| Ed Coan | |
| Birth Name: | Edward Ignatius Coan |
| Birth Date: | 24 July 1963 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Known For: | Strength athletics |
| Occupation: | Powerlifter |
Edward Coan (born July 24, 1963) is an American powerlifter. He is widely regarded throughout the powerlifting world as the greatest powerlifter of all time.[1] [2] [3] Coan has set over 71 world records in powerlifting.[1]
In 2015, he was inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame.[4]
Throughout his active career in international powerlifting competition Ed Coan has set over 71 world records in powerlifting.[5] He became the lightest person to cross the 2,400 lb. barrier in the powerlifting total (a sum of three lifts: the deadlift, bench, and squat). He set an all-time powerlifting record total at 2,463 pounds, even though at the time he was not in the heaviest weight class.
Coan's best result in a drug tested international competition is 1,035 kg (2,282 lbs) in the 100 kg weight class at the 1994 IPF Senior World Championships.[6] establishing a new world record at the time. Although serving a lifetime ban from the IPF for doping, Coan is among the people still acknowledged and regarded a legend in the world of powerlifting and spends much of his time mentoring young lifters coming into the sport.[3]
Coan's best single ply lifts:
Total: 2463.6 lbs (1117.5 kg)
His best competition lifts as a 220 lb lifter:[8]
Squat - 961 lbs,
Bench - 584 lbs,
Deadlift - 901 lbs
Coan has failed drug testing through the IPF three times. He was temporarily suspended in 1985 for the use of Deca-Durabolin, an anabolic steroid.[9]
In 1989, he was suspended due to a positive drug test.[9]
In 1996, at the IPF Men's Open World Championships in Salzburg, Austria, he tested positive again and was issued a lifetime ban from the IPF.[10] Because this positive drug test occurred in a competition in which he placed first, his name and results have been retroactively removed from the 1996 results. Coan is now suspended from IPF for life.[11]
In 2016, the IPF declared that due to Coan's suspension participating in his training seminars is a violation of WADA regulations and thus prohibited.[12]