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In the late 1800s and early 1900s a new breed of women started to emerge from ... enamored and amazed by these women who seemed to have 'god-like' strength. ... Strongest Woman competition which ...
Aneta Florczyk (pseudonym Atena; born 26 February 1982) is a Polish strongwoman and the only 4 times winner of the World's Strongest Woman. [1] Born in Malbork, Florczyk started her career at the age of 16, as a powerlifter. She won Polish Championships several times, and in 2000 became European Champion.
In her later years, Katie and her husband operated a bar and grill restaurant in Ridgewood, Queens, New York. [1] [8] They advertised it as belonging to the world's strongest woman and Katie would occasionally perform minor feats of strength to entertain their patrons, including breaking iron chains, bending iron bars, and using her husband as a human barbell.
The Arnold Strongwoman Classic (previously known as: Arnold Pro Strongwoman) is an annual competition featuring strongwomen athletes from around the world, meant for determining who is the strongest woman in the world. [1]
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Her squat is 601.9 pounds (273.0 kg) (equipped), bench press is 523.6 pounds (237.5 kg) (equipped with bench shirt), and she is the only woman to deadlift 621 pounds (282 kg) (equipped). She is also the first woman ever known to be a member of the 2000 pound club, as she is the first of two women ever to total over 2000 pounds in a meet on the ...
Charmion (1875–1949), vaudeville strongwoman and trapeze artist. A strongwoman is a woman who performs feats of strength in a show or circus, or a woman who competes in strength athletics.
She made the highest total in the competition to earn the title of World's Strongest Woman. [11] The Guinness Sports Record Book credited her as being the "world's most powerful female" because of her lifting 303 pounds (137 kg) overhead. [15] She won the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) World Championship. [18]