Butters’ European Championship efficiency is the proper fruits of a current journey.
Bobbie Butters has been a aggressive powerlifting fixture for over a decade. Per Open Powerlifting, as a uncooked Teen competitor, she started her profession with a victory on the 2012 British Drug Free Powerlifting Affiliation (BDFPA) West Midlands Divisional. From that time on, she’s been a mainstay at a number of tentpole contests through the years. Her newest efficiency is likely to be one of many greatest highlights of an prolonged profession.
On Dec. 1, 2022, Butters captured her first European championship throughout the 2022 European Powerlifting Federation (EPF) European Classic Powerlifting Championships. The athlete featured within the uncooked 57-kilogram weight class — a class she has often vacillated between through the years. The competition is going down from Nov. 25, 2022, to Dec. 4, 2022, in Skierniewice, Poland.
Butters’ efficiency noticed the athlete document all-time uncooked competitors bests on her squat, bench press, and whole. Right here’s an outline of her prime stats from the 2022 European Championships:
Bobbie Butters | 2022 EPF European Basic Powerlifting Championships
- Squat — 185.5 kilograms (408.9 kilos) | All-Time Uncooked Competitors Finest
- Bench Press — 112.5 kilograms (248 kilos) | All-Time Uncooked Competitors Finest
- Deadlift — 185 kilograms (407.8 kilos)
- Whole — 483 kilograms (1,064.8 kilos) | All-Time Uncooked Competitors Finest
Butters’ victory could possibly be extra notable given her current spate of podium outcomes. Earlier than she took residence the 2022 European 57-kilogram title, Butters’ final victory occurred on the 2019 English Powerlifting Affiliation (EPA) The Roses Cup. Since then, Butters had loved a handful of podium finishes — most notably a third-place outcome on the 2022 International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Classic Powerlifting Championships — however hadn’t been in a position to end off an look with a win.
That’s, till Butters got here out on prime within the 2022 European Championships.
Along with her new European title, in keeping with the IPF database, Butters recorded the present IPF squat World File (183 kilograms/403.4 kilos) on the 2022 IPF contest. Right here’s a rundown of a few of the extra notable outcomes of Butters’ profession:
Bobbie Butters | Notable Profession Outcomes
- 2012 BDFPA West Midlands Divisional (Teen/Uncooked) — First place | First profession victory
- 2013 BDFPA British Powerlifting Championships (Teen/Uncooked) — First place
- 2016 EPA North West Crew Competitors (Open/Uncooked) — First place
- 2017, 2019 EPA The Roses Cup (Open/Uncooked) — First place
- 2018 EPF European Basic Powerlifting Championships (Open/Uncooked) — Third place
- 2019 British Powerlifting (BP) British Girls’s Basic Powerlifting Championships (Open/Uncooked) — First place
- 2021-2022 IPF World Basic Powerlifting Championships (Open/Uncooked) — Third place
The 2022 European Championships is likely to be the final time Butters is seen on a sanctioned lifting platform throughout the 2022 calendar yr. By the point she competes subsequent, she could properly parlay her European victory into some momentum for constant thrives subsequent yr.
Featured picture: @bobbie.butters on Instagram
