The Eisenhart Black Deadlift Championships is a biennial, global strength athletics competition featuring international strongmen and powerlifters from all over the world, competing exclusively in the deadlift. The competition was established in 2011 by strength and physical culture historian and sports promoter Sepp Maurer and is held once in every two years in the month of July in Bavaria, Germany.
The championships allow deadlifts to be performed either in equipped or raw standards and by using either the conventional or sumo stance. They use original Buddy Capps Texas Deadlift bar along with Eleiko calibrated plates. Since 2011, the championships have produced many national & regional records, 3 continental records, as well as the all-time world record when Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson pulled in 2025.
Heaviest lifts in championship history Conventional deadlift Weight Athlete Year Category Ref. Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 2025 Strongman Equipped Ivan Makarov 2022 Strongman Equipped Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 2025 Strongman Equipped Ivan Makarov 2023 Strongman Equipped Rauno Heinla 2025 Strongman Equipped Ivan Makarov 2025 Strongman Equipped Ivan Makarov 2022 Strongman Equipped Vladislav Alhazov 2017 Strongman Raw Graham Hicks 2023 Strongman Equipped Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 2025 Strongman Equipped Mikhail Shivlyakov 2018 Strongman Raw Honza Jiruše 2025 Strongman Raw Vladislav Alhazov 2018 Strongman Raw Ivan Makarov 2023 Strongman Equipped Vladislav Alhazov 2017 Strongman Raw Honza Jiruše 2025 Strongman Raw Eddie Hall 2015 Strongman Raw Mikhail Shivlyakov 2023 Strongman Raw Honza Jiruše 2023 Strongman Raw Graham Hicks 2023 Strongman Equipped Rauno Heinla 2025 Strongman Equipped Jan Lacina 2025 Strongman Equipped Albin Hasanović 2025 Strongman Equipped Ivan Makarov 2025 Strongman Equipped Mikhail Shivlyakov 2023 Strongman Raw Fernando Arias 2023 Strongman Raw Patrick Eibel 2025 Strongman Raw Martin Wildauer 2014 Powerlifting Raw Steve Johnson 2017 Powerlifting Raw John Haack 2025 Powerlifting Raw Čestmír Šimá 2018 Strongman Raw Mikhail Shivlyakov 2025 Strongman Raw Honza Jiruše 2025 Strongman Raw Róbert Valach 2025 Strongman Raw Graham Hicks 2023 Strongman Equipped Albin Hasanović 2025 Strongman Equipped
Sumo deadlift Weight Athlete Year Category Ref. Krzysztof Wierzbicki 2025 Hybrid Raw Ventsislav Dimitrov 2023 Hybrid Raw Ventsislav Dimitrov 2025 Hybrid Raw Krzysztof Wierzbicki 2025 Hybrid Raw Rauno Heinla 2022 Hybrid Raw Krzysztof Wierzbicki 2025 Hybrid Raw Ventsislav Dimitrov 2022 Hybrid Raw Ventsislav Dimitrov 2023 Hybrid Raw Rauno Heinla 2022 Hybrid Raw Derek Thistlethwaite 2025 Hybrid Raw Shane Hunt 2025 Hybrid Raw Derek Thistlethwaite 2023 Hybrid Raw Shane Hunt 2023 Hybrid Raw Derek Thistlethwaite 2025 Hybrid Raw Shane Hunt 2025 Hybrid Raw Moritz Mader2025Hybrid Equipped
See also Deadlift The World Deadlift Championships Progression of the deadlift world record List of people who have broken the 1000lb barrier in the deadlift List of national deadlift record holders
References
External links
Official website