| Lamar Gant | |
| Birth Place: | Flint, Michigan |
| Nationality: | American |
| Known For: | Powerlifting |
| Occupation: | Powerlifter |
Lamar Gant (born 1957) is an American former powerlifter.[1] He competed with idiopathic scoliosis.[2] He was inducted into the International Powerlifting Federation Hall of Fame in 1980.[3]
Gant set his first world record in 1974 by deadlifting 524.5 pounds (238 kg) at a bodyweight of at the Flint Olympian Games. In 1985, he became the first person in human history to deadlift five times his own bodyweight - lifting at a bodyweight of . He holds the world records for deadlifting in both the 123- and 132-pound weight classes.[4] His best lifts at 123 pounds are RAW bench press and deadlift; at 132 pounds are squat (in training), raw bench press, and deadlift.