Emma Ylitalo-James
President and founder of the British Powerlifting Union
Biography
- President and founder of the British Powerlifting Union
- Trained psychologist with Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctoral degree from top British Universities
- Has been competing in powerlifting for over 30 years & international referee for 23 years
- Organized more than 100 powerlifting competitions and refereed over 300 national and international competitions
- World Champion in powerlifting
- 15-time world champion in bench press
- The biggest all-time female bench press scorer in Europe and holder of biggest ever bench press done in under -90KG class (260KG)
- Specialist trainer in sports performance with clients ranging from European champion boxers and UFC heavyweight champions to Premier League football players and International Strongmen
- Former IFBB Pro Bodybuilder & British Bodybuilding champion