53-Year-Old Sets Guinness World Record in Squat-Lifting

Fifty three-year-old amateur competitive powerlifter Walter Urban has set a new Guinness world record for the most amount of weight squat-lifted in one hour.
53-Year-Old Sets Guinness World Record in Squat-Lifting
Powerlifter Walter Urban (L) and his trainer Mark Giffin. Urban has set a new Guinness world record for the most amount of weight squat-lifted in one hour. COURTESY OF THE MERCURY
Joan Delaney
Joan Delaney
Senior Editor, Canadian Edition
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Powerlifter Walter Urban (L) and his trainer Mark Giffin. Urban has set a new Guinness world record for the most amount of weight squat-lifted in one hour. (COURTESY OF THE MERCURY)
Joan Delaney
Joan Delaney
Senior Editor, Canadian Edition
Joan Delaney is Senior Editor of the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times based in Toronto. She has been with The Epoch Times in various roles since 2004.