Hymsuen Liu - BA (Hons) Sport and Exercise Studies
Everyone at the gym is as amazed as I am that I've done so well, so quickly
”Hymsuen is a current student who took a work placement in a London gym which turned into world records and a new hobby - powerlifting.
Placement
Hymsuen took a work placment in a london gym, Genesis where he discovered the sport powerlifting.
He said: "Lots of British powerlifters were training at the gym at the time including former world powerlifting champion David Beattie, who is now my coach. They encouraged me to have a go as my physique was just right for the sport."
"Within a week of training I entered the British Championships where I won in my weight and age class. Since then I have gone on to compete in the UK Open and the WPC World Powerlifting Championships, and have broken three British and thee world records in the sport."
His titles
At the WPC World Powerlifting Championships in Riga, Hymsuen, who is originally from Pinner, performed a squat lift of 170kg, a deadlift of 230kg and bench lift of 85kg to become best overall teenage lifter in all weight classes.
The titles he now has under his belt are: British Champion 75kg Class 18-19 Teenagers, UK Open Winner 75kg Class 18-19 Teenagers and World Powerlifting Champion 67.5kg Class 18-19 Teenagers.
His records to date are: British Record Squat 201kg, British Record Deadlift 245kg, British Record Total 560kg (Squat-200, Bench-120, Deadlift-240), World Record Squat 170kg, World Record Deadlift 230kg, and World Record Total 485kg (Squat-170, Bench-85, Deadlift-230)
