Larry Pacifico (born January 17, 1946) is a former world champion powerlifter. Larry won nine straight IPF World Powerlifting Championships

Powerlifting

Powerlifting is a strength sport. It resembles the sport of Olympic weightlifting, as both disciplines involve lifting weights in three attempts. Powerlifting evolved from a sport known as 'odd lifts' which followed the same three attempt format but used a wide variety of events akin to Strongman...

 from 1971–1979. Larry won a total of 102 competitions and set 54 World Records during his powerlifting career. Larry is widely regarded as one of the greatest powerlifters of all time, and goes by the nickname "Mr. Powerlifting". 3 time World's Strongest Man

World's Strongest Man

The World's Strongest Man is a well recognised event in strength athletics and has been described by a number of highly respected authorities in the sport as the premier event in strongman. Organized by TWI, an IMG Media company, it is broadcast around the end of December each year...

 winner and 2 time IPF world champion Bill Kazmaier

Bill Kazmaier

Bill Kazmaier is a former powerlifter, strongman and professional wrestler from the United States. He is widely considered to be one of the all-time greatest competitors in strength competitions...

 once stated, "The first time I went to a powerlifting meet and saw Larry, I think he was probably six or seven on his World Championships and he was pretty much-how would you say?-a god in powerlifting. He could go to any class that he wanted to. He could pretty much lift whatever weight on the day he wanted to." 4 time IPF powerlifting champion and 1979 World's Strongest Man

1979 World's Strongest Man

The 1979 World's Strongest Man was the 3rd edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Don Reinhoudt from the USA. It was his first title after finishing second the previous year. Lars Hedlund from Sweden finished second after finishing third the previous year, and Bill Kazmaier also from the...

 winner Don Reinhoudt

Don Reinhoudt

Don Reinhoudt is a powerlifter and strongman from Brocton, New York. After obtaining a degree in finance, Don worked as an accountant and a youth worker during his professional career.-Athletics:...

 said of Larry, "I look at Larry, an idol to all of us here-nine time champion and Larry will always be the legend of all time to us." Larry was inducted into the York Barbell

York Barbell

York Barbell is an American-based international manufacturer of fitness products. Bob Hoffman, named "Father of World Weightlifting" by the International Weightlifting Federation, founded York Barbell in 1932...

 Hall of Fame on June 28, 1998. Larry currently owns his own gym and is a personal trainer in Dayton, Ohio.

Best competition lifts

• Squat
  Squat (exercise)
  In strength training, the squat is a compound, full body exercise that trains primarily the muscles of the thighs, hips and buttocks, quads , hamstrings, as well as strengthening the bones, ligaments and insertion of the tendons throughout the lower body...
  
   : 832 pounds
• Bench press
  Bench press
  The bench press is an exercise of the upper body. For bodybuilding purposes, it is used to stimulate the pectorals, deltoids, and triceps. While on his or her back, the person performing the bench press lowers a weight to the level of the chest, then pushes it back up until the arm is straight...
  
   : 592 pounds (no bench shirt)
• Deadlift
  Deadlift
  The deadlift is a weight training exercise where a loaded barbell is lifted off the ground from a stabilized, bent over position. It is one of the three canonical powerlifting exercises, along with the squat and bench press.-Overview:...
  
   : 771 pounds
• Total : 2,061 pounds

Best exhibition lifts

• Squat : 885 pounds
• Bench press : 610 pounds
• Deadlift : 815 pounds
• Push press : 440 pounds
• Standing press : 315 pounds in 1968
• Snatch
  Snatch (weightlifting)
  The snatch is one of the two olympic weightlifting events .The essence of the event is to lift a barbell from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. The barbell is pulled as high as the lifter can manage at which point the barbell is flipped overhead...
  
  : 270 pounds in 1968
• Clean and Jerk
  Clean and jerk
  The clean and jerk is one of the two Olympic weightlifting events .The clean portion of the lift refers to the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles...
  
  : 320 pounds in 1968