Kirk Karwoski is an American world champion powerlifter.

Kirk is a 7 time USPF National Powerlifting Champion,[1] a 6 time IPF World Powerlifting Champion and an IPF Junior World Powerlifting Champion.

[1] Kirk is widely considered one of the greatest squatters in the history of powerlifting,[2] he currently holds the International Powerlifting Federation equipped world record in the squat of 455 kg.(1,003 lbs.)

[3] Leading up to that competition he squatted that 1000 lbs.

Many people recognize Kirk's 800lbs x 5 raw squat[4] to be the most impressive set[5] in history, as he wasn't even at his max weight at the time.