USAWA

by Al Myers

Last week Andy Tomlin posed this question on the IAWA Facebook Page, “Does anyone have a list of the past Best Lifters at each World Championships?”  I thought this was an EXCELLENT QUESTION considering the upcoming World Championships next weekend.  Of course I knew the answer to this question (all TOP TEN Best Lifters at each World Championships are listed in the history section on this website), but I didn’t answer as to see if anyone else knew the answer.  Then our IAWA President Steve Gardner not ONLY responded with the answer, but provided lots of other information regarding past World Championships!  Steve provided a listing which included past best lifters, as well as the year of the meet, location, meet promoter, and the number of entrants.  Here it is:

YEAR	LOCATION	PROMOTER	BEST LIFTER	#
1988	Leicester, England	Frank Allen	Adrian Blindt, ENG	39
1989	Philadelphia, USA	John Vernacchio	Steve Schmidt, USA	46
1990	Glasgow, Scotland	William Wright	Rick Meldon, ENG	28
1991	Philadelphia, USA	John Vernacchio	Adrian Blindt, ENG	51
1992	London, England	Ken Edge	Rick Meldon, ENG	36
1993	Boston, USA	Frank Ciavattone	Frank Allen, ENG	45
1994	Burton, England	Steve Gardner	Frank Allen, ENG	36
1995	Cleveland, USA	Howard Prechtel	Bob Hirsh, USA	42
1996	Glasgow, Scotland	William Wright	Steve Angell, ENG	38
1997	Philadelphia, USA	John Vernacchio	Bob Hirsh, USA	47
1998	Leicester, England	Frank Allen	Keith Murdie, ENG	34
1999	Perth, Australia	Frank Lamp	Mike Archer, ENG	32
2000	Boston, USA	Frank Ciavattone	Steve Angell, ENG	51
2001	Glasgow, Scotland	William Wright	Steve Angell, ENG	29
2002	Lebanon, USA	Denny Habecker	Ed Schock, USA	41
2003	Perth, Australia	Frank Lamp	Bill Kappel, AUS	34
2004	Burton, England	Steve Gardner	Rick Meldon, ENG	42
2005	Lebanon, USA	Denny Habecker	Ed Schock, USA	34
2006	Glasgow, Scotland	George Dick	Al Myers, USA	34
2007	Christchurch, New Zealand	Bruce Savage	Peter Phillips, AUS	18
2008	Tamworth, England	Steve Gardner	Rick Meldon, ENG	36
2009	Lebanon, USA	Denny Habecker	Mark Haydock, ENG	16
2010	Glasgow, Scotland	George Dick	Chad Ullom, USA	29
2011	Perth, Australia	Peter Phillips	Steve Sherwood, ENG	22