CARRIE REESE

Born November 21, 1936, Carrie is currently 87 years young.  She is a retired registered nurse and was a lawyer in the Air Force with the Adjutant General’s Office.   Carrie still holds nine (9) World records in the Deadlift and nine (9) in the Bench Press.  She holds ten (10) California state records in

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LARRY “SKIP” SANDBERG

Born in Denver, Colorado, April 25, 1940. Passed on in West Richland, Washington, July 16, 2023.   Skip didn’t compete often in WABDL but he was very instrumental in getting WABDL started. He won three (3) WABDL Worlds and 13 WPF/APF Worlds all over Europe – mostly in Great Britain, France and Italy.   I

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RECORDS

HELLO WABDL FAMILY!   ALL RECORDS HAVE BEEN UPDATED WITH ANY RESULTS THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED SO FAR FROM MEET DIRECTORS!  

UPDATED TEAM ENTRY FORMS

Hello All!   We have created new forms for both Teen and Adult TEAM entries for WABDL Worlds 2024. Please use the links below to download the updated forms.   Thank you!   TEEN FORM ADULT FORM

WABDL WORLD’S

Hello WABDL Family! The Application for the World Championship’s is live and can be found HERE! Some Helpful information: HOTEL INFORMATION:  The Horseshoe Hotel rooms are $109 except Friday and Saturday when they are $119.   Call 1-877-603-4389 for reservations (If you call to make your reservations, the reservations are handled through Paris).   Mention the WABDL

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Minneapolis Meet – Canceled

Attention Lifters, The Minneapolis meet has been cancelled, if you were considering going to the meet, we are hoping to see you at the Wisconsin Dells meet. It was felt that due to high expenses and safety concerns it would be best to cancel this meet. If you have any questions regarding this change, please

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BAND SHIRTS -MESSAGE FROM GUS

Gus will be calling State Chairs, Meet Directors, judges, and heavy bench lifters to get a poll on allowing band shirts to be used in WABDL or not. If there is a majority of YES then band shirts may be allowed at this year’s WABDL World’s Event.   If you are a WABDL member and would

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Terry Luehrs

\ Born July 10, 1952, in Hillsboro Oregon, died on February 8, 2024, in Salem Oregon. Terry served WABDL as a judge, usually the head judge, since 1993. He and I were certified as judges at the same time in the USPF by Vince Moser the Washington State Chairman. There were many times at the

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