Erni Gregorčič
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 Erni Gregorčič at Worlds 2015 in Athens, Georgia, USA | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Erni Gregorčič | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 June 1976 Ljubljana, Slovenia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | personal trainer, strength coach, powerlifter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2010–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | http://osebnitrener.webs.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Slovenia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Powerlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight class | −75 kg, −82.5 kg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Powerlifting, bench press, push & pull, deadlift | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Updated on 19 November 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Erni Gregorčič (born 4 June 1976) is the most decorated and successful Slovenian powerlifter and record holder. He is a professional personal trainer and specialized strength coach.[1] He is also the coach of Mariša Golob, the most successful female in Slovenian powerlifting history.
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Powerlifting – raw | ||
Representing  Slovenia | ||
| World Championship | ||
 | 2010 GPC Prague | Powerlifting |
| 2013 GPA Tampere | Powerlifting |
| 2014 WUAP Telfs | Powerlifting |
| 2014 GPA Sydney | Powerlifting |
| 2015 GPA Athens | Powerlifting |
| 2016 WUAP Herzberg | Powerlifting |
| 2016 GPA Moscow | Powerlifting |
| 2017 WUAP Prague | Powerlifting |
| 2018 WPA Lutsk | Powerlifting |
| 2018 WUAP Trnava | Powerlifting |
| 2018 IPL Saint Petersburg | Powerlifting |
| 2019 IPL Leipzig | Powerlifting |
| European Championship | ||
 | 2011 GPC Eger | Powerlifting |
| 2014 GPA Kyiv | Powerlifting |
| 2014 GPA Tbilisi | Powerlifting |
| 2015 WUAP Prague | Powerlifting |
| 2016 GPA Zadar | Powerlifting |
| 2016 WUAP Gyula | Powerlifting |
| 2017 WUAP Telfs | Powerlifting |
| 2018 WPC Le Pont-de-Claix | Powerlifting |
| 2019 WUAP Frauenau | Powerlifting |
| 2025 WPA Lakitelek | Powerlifting |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Benchpress – raw | ||
| Representing Slovenia | ||
| World Championship | ||
| 2010 GPC Prague | Bench press |
| 2013 GPA Tampere | Bench press |
| 2014 WUAP Telfs | Bench press |
| 2014 GPA Sydney | Bench press |
| 2015 GPA Athens | Bench press |
| 2017 WUAP Prague | Bench press |
| European Championship | ||
 | 2011 GPC Eger | Bench press |
| 2011 WPC Prague | Bench press |
| 2012 GPC Bled | Bench press |
| 2014 GPA Kyiv | Bench press |
| 2015 GPA Tbilisi | Bench press |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Powerlifting – equipped | ||
| Representing Slovenia | ||
| World Championship | ||
| 2012 GPC Bardejov | Powerlifting |
| 2013 WUAP Eilenburg | Powerlifting |
| European Championship | ||
| 2012 GPC Bled | Powerlifting |
| 2013 WUAP Trnava | Powerlifting |
| 2014 WUAP Prešov | Powerlifting |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Benchpress – equipped | ||
| Representing Slovenia | ||
| World Championship | ||
| 2013 WUAP Eilenburg | Bench press |
| European Championship | ||
| 2012 GPC Bled | Bench press |
| 2013 WUAP Trnava | Bench press |
| 2014 IPO Kyiv | Bench press |
| 2014 WUAP Prešov | Bench press |
| 2015 WUAP Prague | Bench press |
| 2016 IPO Zadar | Bench press |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Push&Pull | ||
| Representing Slovenia | ||
| World Championship | ||
| 2014 GPA Sydney | Push&Pull |
| 2015 GPA Athens | Push&Pull |
| 2016 GPA Moscow | Push&Pull |
| 2018 IPL Saint Petersburg | Push&Pull |
| European Championship | ||
| 2015 GPA Tbilisi | Push&Pull |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Deadlift | ||
| Representing Slovenia | ||
| World Championship | ||
| 2014 GPA Sydney | Deadlift |
| 2015 GPA Athens | Deadlift |
| 2018 WPA Lutsk | Deadlift |
| 2018 WUAP Trnava | Deadlift |
| 2018 IPL Saint Petersburg | Deadlift |
| 2019 IPL Leipzig | Deadlift |
| European Championship | ||
| 2015 GPA Tbilisi | Deadlift |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Squat | ||
| Representing Slovenia | ||
| World Championship | ||
| 2016 GPA Moscow | Squat |
In 1998 Erni Gregorčič started working in a local gym as a personal trainer and trained on daily basis. During his active years as a personal trainer he discovered powerlifting and was compelled to try it. He started competing in 2010 and since then won more than 30 World and European Championship titles in powerlifting, bench press, push&pull and deadlift.[2]
Throughout his powerlifting career he competed in many different powerlifting federations (GPC, WPC, GPA, WUAP, IPO, WPA) and still holds World and European records in a few of them. He is currently actively participating and competing in WUAP and GPA and is also Slovenian president of this two federations.
