Archive · 19 Aug 2026
Vamsi Wins Four Medals At World Powerlifting Championships
Modem Vamsi is a young powerlifter from Telangana, India.
He competed in the Junior 66kg category at a world championship in South Africa.
He won the squat event by lifting 287.5 kilograms.
He also won the deadlift event with 255 kilograms.
In the bench press, he lifted 145 kilograms and won bronze.
His total across the three events was 687.5 kilograms.
That total placed him second overall.
American lifter Brady Price finished first overall.
Vamsi trains at Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad.
Telangana’s Modem Vamsi won two golds, one silver and one bronze in South Africa.
He won the Junior 66kg squat title with a 287.5 kg lift.
Vamsi also took gold in the deadlift with a 255 kg lift.
His 145 kg bench press earned him a bronze medal.
Vamsi finished second overall with a combined 687.5 kg total, behind Brady Price.
- Who
- Telangana powerlifter Modem Vamsi, competing against athletes including Brady Price, Ryuichi Inubushi and Uuganbat Batsukh.
- What
- Vamsi won two gold medals, one silver and one bronze at the World Sub-Junior & Junior Classic & Equipped Powerlifting Championships.
- When
- The articles do not specify the dates.
- Where
- Sun City, South Africa; Vamsi trains at Lal Bahadur Stadium in Hyderabad.
- Why
- He competed in the Junior 66kg powerlifting category.
- Competition
- World Sub-Junior & Junior Classic & Equipped Powerlifting Championships
- Location
- Sun City, South Africa
- Category
- Junior 66kg
- Squat result
- Gold with a 287.5 kg lift
- Deadlift result
- Gold with a 255 kg lift
- Bench press result
- Bronze with a 145 kg lift
- Overall result
- Silver with a combined 687.5 kg