USA · 82.5 kg equipped · 15 career entries

Taylor Schaeffer

Taylor Schaeffer is an American powerlifter who competes in the 82.5 kg equipped division.

Her best competition total is 832.3 kg (1,835 lb), set at MAYhem in May 2025.

Over a career spanning 15 meets between 2020 and 2026, she has set four equipped world records in squat, deadlift, and total across the 75 and 82.5 kg classes.

She currently holds three of those records.

Updated October 21, 2026

Personal records

Taylor Schaeffer's best on each lift, the meet where it was set, and how it ranks in that class.

Taylor Schaeffer's personal records
Lift	Best	Bodyweight	Meet	Rank in class
Squat	353.8 kg780 lb	81.7 kg180 lb	MAYhem 2025-05-17	#1 of 810 82.5 kg Multi-ply women
Bench Press	213.2 kg470 lb	81.7 kg180 lb	MAYhem 2025-05-17	#15 of 1,405 82.5 kg Multi-ply women
Deadlift	273.5 kg603 lb	77.8 kg172 lb	Pro Finals 2024-10-11	#2 of 947 82.5 kg Multi-ply women
Total	832.3 kg1,835 lb	81.7 kg180 lb	MAYhem 2025-05-17	#2 of 1,528 82.5 kg Multi-ply women

Ranks count entries, not lifters: someone who has beaten the number at three meets takes three of the places above it. Suspect lifts are excluded from the ranking and the count.

Career total progression

Taylor Schaeffer's competition total at each meet, with markers on every meet that set a world record.

Competition meet
World record set, later surpassed
World record still held

Record-setting meets, in order

2024-10-11 Deadlift 82.5 kg 273.5 kg603 lb Pro Finals
2025-05-17 Squat 82.5 kg 353.8 kg780 lb MAYhem Currently held
2025-09-06 Total 75 kg 823.3 kg1,815 lb Strength of Heroes-Pro Currently held
2025-09-06 Squat 75 kg 353.8 kg780 lb Strength of Heroes-Pro Currently held

Every meet total, lift by lift, is in the meet history below.

World records set

Every world record Taylor Schaeffer has set, split into the 3 she still holds and the 1 since broken.

Still held3

Total 75 kg Multi-ply women: 823.27 kg (1,815 lb) at Strength of Heroes-Pro, 2025
Squat 75 kg Multi-ply women: 353.8 kg (780 lb) at Strength of Heroes-Pro, 2025
Squat 82.5 kg Multi-ply women: 353.8 kg (780 lb) at MAYhem, 2025

Since surpassed1

Deadlift 82.5 kg Multi-ply women: 273.5 kg (603 lb) at Pro Finals, 2024

Meet history

All 15 sanctioned and unsanctioned entries on file, most recent first.

Taylor Schaeffer's most recent meets
Date	Meet	Class	BW	Eq	Squat	Bench	Deadlift	Total	DOTS	Place
2026-04-12	IPA · Cincinnati Women's Pro/Am - Pro Day	90	84.1 kg186 lb	Wraps (raw)	235.9 kg520 lb	131.5 kg290 lb	240.4 kg530 lb	607.8 kg1,340 lb	558.96	1
2025-09-06	IPA · Strength of Heroes-Pro	75	74.9 kg165 lb	Multi-ply	353.8 kg780 lb	204.1 kg450 lb	265.4 kg585 lb	823.3 kg1,815 lb	802.47	1
2025-05-17	RPS · MAYhem	82.5	81.7 kg180 lb	Multi-ply	353.8 kg780 lb	213.2 kg470 lb	265.4 kg585 lb	832.3 kg1,835 lb	776.42	1

View full meet history (15 entries)

Taylor Schaeffer's earlier meets
Date	Meet	Class	BW	Eq	Squat	Bench	Deadlift	Total	DOTS	Place
2025-03-23	IPA · Cincinnati Women's Pro Am - Pro Day	82.5	77.4 kg171 lb	Multi-ply	320.0 kg706 lb	211.0 kg465 lb	265.5 kg586 lb	796.5 kg1,756 lb	763.15	1
2024-10-11	WPO · Pro Finals	82.5	77.8 kg172 lb	Multi-ply	342.5 kg755 lb	210.0 kg463 lb	273.5 kg603 lb	826.0 kg1,821 lb	789.33	1
2024-07-27	IPA · Oki Strength Expo and Indiana State Championship (bench + deadlift)	82.5	81.1 kg179 lb	Raw (raw)	—	117.9 kg260 lb	235.9 kg520 lb	353.8 kg780 lb	331.12	1
2024-04-13	IPA · Cincinnati Women's Pro/Am	75	74.9 kg165 lb	Multi-ply	317.5 kg700 lb	199.6 kg440 lb	260.8 kg575 lb	777.9 kg1,715 lb	758.36	1
2023-11-04	WPC · WPO Super Finals	82.5	79.4 kg175 lb	Multi-ply	317.5 kg700 lb	190.0 kg419 lb	252.5 kg557 lb	760.0 kg1,676 lb	718.81	4
2023-04-15	APF · Womens Pro/Am	75	74.2 kg164 lb	Multi-ply	295.0 kg651 lb	182.5 kg403 lb	250.0 kg551 lb	727.5 kg1,604 lb	712.61	1
2022-11-19	APF · North of the Border	82.5	80.0 kg177 lb	Multi-ply	285.0 kg629 lb	170.0 kg375 lb	245.0 kg540 lb	700.0 kg1,543 lb	659.70	1
2022-04-09	APF · Womens Pro/Am	82.5	78.7 kg174 lb	Wraps (raw)	233.6 kg515 lb	122.5 kg270 lb	233.6 kg515 lb	589.7 kg1,300 lb	560.38	1
2021-11-13	APF · North of the Border	75	74.9 kg165 lb	Wraps (raw)	215.5 kg475 lb	113.4 kg250 lb	226.8 kg500 lb	555.7 kg1,225 lb	541.46	1
2021-04-10	APF · Women's Power Weekend	75	74.4 kg164 lb	Wraps (raw)	204.1 kg450 lb	102.1 kg225 lb	215.5 kg475 lb	521.6 kg1,150 lb	510.26	2
2021-01-23	RPS · Winter Warfare	75	74.6 kg165 lb	Wraps (raw)	190.5 kg420 lb	95.3 kg210 lb	204.1 kg450 lb	489.9 kg1,080 lb	478.59	1
2020-01-18	RPS · Winter Warfare	75	73.3 kg162 lb	Raw (raw)	142.9 kg315 lb	83.9 kg185 lb	183.7 kg405 lb	410.5 kg905 lb	404.86	1

Career, by the numbers

Taylor Schaeffer's career in aggregate: peak DOTS, the split across the three lifts, and third-attempt rate where attempt data is on file.

Peak DOTS

802

Top 1% of all women on file

Archetype

Bencher

Split 40 / 23 / 37 (squat / bench / deadlift) against a typical 39 / 20 / 41, 2.8 points above average on bench.

On the platform

57% third attempts made

13 of 23 third attempts converted, with 1 perfect 9-for-9 day out of 7. Heaviest made third attempt: Squat 354 kg780 lb.

Biggest jump

+110 kg243 lb

Between two meets, up to 700 kg1,543 lb at North of the Border.

47% of entries lifted raw. 0% drug-tested. Best year: 2025.

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Testing profile

Category	Meets	Most recent meet
Tested	0	None on file
Untested	15	IPA · Cincinnati Women's Pro/Am - Pro Day (2026-04-12)

None of her 15 meets on record have been drug-tested.

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