John Maxwell

John Maxwell's best meet by DOTS to date came in 2004 at age 40 in the 52 kg class: 530 kg at 502.7 DOTS. Their total grew 152.5 kg over 21.3 years between their first meet and that mark (~7.16 kg/year). 8.7-year gap in their competition record between 1992 and 2001.

Career-best meet (by DOTS): British Men's Powerlifting Championships · BAWLA

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Date	Meet	Equipment	Squat (kg)	Bench (kg)	Deadlift (kg)	Total (kg)	DOTS
1983-03-05	Scottish Western District Championships	Single-ply	132.5	85	160	377.5	368.35
1983-04-23	Belgium v Scotland	Single-ply	150	85	195	430	414.12
1983-04-30	Scottish Senior Power Championships	Single-ply	155	85	195	435	421.27
1983-06-18	Scottish Junior Championships	Single-ply	165	90	200	455	435.79
1983-06-25	British Men's Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	170	80	200	450	440.76
1983-09-03	Scotland v Ireland	Single-ply	165	85	207.5	457.5	437.39
1983-09-18	British Junior Championships	Single-ply	170	85	210	465	445.37
1983-10-01	Scotland v England	Single-ply	160	87.5	205	452.5	444.91
1983-11-10	Men's World Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	172.5	87.5	195	455	448.23
1983-12-17	World Juniors Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	175	92.5	197.5	465	445.37
1984-01-28	Scottish Under-23 Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	170	90	190	450	418.26
1984-03-17	British Under 23 PL Championships	Single-ply	150	80	205	435	416.64
1984-04-14	Scottish Senior Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	175	85	200	460	440.58
1984-05-13	Men's European Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	175	85	200	460	441.39
1984-05-26	Gothenberg v Scotland	Single-ply	175	87.5	200	462.5	464.68
1984-06-10	Scottish Junior Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	177.5	90	202.5	470	450.16
1984-06-16	British Men's Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	170	90	212.5	472.5	470.96
1984-07-08	Scotland v Iceland	Single-ply	185	90	200	475	454.95
1984-09-20	World Juniors Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	160	82.5	195	437.5	419.03
1984-09-29	England v Scotland	Single-ply	180	85	200	465	445.37
1985-06-08	British Men's Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	165	77.5	190	432.5	414.24
1985-06-15	Wales v Scotland	Single-ply	160	80	190	430	384.87
1985-09-20	World Juniors Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	180	85	210	475	472.52
1985-09-22	European Junior Championships	Single-ply	180	85	210	475	472.52
1985-10-12	Scottish Open Championships	Single-ply	180	87.5	217.5	485	480.58
1985-11-07	Men's World Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	187.5	90	210	487.5	479.32
1986-05-04	Men's European Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	180	95	200	475	456.62
1986-06-14	British Men's Powerlifting Championship	Single-ply	180	90	205	475	459.15
1986-06-20	European Juniors Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	182.5	90	202.5	475	470.67
1986-11-13	Men's World Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	170	90	205	465	445.37
1987-05-04	Men's European Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	170	82.5	195	447.5	440.84
1987-06-29	British Men's Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	177.5	90	207.5	475	465.25
1987-11-12	Men's World Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	180	87.5	210	477.5	457.34
1988-05-15	Men's European Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	175	92.5	225	492.5	488.01
1988-06-18	British Men's Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	177.5	92.5	220	490	471.9
1988-11-11	Men's World Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	180	92.5	200	472.5	452.55
1989-05-05	Men's European Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	170	90	210	470	456.88
1992-10-17	Celtic Nations Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	185	90	217.5	492.5	471.71
2001-06-30	British Men's Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	170	102.5	220	492.5	475.19
