American bodybuilder

Stan "The White Rhino" Efferding (born November 6, 1967) is an American IFBB professional bodybuilder and a powerlifter competing in the Southern Powerlifting Federation (SPF). He held the all-time raw world powerlifting records in the 275-pound-cl* in the Total without knee wraps (w/o 2,226.6:lbs) and in the Squat without knee wraps (854:lbs). Due to his enormous physical strength, regularly competing in professional powerlifting contests along his career in professional compe*ive bodybuilding, Efferding is often referred to as the "world's strongest bodybuilder".

Contents

• 1 Bodybuilding & Powerlifting career
• 2 Contest history
• 3 Personal Powerlifting Records
• 4 See also
• 5 References
• 6 External links

Bodybuilding & Powerlifting career

Stan Efferding, born November 6, 1967 in Portland, Oregon, graduated from University of Oregon. He had a college scholarship to play soccer, but he decided to go to University of Oregon, where he studied Psychology.

Efferding competed in bodybuilding since 1988 winning the Mr. Oregon in 1991, placing 6th in the Jr. USA in 1992 and placing 2nd in the Emerald Cup in 1996 and 1997. Efferding started competing in powerlifting in 1996 in the Pepsi Region 8 challenge, deadlifting 782:lbs and totalling over 2000:lbs(907:kg) in single ply equipment.

In 1997 Efferding stopped competing in both sports in order to pursue business opportunities, but continued lifting.

At the age of 38, Efferding came back to bodybuilding and competed in the 2006 Seattle Emerald Cup, winning the Superheavyweight cl* weighing 235:lbs. In 2008, he came back and won the Emerald Cup Heavyweight cl* and overall award. In February 2009 at the age of 41 Efferding totaled 2,070:lbs at the APA "All RAW" Northwest Regional Championships in the non drug-tested category (shown in the results list as "NT"), setting 2 American records in the open category.

Efferding earned his IFBB Pro Card on July 17, 2009 winning the Superheavyweight cl* and overall award at the Masters Nationals Bodybuilding Championships weighing 259:lbs.

On September 19, 2009, Efferding competed at the Southern Powerlifting Federation (SPF) POWER "Stimulus Package" Raw Meet in Sacramento, California and totaled 2,221.2:lbs in the 275:lbs category - just 38:lbs away from all-time raw world record, set in 1972 by Jon Cole. His lifts were an 821:lb squat, a 606.3:lb bench press (earning him a place on the 600 Pound Unequipped Bench Press Hall of Fame), and a 794:lb deadlift.

In 2010 Efferding won the *le "Mr. Olympia 2010 World's Strongest Professional Bodybuilder" by benching 628:lbs and deadlifting 800:lbs for a 1,428:lb push/pull total. This set a new record for the world's strongest bodybuilder and beat the previous *le holders (Johnnie O. Jackson) record by nearly 100 pounds.

On May 15, 2011, Stan entered the 2011 SPF California State Championships and competed raw without knee wraps. He set two all-time world records, squatting 854:lbs and a three lift total of 2,226.6:lbs beating the former world record holder, Konstantin Konstantinovs of Latvia, by over 50:lbs.

On March 24, 2013, Efferding broke the old raw Total record in the 275-pound-cl* held by Jon Cole since 1972: At the event called supertrainng.tv "March Madness" Efferding set the record to 2,303:lbs with an 865.2:lbs squat, a 600.7:lbs bench press and an 837.5:lbs deadlift.

Clarifications provided in this article are provided to link the record or event to its *ociated powerlifting federation (where possible).

Contest history

• 2008 NPC Emerald Cup Heavyweight and overall 1st
• 2009 NPC Masters, Teen & Collegiate National Championship Superheavyweight and Overall 1st
• 2010 IFBB Phoenix Pro - 16th
• 2010 IFBB Orlando Europa Pro - 14th
• 2010 Mr. Olympia Worlds Strongest Pro Bodybuilder - 1st
• 2011 IFBB Flex Pro - 9th
• 2012 IFBB Flex Pro - 13th

Personal Powerlifting Records

done in official compe*ion

• Raw Squat no knee wraps - 854.2:lbs (387.5:kg) (SPF May, 2011)
• Raw Squat with knee wraps - 865.2:lbs (392.5:kg) (SPF March 24, 2013 "March Madness")
• Raw Bench press - 606.3:lbs (275:kg) (SPF September 2009)
• Raw Deadlift - 837.5:lbs (380:kg) (SPF March 24, 2013 "March Madness")
• Equipped Deadlift - 825:lbs (374.21:kg) (Pride March, 2008)
• Equipped Deadlift - 881:lbs (400:kg) (Gym lift, 2013)
• Raw Total no knee wraps - 2,226.6:lbs (1,007.52:kg) (SPF May, 2011)
• Raw Total with knee wraps - 2,303:lbs (1,042:kg) (SPF March 24, 2013 "March Madness")

→ current all-time raw (unequipped) powerlifting total world records in the 275lb cl* (formerly held by Jon Cole)

done in gym

• Raw Squat with knee wraps - 905:lbs (410.5:kg)

See also

• Jon Cole
• Konstantin Konstantinovs
• Mark Bell
• Eric Spoto
• Dan Green

References

External links

• Stan Efferding profile
• Video: Stan Efferding's Record Breaking 2303 lb Total - Mark Bell Commentary
• Video: Stan "Rhino" Efferding 2,226 Raw Total NO KNEE WRAPS All 8 Lifts
• Video: 2,221 lb Raw Total by Stan Efferding "Rhino" (275) beats Konstantin Konstantinovs (308) 2,217
• Video: Stan Efferding 2,070 pound RAW Powerlifting Record
• Video: Stan Efferding Deadlifting 700 lbs For 5 Reps