Career
He is the current IPC Powerlifting World Record holder in the +107 kg category with a 285.5 kilograms (629 lb) bench press and also holds the junior world record with 290.0 kilograms (6393 lb) and the Paralympic Championship Record with 285.5 kilograms (629 lb). Rahman began his career in Oshnavieh, Iran, supported by his family and coach Ali Asghar in 2008. He set a new IPC Powerlifting World Record in the +100 kg category on his fourth lift with a 285.0 kilograms (6283 lb) bench press, but unfortunately it didn’t count toward his medal performance.
He broke his own world record once more, lifting 291.0 kilograms (6415 lb) at a competition in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates on December 4, 2011.
Although he failed lifting 301 kilograms (664 lb) on his third attempt due to uneven lockout, Rahman claims he has hit that mark in training many times and hopes to continue breaking his own records during the next Paralympic cycle. With his successful lift of 280 kilograms (620 lb) Rahman proved to be the strongest man in Paralympic history - he was 38 kg beyond Faris First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Ajeeli, who claimed the silver medal by lifting 242 kilograms (534 lb).
Despite his disability and very young age Rahman is also relatively close to breaking the open all-time raw world record (disabled or not) of 335 kilograms (739 lb) by Kirill Sarychev and has expressed goals of bench pressing in excess of 350 kilograms (770 lb) and even becoming the first man to bench press 400 kilograms (880 lb) in competition. Rahman is the first Paralympic lifter who has bench pressed 600 pounds (270 kg).
Personal records
Powerlifting competition records:
done in official powerlifting meets
Raw Bench press - 291.0 kg (6415 lb) (+100 kg category) raw without wrist wraps or a belt (2011-2012-04)
Powerlifting gym records (unofficial):
done in the gym (based on video footage)
Raw Bench press - 310 kg (680 lb).
