{"id":134,"date":"2017-01-19T13:14:46","date_gmt":"2017-01-19T19:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.saskpowerlifting.ca\/?page_id=134"},"modified":"2017-01-19T15:03:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-19T21:03:57","slug":"jeff-butt-athlete","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.saskpowerlifting.ca\/index.php\/hall-of-fame\/jeff-butt-athlete\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Butt &#8211; Athlete"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Butt &#8211; Athlete<br \/>\nInducted 2015<\/p>\n<p>(Jeff was also inducted to the Hall of Fame as a Builder in 2015. To read about that, go <a href=\"http:\/\/saskpowerlifting.ca\/index.php\/hall-of-fame\/jeff-butt-builder\/\">here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>Jeff moved to Saskatchewan from Newfoundland in 1996. \u00a0He had been\u00a0powerlifting in Newfoundland since\u00a0December 1992, and brought that passion with him to Moose Jaw.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_151\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-151 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saskpowerlifting.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/36223_109390392443487_4690122_n-300x201.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saskpowerlifting.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/36223_109390392443487_4690122_n-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.saskpowerlifting.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/36223_109390392443487_4690122_n.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff receiving his bronze medal in the Bench Press at the 2008 IPF Open World Championships<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>One of the most special events he competed in while living in Saskatchewan was the 2008 Open World Championships that were held in St. John&#8217;s, NL. \u00a0He was a part of the organizing committee, and also a lifter at this event in his home province. \u00a0It was also where he was his first and only Open World medal in the Bench Press.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><u>Competition Accomplishments<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>2 time Classic Master National Powerlifting Champion<\/p>\n<p>3 time Equipped Master National Powerlifting Champion<\/p>\n<p>2 time Equipped Open National Powerlifting Champion<\/p>\n<p>4 time Equipped Open National Bench Press Champion<\/p>\n<p>2 time North American Powerlifting Champion<\/p>\n<p>4 Retired Records<\/p>\n<p>Current National Classic Master Squat record holder<\/p>\n<p>World Squat Bronze<\/p>\n<p>2 World Bench Silver<\/p>\n<p>1 World Bench Bronze<\/p>\n<p>1 World Deadlift Bronze<\/p>\n<p>1 World Total Bronze<\/p>\n<p>Top Master lifter in 2011<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<h1><strong><u>Coaching \/ Athlete experience at World events<\/u><\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2><strong><u>Open Bench Press:\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1997 Canada<\/p>\n<p>2004 USA<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Athlete and assisted athletes with coaching for both.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong><u>World Games:\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1997 Finland<\/p>\n<p>2009\u00a0Taiwan<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Athlete 1997 and Coach in 2009<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><u>Masters Powerlifting:\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>2001 Canada<\/p>\n<p>2003 Canada<\/p>\n<p>2011 Canada<\/p>\n<p><strong>*Meet Director and Coach in 2001 and 2003, and Athlete and assisted athletes with coaching in 2011.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong><u>Junior and Sub-Junior Worlds:<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1993 Canada<\/p>\n<p>2005 USA<\/p>\n<p>2006 Bulgaria<\/p>\n<p>2007 France<\/p>\n<p>2008 South Africa<\/p>\n<p>2011 Canada<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>*Athlete in 1993 and Coach in all other events.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong><u>Open Powerlifting Worlds:<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>1997 South Africa<\/p>\n<p>2002 Slovakia<\/p>\n<p>2003 Denmark<\/p>\n<p>2004 South Africa<\/p>\n<p>2005 USA<\/p>\n<p>2006 Norway<\/p>\n<p>2007 Austria<\/p>\n<p>2008 Canada<\/p>\n<p>2016 USA (Classic)<\/p>\n<p><strong>*1997 and 2004 Coach, all other years as a coach and athlete, and in 2008 he was the meet Director as well.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1><strong><u>Coaching \/ Athlete experience at National events<\/u><\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>1993-1995 Athlete Open Men&#8217;s Nationals AB, NS, and ON<\/p>\n<p>1996 Coach Women, Master and Junior in NS<\/p>\n<p>1996 Coach and Athlete Open Powerlifting and Bench Press in AB<\/p>\n<p>1997-1999 Coach and Athlete at Junior, Master, Women&#8217;s and Bench Press in MB, SK, and QU<\/p>\n<p>1997 Coach Open Men&#8217;s in ON<\/p>\n<p>1998-1999 Coach and Athlete in BC and PEI<\/p>\n<p>2000-2011 Coach and Athlete all events in SK, QU, NS, MB, ON, AB, BC, NS, ON, SK, QU, and PEI<\/p>\n<p>2014-2016 Coach and Athlete in ON, NL and SK all events<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeff Butt &#8211; Athlete Inducted 2015 (Jeff was also inducted to the Hall of Fame as a Builder in 2015. To read about that, go here.) Jeff moved to Saskatchewan from Newfoundland in 1996. \u00a0He had been\u00a0powerlifting in Newfoundland since\u00a0December 1992, and brought that passion with him to Moose Jaw. One of the most special &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saskpowerlifting.ca\/index.php\/hall-of-fame\/jeff-butt-athlete\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Jeff Butt &#8211; Athlete&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":90,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-134","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saskpowerlifting.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saskpowerlifting.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saskpowerlifting.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saskpowerlifting.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saskpowerlifting.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.saskpowerlifting.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152,"href":"https:\/\/www.saskpowerlifting.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/134\/revisions\/152"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saskpowerlifting.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/90"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saskpowerlifting.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}