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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 January 1994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Strongman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 170–177 kg (375–390 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Austin Andrade (born 20 January 1994) is an American Strongman competitor from San Antonio, Texas. [1]
A student of Amphitheater High School, Andrade started his sporting career in 2015 as a Football player and Wrestler in Adams State University. [2] [3]
Andrade developed a passion towards heavy strength training and entered the 2022 Beerstone competition held in Mission, Texas where he emerged runner up to Bobby Thompson. [1] He then entered America's Strongest Man in the same year where he secured fifth place. [4] Next year, he won 2023 Strongman Champions League World's Strongest Latino, [1] and got selected to the World's Strongest Man competition in 2024 held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina where he placed seventh. He also won 2023 Shaw Classic Open (Men) competition and earned himself an entry to 2024 Strongest Man on Earth competition held in Loveland, Colorado where he placed fifth. [5] In 2025, he deadlited a personal best 470 kg (1,036 lb) at the World Deadlift Championships sharing second place with Adam Bishop, 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.
Winning percentage: 18.18%
Podium percentage: 18.18%
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Podium | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Total | |
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| International competitions | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 11 |