Richard Peters
Coaching
- Head Coach of Team NASA (3 Champion Teams) vs Team AAU ’04
- Head Coach of Team NASA (2 Champion Teams) vs Team AAU in ’03
- NASA Coach of the Year 2003
- Head Coach of 3 IPF World Championship Teams (Sweden, Norway & Luxembourg)
- Head Coach of Jr. World Championship Team (Sweden) World Champions
- Head Coach of IPF 2nd Place Jr. World Team (Norway) World Runner-ups
- Head Coach of 4 IPF World Champion Lifters
- Head Coach of Team NASA Champions at the AAU World Push/Pull Championships
- Coached Lifters to more than 30 IPF World Records
- Coached more than 250 NASA National Champions
- Head Coach of 4 Winning USA Teams in Russia
- Served as USPF National Treasurer
Lifting
- 3x Strongest Man in Oklahoma Winner at 213 lbs – 230 lbs bwt (lightest man in comp)
- State Champion Powerlifter (Best Training Lifts 804, 525, 733, 2060) @ 220 lbs
Promoting
- Created “Power Sports” lifting in 1996 ©
- Founder of the first High School National Championships
- First USA Meet Director in Russia (Moscow)
- Only Meet Director in history to Conduct 4 consecutive USPF Senior Nationals Championships
- Has Promoted more than 2,100+ Individual Powerlifting Meets in 43+ years – World Record
- Has personally witnessed over 1,000,000+ Powerlifting Attempts
- World’s Foremost Authority on Spotting and Loading
- First to bring Russian Powerlifting Team to US to compete (Atlanta, GA. 1990)
- First to allow women to lift on the same platform as men in the same meet. (1970’s)