UPDATED WOMEN’S 300 POUND UNEQUIPPED BENCHPRESS

[Joey Smith]

WOMEN’S 300 POUND (136.1 KILOGRAM) UNEQUIPPED BENCH PRESS HALL OF FAME
Asterisk (*) indicates exact bodyweight (instead of limit bodyweight) used to derive bodyweight coefficient.

Bench Press X-Bwt Wt. Div. Female Lifter/ Nationality/ Date/ Actual Weight/ Exact Bodyweight/ Location/ Federation
1. 391.3 (177.5) *1.11X SHW Roberta Collins (US) 1/11/03 (177.5 kg. @ 353.0 lb. Heaviest female bench press of all time without a bench press shirt.) (West Liberty, Ohio) (NASA)
---------- Over 375 Pound (170.1 Kilogram) Women’s Unequipped Bench Press ----------
2. 350.0 (158.8) *1.40X SHW Artelia Watson (US/67) 8/7/04 (350.0 lb. @ 250.0 lb.) (Waukegan, Illinois) (APA)
---------- Over 350 Pound (158.8 Kilogram) Women’s Unequipped Bench Press ----------
3. 330.7 (150.0) 1.82X 181 (82.5) Beverly Francis (Australia/55) 5/12/81 (150.0 kg. First woman to bench press 300 pounds.) (Honolulu, Hawaii) (IPF)
4. 325.2 (147.5) 1.79X 181 (82.5) Jill Brown-Mills (US/71) 3/20/99 (147.5 kg.) (Austin, Texas) (USPF)
---------- Over 325 Pound (147.4 Kilogram) Women’s Unequipped Bench Press ----------
5. 314.2 (142.5) *1.98X 165 (75) Liz Odendaal (Netherlands/54-98) 7/21/89 (142.5 kg. @ 72.1 kg.) (Karlsruhe, West Germany) (IPF)
6. 308.6 (140.0) 1.87X 165 (75) Beverly Francis (Australia/55) 10/18/81 (140.0 kg.) (Melbourne, Australia) (IPF)
7. 305.0 (138.3) *1.92X 165 (75) Julie Scanlon (US/76) 5/6/06 (305.0 lb. @ 159.0 lb.) (Amherst, Massachusetts) (Atlantis)
8. 303.1 (137.5) *1.49X SHW Myrtle Augee (Great Britain/65) 5/21/89 (137.5 kg. @ 92.2 kg.) (Comines, Belgium) (IPF)
9. 301.6 (136.8) SHW Victoria Gagne-Hembree (US/61) 8/26/01 (136.8 kg.) (San Bernandino, California) (AAU)
---------- Over 300 Pound (136.1 Kilogram) Women’s Unequipped Bench Press -----