at the 2022 World Powerlifting Championships which were held in Viborg, Denmark. In 2022, he brought home a gold medal from the 2022 World Games. Following his switching between raw and equipped lifting throughout his career, Bakkelund decided to focus on raw meets.[3] He competed at both 2023 IPF Classic World Championships in Malta and at the European Powerlifting Federation's Classic Championships where he got a gold medal for lifting 907.5 kg.[4] As a result of his competition, Bakkelund broke both IPF Raw Deadlift and Total World Records in 74 kg lifting.[3][5]
References
edit- ^ Kjell Egil Bakkelund. allpowerlifting.com. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Meet results IPF. allpowerlifting.com. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ a b Whiteley, Jo (5 December 2023). "Kjell Egil Bakkelund (74KG) Breaks IPF Raw Deadlift and Total World Records". BarBend. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Whiteley, Jo (25 May 2023). "Ukraine Dominates the 2023 EPF European Equipped Powerlifting Championships". Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Tabakovic, Vedad (5 December 2023). "Kjell Egil Bakkelund (74KG) Sets Raw Deadlift & Total IPF World Records at 2023 EPF European Championships". Fitness Volt. Retrieved 1 August 2024.