STUPENDOUS
World record for spina bifida battler Stuart.. not bad for a lad who wasn’t expected to live longer than 2 years
POWERHOUSE Stuart Jamieson has smashed a 36-year record with a huge lift at the World Raw Powerlifting Federation event in Moscow.
The lift saw the 27-yearold hit a new all-time world record of 268kg (60kg body weight) that was so heavy it can make the bar bend.
The dead weight is the equivalent of more than 42st.
It is remarkable because Stuart, from Dumfries, was born with crippling injuries and his mum Carol was told he had a life expectancy of two years.
The Daily Record highlighted Stuart’s achievements in 2014.
He took up weights to strengthen parts of his body affected by spina bifida.
He stunned family and friends by training to lift weights heavier than 200kg.
Stuart also broke a Commonwealth record at the World Classic Powerlifting Championships in South Africa in 2014.
He said: “You don’t have to be held down by what you have been given in life.”
Stuart has scoliosis and kyphosis – curvature of the spine – and a split in the spinal column known as diastematomyelia.
But it has not stopped him taking on – and beating – all comers. Stuart added: “My mum pushed me to build up my strength. She was my biggest inspiration.”
His mum Carol, 54, said: “I’m so proud when I see how far he has come.”