Brett Gibbs (born 29 January 1991) is a New Zealand powerlifter, competing in the 83 kilogram weight class. He is a 3-time open world champion and 1-time junior world champion in the classic (raw without knee wraps) division.^[1]

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Brett Gibbs

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Born	(1991-01-29) 29 January 1991 (age 33)
Weight	82.45 kg (181.8 lb)
Sport
Sport	Powerlifting
Medal record Men's powerlifting Representing  New Zealand IPF World Classic Powerlifting Championships 2015 Salo – 83 kg 2016 Killeen – 83 kg 2017 Minsk – 83 kg 2018 Calgary – 83 kg 2019 Helsingborg – 83 kg IPF World Junior Classic Powerlifting Championships 2014 Johannesburg – 83 kg IPF World Junior Equipped Powerlifting Championships 11th 2011 Sheffield – 74 kg 2013 Killeen – 83 kg 2014 Oroshaza – 83 kg

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Gibbs was previously the International Powerlifting Federation world record holder in the classic 83 kg weight class. He became the IPF junior classic world champion in 2014 and the open classic world champion in 2015.^[2][3] In 2016, he finished second at the IPF world classic championships behind John Haack.

In 2017, Gibbs finished second behind Ulan Anuar of Kazakhstan. In 2018, Gibbs reclaimed the IPF classic world title with a world record 830.5 kg total (299 kg squat, 214 kg bench, 317.5 kg deadlift). The 299 kg squat and 214 kg bench were also world records.^[4][3]

In 2019, Gibbs would place second, losing to Russel Orhii.^[5]