Adam Bishop is an English professional strongman. He is a two-time winner of the Britain's Strongest Man competition (2020, 2023) [2] and one of the best deadlifters in strongman.
He has also competed in rugby, as a winger [3] and in skeleton bobsleigh. [4]
Bishop refers to himself in the media as "one of the little guys" in the sport, despite weighing over 300 lbs constantly. [1] [5] He started competing in open strongman competitions in 2012, having progressed from the under-105 kg category. [4] He secured second place at 2014 UK's Strongest Man and entered the heats for the World's Strongest Man in 2015, establishing himself as an up-and-coming talent. [6]
Bishop steadily improved his standings in the competition, narrowly missing a place in the finals of the 2016 World's Strongest Man when he was beaten in the Atlas Stones. In the 2018 World's Strongest Man competition, Bishop failed to get past the qualifying heats after losing against Johan Els again in the Atlas Stones event. [7] In 2018 World Tour Finals, he emerged second runner-up. In the 2019 World's Strongest Man competition, Bishop reached the finals for the first time, coming in ninth place overall. [8]
In January 2020, Bishop won his first Britain's Strongest Man competition, after coming in 2nd the previous year. [9] In the 2020 World's Strongest Man competition, Bishop reached the final once again and improved on his performance from the previous year, placing sixth overall. [10] In September, Bishop placed 2nd at Europe's Strongest Man, [11] while in December, he competed at the 2020 Shaw Classic and placed sixth overall. [12] In 2021 Giants Live World Open he emerged runner-up to Evan Singleton.
In 2023, Bishop won Britain's Strongest Man for the second time, after coming in second in 2021 and third in 2022. [13] In 2024, Bishop made it 2nd in the qualifiers in 2024's world's strongest man but had to withdraw due to injury. He established a world record in the moving deadlift ladder event. In 2025, he deadlited a personal best 470 kg (1,036 lb) at the World Deadlift Championships sharing second place with Austin Andrade, behind Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson's legendary 510 kg (1,124 lb) all-time world record, becoming one of only 11 men in strongman history to reach that number.
Bishop worked as an RFC Strength and Conditioning Coach for Harlequin F.C. [1] In 2021, Bishop left Harlequin F.C. to focus full-time on his strongman career. [14]
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