Full name Mariša Golob Years active 2012–present Weight 56 kg (123 lb) | Residence Ljubljana, Slovenia Height 1.58 m (5 ft 2 in) Coach Erni Gregorčič | |
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Born 15 May 1990 (age 26) Ljubljana, Slovenia Occupation law student, powerlifter | ||
Mariša Golob (born 15 May 1990) is the most successful and decorated female in Slovenian powerlifting history.
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Career
Throughout her younger years Mariša Golob competed in karate, artistic gymnastics and basketball. In 2011 she joined a local gym and met her current coach Erni Gregorčič. He saw her potential and introduced her to powerlifting. In 2012 she began to compete internationally and since then won more than 25 World and European Championship titles in powerlifting, bench press, push&pull and deadlift.
She is the current national, European and world record holder in many different powerlifting federations (GPA, WUAP, IPO). At the moment she is actively participating and competing in two powerlifting federations, WUAP and GPA.
Personal records
Official powerlifting competition records (raw):
Official powerlifting competition records (equipped):
Official bench press competition record (raw):
Official bench press competition record (equipped):
Official push&pull competition records (raw) :
Official deadlift competition record (raw) :
National records
Mariša is the current Slovenian powerlifting, bench press, push&pull and deadlift record holder in −56 kg weight class in junior and open category.
European records
Mariša holds the current GPA European record powerlifting in −56 kg, open category.
World records
At the moment Mariša is a GPA push&pull World record holder in −56 kg, open category and bench press World record holder in −56 kg, junior category. She is also the current IPO World record holder in equipped bench press in −56 kg weight class, both junior and open category. In WUAP federation she is also the holder of the raw powerlifting World record in −56 kg weight class, open category, equipped bench press −56 kg weight class, open category and equipped bench press −60 kg weight class, junior category. In the same federation she also holds equipped powerlifting World records in both −56 kg and −60 kg weight class, junior category.
