AMERICAN ATHLETIC UNION

POWERLIFTING INFORMATION














 






The American Athletic Union, also known as the AAU, is a multisport organization.  One of the many sports that it promotes is powerlifting, which made a return to the AAU in 1995.  Through efforts by the AAU Powerlifting Committee (AAUPC), lifters have the opportunity to compete against lifters from around the world, right here in the United States.  This is a drug-tested organization. The AAU has Officers and an Executive Committee for powerlifting.  The National Chairman is Bill DePorter, and there are two Vice-Chairmen - Martin Drake and Larry Larsen.


      
 You may contact Bill DePorter at: William.De.Porter@udlp.com 
        for more information on AAU Powerlifting. 







First Things First:  The AAU Official Info Source


      
 The AAU official website is at: www.aausports.org. 
        Choose the sport of powerlifting from the drop-down menu, or view the 
        powerlifting pages here. 
        Find out everything you need to know, right from the source. This site 
        includes an online rulebook, records, results, upcoming events, online 
        entry forms, and much more. 

      
  



My Experiences With The AAU


Martin Drake invited me to join the AAU in 2000 and has since kept me updated on news and events.  With a personal telephone call, he explained the organization and opportunities, but at the time, I wasn't prepared to travel to the big events on the West Coast.  Nevertheless, despite losing contact repeatedly, Martin found me again on message boards and continued to include me in his mailing list, which I appreciated.  


In 2002, Rickey Dale Crain invited me to be on his Crain's Muscle World Team at the AAU World Bench, Deadlift, and Push-Pull Championships.   I began training for this event but because of several changes happening in other areas of my life, including going back to college to finish up my Bachelor's degree, I had to postpone this participation for another year.  


      
 Finally, in 2003, I was invited to lift at the U.S. Olympic Training 
        Center in Colorado Springs at the AAU 
        American Invitational Powerlifting Championships which became known 
        as "The Vision" meet to the participants - the first-ever powerlifting 
        meet held in this facility. This turned out to be my first AAU meet. I 
        placed 2nd in the Women's 97 Open. It was a great and a rare experience, 
        as I was able to meet lifters from all over the nation and from many different 
        federations in one place, lifting under AAU guidelines and united for 
        one day to demonstrate powerlifting to the U.S. Olympic Committee.







Upcoming Events


      
 View the upcoming AAU powerlifting events here. 
      







Looking For Up-To-Date AAU Records?


      
 View the official AAU Records here. 
      












 APA - The American Powerlifting Association




 WABDL - The World Association of Benchers and Deadlifters




 AAU - American Athletic Union Powerlifting

















 



	

	

	




	

	
	

	
	

	

	

	
	

	
	

	

	

	
	

	
	

	

	

	
	

		
	

	

	

	
	

	
	

	

	

















 




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