The Eisenhart Black Deadlift Championships
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Neukirchen beim Heiligen Blut, Bavaria, Germany |
| Month played | July |
| Established | 2011 |
| Format | Deadlift competition |
| Current champion | |
| Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (2025) | |
The Eisenhart Black Deadlift Championships is a biennial, global strength athletics competition featuring international strongmen and powerlifters from all over the world, competing exclusively in the Deadlift. The competition was established in 2011 by strength and physical culture historian and sports promoter Sepp Maurer and is held once in every two years in the month of July in Bavaria, Germany.
The championships allow deadlifts to be performed either in equipped or raw standards and by using either the conventional or sumo stance. They use original Buddy Capps Texas Deadlift bar alongwith Eleiko calibrated plates. Since 2011, the championships have produced many national & regional records, 3 continental records, as well as the all-time world record when Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson pulled 505 kg (1,113 lb) in 2025.