2001-12-01	Four Nations Powerlifting Match	Single-ply	150	105	190	445	398.3
2002-05-04	Scottish Senior Championships	Single-ply	190	107.5	185	482.5	438.12
2002-06-15	Scottish Bench Press Championships	Single-ply	—	107.5	—	—	—
2002-07-20	European-Union Cup	Single-ply	185	112.5	210	507.5	459.33
2002-10-05	Celtic Nations Championship	Single-ply	190	102.5	195	487.5	444.11
2002-12-01	Four Nations Powerlifting Match	Single-ply	180	112.5	200	492.5	444.33
2003-01-01	Scottish Open Championships	Single-ply	180	95	190	465	449.49
2004-04-01	Ireland v Scotland	Single-ply	190	110	215	515	467.63
2004-06-26	British Men's Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	190	112.5	227.5	530	502.74
2004-10-05	World Masters Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	200	115	227.5	542.5	502.52
2005-04-16	British Masters Championships	Single-ply	185	107.5	200	492.5	452.38
2005-06-18	Scottish Open Bench Press Championships	Single-ply	—	130	—	—	—
2005-07-07	European Masters Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	185	135	220	540	489.14
2005-09-05	1st Mens Commonwealth Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	195	135	215	545	488.19
2005-09-24	Celtic Nations Championships	Single-ply	205	125	220	550	486.21
2006-03-04	Scottish Open Championships	Single-ply	215	120	210	545	471.84
2006-05-09	European Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	190	132.5	210	532.5	478.88
2006-11-05	World Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	205	120	215	540	484.47
2009-06-07	Scottish Open Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	170	90	165	425	348.91
2014-03-16	British Equipped Masters Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	170	100	200	470	376.45
2014-06-08	Unequipped Championship	Raw	175	115	190	480	380.85
2014-08-16	Senior Championship	Single-ply	210	137.5	210	557.5	443.38
2014-10-12	Masters Championship	Single-ply	215	140	220	575	453.08
2015-08-22	Seniors Championship	Single-ply	215	142.5	210	567.5	455.63
2015-10-24	Home Nations Championship	Single-ply	205	135	220	560	450.97
2015-11-04	British Equipped Championships	Single-ply	—	130	210	—	—
2015-11-15	Masters Championship	Single-ply	216	137.5	215	568.5	456.98
2016-09-04	Scottish Seniors Championship	Single-ply	215	147.5	212.5	575	457.83
2017-03-05	Scottish Powerlifting Western Districts	Single-ply	220	150	220	590	462.8
2018-01-20	British Equipped Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	145	150	210	505	396.13
2018-02-04	Scottish Western Districts	Single-ply	210	155	205	570	443.64
2018-07-03	European Masters Championships	Single-ply	215	150	210	575	455.86
2019-01-19	British Equipped Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	175	110	205	490	385.23
2019-07-03	European Masters Championships	Single-ply	215	140	210	565	445.46
2019-11-23	Home Nations Championships	Single-ply	170	110	185	465	351.21
2025-01-26	Paisley Barbell Club Competition	Raw	150	125	200	475	348.07
2025-05-18	Masters Open	Raw	145	115	195	455	358.53
2026-01-24	British Equipped Championships	Single-ply	165.5	105	160	430.5	373.8
2026-05-01	European Equipped Powerlifting Championships	Single-ply	175	125	185	485	422.48
2026-05-02	Cumbria Championships	Raw	80	80	80	240	206.58
2026-06-06	British Masters Classic	Raw	140	105	170	415	357.73

Recent & best

British Masters Classic
BP · 2026-06-06 · 59 kg classRaw1st place
Total 415 kgDots 357.73
S125135140
B9097.5105
D155165170
Bodyweight 58.5 kgWilks 362.33Goodlift 68.99
Cumbria Championships
EPA · 2026-05-02 · 59 kg classRawG
Total 240 kgDots 206.58
S80——
B80——
D80——
Bodyweight 58.6 kgWilks 209.20Goodlift 39.86
European Equipped Powerlifting Championships
EPF · 2026-05-01 · 59 kg classSingle-ply1st place
Total 485 kgDots 422.48
S160170175
B110120125
D165172.5185
Bodyweight 57.78 kgWilks 428.41Goodlift 71.77
Scottish Powerlifting Western DistrictsCareer best
ScottishPL · 2017-03-05 · 66 kg classSingle-ply1st place
Total 590 kgDots 462.80
S200210220
B130142.5150
D200210220
Bodyweight 65.9 kgWilks 463.84Goodlift 79.11

Competition history · 82 meets

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