World Parkinson Powerlifting Challenge 2025 – Online Deadlift Open
”A Global Celebration of Strength, Resilience, and Neuroplasticity”
The World Parkinson Powerlifting Challenge – Online Deadlift Open 2025 took place successfully on November 1–2, bringing together inspiring athletes from Australia, Greece, USA and Scotland in a truly global event.
This unique competition once again proved that Parkinson’s disease does not define limitations — it challenges them. Through determination, discipline, and the power of high-intensity strength training, participants demonstrated that the human body and mind can adapt, overcome, and thrive.
Athletes competed in different bodyweight categories, with performance evaluated according to World Powerlifting technical standards, focusing on correct execution, control, and individual capacity. The event highlighted the growing global movement toward using exercise as both therapy and empowerment for people living with Parkinson’s.
🏆 Overall Winners of the Competition
Overall Men: James Craig (Australia)
Overall Women: Mprousianou Ourania (Greece)
The event was held by the Hellenic Powerlifting Association, the World Powerlifting and the Parkinson Powerlifting Greece, with scientific direction by Nikolas Koukoulakis, researcher specializing in exercise-induced neuroplasticity in Parkinson’s diseases and under the auspices of the Parkinson’s Europe and General Association of World Sports Federations.
The success of this year’s challenge marks another milestone toward the recognition of Parkinson Powerlifting as an official competitive category, sending a message of hope, strength, and scientific progress to the global Parkinson’s community.
World Parkinson Powerlifting Challenge 2025 – Online Deadlift Open