Personal records
Official powerlifting competition records (raw - sleeves):
| Squat | 210 kg |
| Bench press | 151 kg |
| Deadlift | 260 kg |
| Total | 620 kg |
Official powerlifting competition records (raw - wraps):
| Squat | 220 kg |
| Bench press | 151 kg |
| Deadlift | 256 kg |
| Total | 623 kg |
Official powerlifting competition records (equipped):
| Squat | 230 kg |
| Bench press | 170 kg |
| Deadlift | 225 kg |
| Total | 625 kg |
Official bench press competition record (raw):
| Bench press | 151 kg |
Official bench press competition record (equipped):
| Bench press | 182,5 kg |
Official push&pull competition records (raw) :
| Bench press | 150 kg |
| Deadlift | 251 kg |
| Total | 396 kg |
Official deadlift competition record (raw) :
| Deadlift | 260 kg |
National, European and World records
National records
Erni is the current Slovenian powerlifting, bench press, push&pull and deadlift record holder in −75 kg weight class in open, submaster and master category.
European records
Erni holds the current GPA European submaster bench press and push&pull record in −75 kg weight class.[3][4] He also holds IPO European submaster equipped bench press record in −75 kg weight class.[5]
World records
| Federation | Event | Type | Weight class | Category |
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| WUAP | Powerlifting (squat) | raw | −75 kg | submaster |
| WUAP | Powerlifting (bench press) | raw | −75 kg | submaster |
| WUAP | Powerlifting (total) | raw | −75 kg | submaster |
| WUAP | Powerlifting (squat) | raw | −75 kg | master 40-44 |
| WUAP | Powerlifting (bench press) | raw | −75 kg | master 40-44 |
| WUAP | Powerlifting (deadlift) | raw | −75 kg | master 40-44 |
| WUAP | Powerlifting (total) | raw | −75 kg | master 40-44 |
| WUAP | Bench press | raw | −75 kg | submaster |
| WUAP | Deadlift | raw | −75 kg | master 40-44 |
| WUAP | Deadlift | raw | −82,5 kg | master 40-44 |
| WPA | Powerlifting (squat) | raw | −75 kg | master 40-44 |
| WPA | Powerlifting (deadlift) | raw | −75 kg | master 40-44 |
| WPA | Powerlifting (total) | raw | −75 kg | master 40-44 |
| WPA | Deadlift | raw | −75 kg | master 40-44 |
| WPC | Powerlifting (squat) | raw | −75 kg | master 40-44 |
| WPC | Powerlifting (deadlift) | raw | −75 kg | master 40-44 |
| WPC | Powerlifting (total) | raw | −75 kg | master 40-44 |
| GPA | Powerlifting (deadlift) | raw | −75 kg | master 40-49 |
| GPA | Push&Pull (bench press) | raw | −75 kg | master 40-49 |
| GPA | Push&Pull (deadlift) | raw | −75 kg | master 40-49 |
| GPA | Push&Pull (total) | raw | −75 kg | master 40-49 |
| IPL | Powerlifting (deadlift) | raw (sleeves) | −75 kg | master 40-44 |
| IPL | Deadlift | raw | −75 kg | master 40-44 |
