# Why powerlifters are fat?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 1, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-powerlifters-are-fat/262522 "2004-09-01T02:25:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dog80](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@Dog80](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dog80)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2004, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-powerlifters-are-fat/262522/21 "2004-09-02T23:48:53Z")

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> [@Ol'Gaffer](#):
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> I assume that powerlifters compete in different weight classes. Do the smaller (lighter) lifters have more definition? I thought a saw one of those “Olympic Moments” moments about a Greek lifter (actually of Greek descent but born elsewhere) who was pretty popular and he looked pretty ripped.

That’s probably Pyrros Dimas who competes at 85 kg class. [http://www.hoc.gr/info/periodika/2o/images/9625.jpg](http://www.hoc.gr/info/periodika/2o/images/9625.jpg)

Compared to Akakios Kakiasvili [http://www.iwf.net/images/kakiasvilis.jpg](http://www.iwf.net/images/kakiasvilis.jpg) , who competes at 94 kg, Pyrros is indeed much more ripped.

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