Mariša Golob
# Mariša Golob

Mariša Golob (born 15 May 1990) is the most successful and decorated female in Slovenian powerlifting history.

## 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, WPA). She is participating and competing in two powerlifting federations, WUAP and GPA.

## Personal records

Official powerlifting competition records (raw - sleeves):

| Squat | 140 kg |
| - | - |
| Bench press | 100 kg |
| Deadlift | 172,5 kg |
| Total | 402,5 kg |

Official powerlifting competition records (raw - wraps):

| Squat | 162,5 kg |
| - | - |
| Bench press | 100 kg |
| Deadlift | 172,5 kg |
| Total | 427,5 kg |

Official powerlifting competition records (equipped):

| Squat | 152,5 kg |
| - | - |
| Bench press | 105 kg |
| Deadlift | 142,5 kg |
| Total | 400 kg |

Official bench press competition record (raw):

| Bench press | 97,5 kg |
| - | - |

Official bench press competition record (equipped):

| Bench press | 120 kg |
| - | - |

Official push&pull competition records (raw) :

| Bench press | 97,5 kg |
| - | - |
| Deadlift | 172,5 kg |
| Total | 262,5 kg |

Official deadlift competition record (raw) :

| Deadlift | 172,5 kg |
| - | - |

## National, European and World records

### 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 and -52 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. In May 2018 Mariša became squat (full meet), bench press (full meet) and total WPA world record holder in open -56kg class.

## World and European Championships

| Place | Championships | Date | Location | Event | Type | Weight class | Category |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GPC European Championships | 14–19 May 2012 | Bled, Slovenia | Powerlifting | raw | −60 kg | junior |
| 1 | GPC European Championships | 14–19 May 2012 | Bled, Slovenia | Bench press | raw | −60 kg | junior |
| 1 | GPC World Championships | 17–22 Sep 2012 | Bardejov, Slovakia | Bench press | equipped | −67,5 kg | junior |
| 1 | WUAP European Championships | 12–15 Jun 2013 | Trnava, Slovakia | Powerlifting | equipped | −60 kg | junior |
| 1 | WUAP European Championships | 12–15 Jun 2013 | Trnava, Slovakia | Bench press | equipped | −60 kg | junior |
| 1 | WUAP World Championships | 25–28 Sep 2013 | Eilenburg, Germany | Powerlifting | equipped | −56 kg | junior |
| 1 | WUAP World Championships | 25–28 Sep 2013 | Eilenburg, Germany | Bench press | equipped | −56 kg | junior |
| 1 | GPA World Championships | 5–8 Dec 2013 | Tampere, Finland | Powerlifting | raw | −56 kg | junior |
| 1 | GPA World Championships | 5–8 Dec 2013 | Tampere, Finland | Bench press | raw | −56 kg | junior |
| 1 | GPA European Championships | 4–5 May 2014 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Powerlifting | raw | −56 kg | junior |
| 1 | GPA European Championships | 4–5 May 2014 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Bench press | raw | −56 kg | junior |
| 1 | IPO European Championships | 4–5 May 2014 | Kyiv, Ukraine | Bench press | equipped | −56 kg | junior |
| 1 | WUAP European Championships | 13–14 Jun 2014 | Prešov, Slovakia | Powerlifting | equipped | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | WUAP European Championships | 13–14 Jun 2014 | Prešov, Slovakia | Bench press | equipped | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | WUAP World Championships | 7–11 Oct 2014 | Telfs, Austria | Powerlifting | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | WUAP World Championships | 7–11 Oct 2014 | Telfs, Austria | Bench press | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 2 | GPA World Championships | 21–24 Nov 2014 | Sydney | Powerlifting | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | GPA World Championships | 21–24 Nov 2014 | Sydney | Bench press | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | GPA World Championships | 21–24 Nov 2014 | Sydney | Deadlift | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | GPA World Championships | 21–24 Nov 2014 | Sydney | Push&Pull | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | GPA European Championships | 24–26 Apr 2015 | Tbilisi, Georgia | Powerlifting | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | GPA European Championships | 24–26 Apr 2015 | Tbilisi, Georgia | Bench press | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | GPA European Championships | 24–26 Apr 2015 | Tbilisi, Georgia | Deadlift | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | GPA European Championships | 24–26 Apr 2015 | Tbilisi, Georgia | Push&Pull | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | WUAP European Championships | 16–20 Jun 2015 | Prague, Czech Republic | Powerlifting | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | WUAP European Championships | 16–20 Jun 2015 | Prague, Czech Republic | Bench press | equipped | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | GPA World Championships | 8–11 Oct 2015 | Athens, Georgia, United States | Powerlifting | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | GPA World Championships | 8–11 Oct 2015 | Athens, Georgia, United States | Bench press | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | GPA World Championships | 8–11 Oct 2015 | Athens, Georgia, United States | Deadlift | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | GPA World Championships | 8–11 Oct 2015 | Athens, Georgia, United States | Push&Pull | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | GPA European Championships | 27–29 May 2016 | Zadar, Croatia | Powerlifting | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | IPO European Championships | 27–29 May 2016 | Zadar, Croatia | Bench press | equipped | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | WUAP European Championships | 15–18 June 2016 | Gyula, Hungary | Powerlifting | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | WUAP World Championships | 4–11 Oct 2016 | Herzberg, Germany | Powerlifting | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | GPA World Championships | 8–11 Dec 2016 | Moscow, Russia | Powerlifting | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | GPA World Championships | 8–11 Dec 2016 | Moscow, Russia | Squat | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | GPA World Championships | 8–11 Dec 2016 | Moscow, Russia | Push&Pull | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | WUAP European Championships | 12–17 June 2017 | Telfs, Austria | Powerlifting | raw | −52 kg | open |
| 1 | WUAP World Championships | 17–22 October 2017 | Prague, Czech Republic | Powerlifting | raw | −52 kg | open |
| 1 | WPA World Championships | 15–20 May 2018 | Lutsk, Ukraine | Powerlifting | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | WPA World Championships | 15–20 May 2018 | Lutsk, Ukraine | Deadlift | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | WPC European Championships | 23–29 June 2018 | Le Pont-de-Claix, France | Powerlifting | raw | −52 kg | open |
| 1 | WUAP World Championships | 15–21 October 2018 | Trnava, Slovakia | Powerlifting | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | WUAP World Championships | 15–21 October 2018 | Trnava, Slovakia | Deadlift | raw | −60 kg | open |
| 1 | IPL World Championships | 7–9 December 2018 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Powerlifting | raw (sleeves) | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | IPL World Championships | 7–9 December 2018 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Bench press | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | IPL World Championships | 7–9 December 2018 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Push&Pull | raw | −56 kg | open |
| 1 | IPL World Championships | 7–9 December 2018 | Saint Petersburg, Russia | Deadlift | raw | −56 kg | open |
