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Powerlifting Dataset

Dataset from the Open Powerlifting Community

@kaggle.docgenki_powerlifting_dataset

About this Dataset

Powerlifting Dataset

A dataset provided from the Open Powerlifting Community.
Link to the Website.

They also update regularly:
Link to the dataset


Some bullet points about the dataset:

  • CSV-file
  • over 2.8 mio. rows and 41 columns
  • timeline September 1964 to May 2023
  • includes events, date of competition
  • includes birthyear, bodyweight, weightclass, gender
  • includes squat, bench, deadlift, total
  • includes country, city, federation
  • tested competition or not

License and Readme from Open Powerlifting:

-- Public Domain

OpenPowerlifting is a public-benefit archive of historical sports
data. OpenPowerlifting data is contributed to the public domain.

-- Related and Neighboring Rights

The OpenPowerlifting database contains facts that, in and of
themselves, are not protected by copyright law. However, the copyright
laws of some jurisdictions may cover database design and structure.

To the extent possible under law, all CSV data is waived of all
copyright and related or neighboring rights. The work is published
from the United States.

-- Attribution

Although you are under no requirement to do so, if you incorporate
OpenPowerlifting data into your project, please consider adding a
statement of attribution so that people may know about this project
and help contribute data.

Sample attribution text:

This page uses data from the OpenPowerlifting project, https://www.openpowerlifting.org.
You may download a copy of the data at https://gitlab.com/openpowerlifting/opl-data.

If you modify the data or add useful new data, please consider
contributing the changes back so the entire powerlifting community
may benefit.


If you really like the work they are doing you might consider supporting their projects:
Their patreon

Or contribute:
Their Gitlab

Note: I am not affiliated nor do I work for Open Powerlifting!

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