Farhanna Farid

Farhanna Farid
Farhanna at the 2019 Asian Championships
Personal information
NationalitySingaporean
Born (1992-09-26) 26 September 1992
Singapore
OccupationPharmacist
Height158 cm (5 ft 2 in)
Sport
CountrySingapore
SportPowerlifting
Weight class
52kg
Medal record
Representing  Singapore
Asian Championships
Gold medal – first place2018 UlaanbataarSquat
Gold medal – first place2018 UlaanbataarDeadlift
Gold medal – first place2018 UlaanbataarTotal/Overall
Gold medal – first place2019 AlmatyDeadlift
Gold medal – first place2019 AlmatyTotal/Overall
Silver medal – second place2019 AlmatySquat
Bronze medal – third place2018 UlaanbataarBench Press
Bronze medal – third place2019 AlmatyBench Press

Farhanna Farid is a Singaporean powerlifter. She is a 2-time Asian champion and a 4-time national champion. As of 2022, she has broken 6 Asian records and a world record and is also the first Singaporean to win an overall gold medal in an international competition for the female's open category. She made her international competition debut in the 2018 Asian Classic Powerlifting Championships winning three golds.[1][2][3]

Biography

Farhanna was born in Singapore in 1992. She graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS), and works professionally as a pharmacist.[4][2][5] She started her Powerlifting career in 2017, entering her first international competition in 2018.[1][3]

Career

Team CoachbyMARC at the 2019 Asian Championships in Almaty, Kazakhstan Picture: (left) Cindy Witono, Shirley Chu, Farhanna Farid (left) Yeong Qing Quan, Marcus Yap, James Barcelo, Matthew Yap

Farhanna started competing in 2018 in Powerlifting Singapore's national competition, the Singapore Powerlifting Open and won her category, breaking 4 national records. She went on to compete in three more national competitions and is now the 4-time national champion.

Making her international career debut, Farhanna competed in the under 52kg open Category at the 2018 Asian Classic Powerlifting Championships in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia.[1][6] She broke the Asian record in her first deadlift attempt, and exceeded her first lift in both her second and third attempt.[1] Her 173 kg deadlift exceeded the previous Asian record by 13 kg.[6][7][8][9]

She was awarded the Best Lifter (silver) by IPF Points and also won the Squat (120 kg) and Overall categories in her weight class, in addition to a bronze in the Bench Press.[3] Farhanna competed in the 2019 Asian Classic Championships held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. In this competition, she retained her Asian champion title to become the 2-time Asian champion.

She ended off the competition with a silver medal in the Squat (127.5 kg), and a bronze medal in the Bench Press (57.5 kg) as well as breaking the Asian record in her second deadlift attempt and won two gold medals in the Deadlift (178 kg) and Overall category (363 kg). Both her Deadlift and Total were new Asian records.[10][11]

World record

On 6 June 2022, Farhanna set a world record in the open U-52kg deadlift at the World Open Classic Powerlifting Championships 2022 in Sun City, South Africa. She achieved 200.5kg, ahead of France's Noemie Allabert and Shizuka Rico who achieved 192.5kg and 185kg respectively.[12]

On 16 September 2022, Farhanna broke her own world record, lifting 201kg at the inaugural Southeast Asian Cup in Johor Bahru, Malaysia.[13]

On 15 December 2023, Farhanna rewrote her deadlift world record twice at the Asian Classic Powerlifting Championships in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. After clearing her first attempt of 190kg, Farhanna lifted 203.5kg on her second try and followed that up with a new world record 208kg effort. This was the eighth time she has rewritten the record in the past 1½ years.[14] She broke her own record again on 16 June 2024 in Lithuania.[15]

At the 2026 IPF World Classic Open Powerlifting Championships in Druskininkai, Lithuania, Farhanna Farid set her 14th world record with a 220.5 kg deadlift in the women’s 52 kg class on 14 June 2026. The lift earned her gold in the deadlift event and surpassed her previous world record of 217.5 kg, set in December 2025. She also recorded a 145 kg squat and 72.5 kg bench press, finishing fifth overall with a 438 kg total.[16]

See also

References

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  2. 1 2 Aug 2019, Hidayah Idris 8 (8 August 2019). "This 26-Year-Old Pharmacist Is Asia's Champion Powerlifter". CLEO Singapore. Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  4. ↑ "Asian Women's Classic Powerlifting Championships, Kazakhstan - Results 2019" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  5. ↑ "Camaraderie drives Singapore national powerlifters towards success despite little support". sg.news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 5 December 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Singapore breaks 7 Asian records, bags 41 gold medals at Asian powerlifting meet". CNA. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2019.
  7. ↑ hermes (9 December 2018). "Powerlifting: Singapore power to 41 golds". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 11 December 2018. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  8. ↑ "Singapore breaks 7 Asian records, bags 41 gold medals at Asian powerlifting meet". CNA. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  9. ↑ "Gold rush for Singapore's powerlifters". The New Paper. 8 December 2018. Archived from the original on 25 February 2024. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  10. ↑ "WEEKLY ROUND-UP: Sports happenings in Singapore (2-8 Dec)". sg.news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  11. ↑ "Asian Classic Powerlifting Championships 2019 - Women's". SBD Singapore. Archived from the original on 26 February 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
  12. ↑ Chia, Laura (7 June 2022). "Powerlifting: Singaporean Farhanna Farid sets Open U-52kg deadlift world record | The Straits Times". www.straitstimes.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  13. ↑ "WEEKLY ROUND-UP: Sports happenings in Singapore (12-18 Sept)". sg.news.yahoo.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
  14. ↑ Kwek, Kimberly (15 December 2023). "Singapore powerlifter Farhanna Farid overcomes injuries to rewrite deadlift world record twice". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Archived from the original on 15 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  15. ↑ Tianbao, Lin (20 June 2024). "Singapore powerlifter Farhanna Farid sets deadlift world record for 9th time in two years". The Straits Times. ISSN 0585-3923. Archived from the original on 21 June 2024.
  16. ↑ "Farhanna Farid sets 14th powerlifting deadlift world record". The Straits Times. 17 June 2026. ISSN 0585-3923. Archived from the original on 19 June 2026. Retrieved 18 June 2026.
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