The squat is street lifting’s leg strength test, and the one with the heaviest loads. Full flexion under the bar then rising to extension: the squat is often what tips a total.
Below are the world records and French squat records in street lifting, category by category, women and men, updated for 2026.
🌍 World Record🇫🇷 French Record
Women
| Category | 🌍 World Record | 🇫🇷 French Record | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athlete | Record | Athlete | Record | |
| −52 kg | 🇪🇸Anais Lozano | 140 kg | 🇫🇷Ludivine Compain | 142.5 kg |
| −57 kg | 🇫🇷Julie Brion | 160 kg | 🇫🇷Marion Canipel | 150 kg |
| −63 kg | 🇳🇴Frida Austigard | 166 kg | 🇫🇷Alice Couque | 150 kg |
| −70 kg | 🇷🇸Milana Popovic | 163 kg | 🇫🇷Myriam Chebira | 160 kg |
| +70 kg | 🇩🇪Sarah Anyamele | 180 kg | 🇫🇷Alexandra Gautheron | 120 kg |
Men
| Category | 🌍 World Record | 🇫🇷 French Record | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Athlete | Record | Athlete | Record | |
| −66 kg | 🇮🇹Alessio Ceragioli | 210 kg | 🇫🇷Ankidini Moirabou | 212.5 kg |
| −73 kg | 🇮🇹Lorenzo Mazzi | 243 kg | 🇫🇷Enzo Ingrassia | 240 kg |
| −80 kg | 🇮🇹Tony D'Agostino | 270 kg | 🇫🇷Maxime poitevin | 245 kg |
| −87 kg | 🇮🇹Tony D'Agostino | 275 kg | 🇫🇷Max Amblard | 265 kg |
| −94 kg | 🇮🇹Xavier Enrique Macias Montano | 292.5 kg | 🇫🇷Théo Gouttetoquet | 262.5 kg |
| −101 kg | 🇨🇿David Klimek | 280 kg | 🇫🇷Etienne Guillou | 300 kg |
| +101 kg | 🇨🇿Jan Makula | 310 kg | 🇫🇷Frukito | 260 kg |
How to Break a Squat Record?
Progressing at the squat rests on legal depth (hips below the knees), solid technique (braced back, drive through the feet, vertical bar path) and strength programming around heavy sets with fatigue management. Ankle and hip mobility earn you "free" kilos.
To build strength, see our squat strength program.
