Francesco Maria Columbu was an Italian bodybuilder, powerlifter, actor, author, producer, and a licensed chiropractor.
Magnús Ver Magnússon is an Icelandic former powerlifter and strongman competitor. He has won the title of World's Strongest Man four times.
The World's Strongest Man is an international strongman competition held every year. Organized by American event management company IMG, a subsidiary of Endeavor, it is broadcast in the US during summers and in the UK around the end of December each year. Competitors qualify based on placing in the top three at the four to eight Giants Live events each year.
Riku Kiri is a Finnish former strongman and powerlifter, best known for competing in the World's Strongest Man competition, narrowly missing out on capturing the title on more than one occasion. He has been referred to as: "the strongest guy who has never won the World's Strongest Man competition."
Svend Viking Karlsen is a Norwegian former strongman, powerlifter, and IFBB professional bodybuilder. He is well known for shouting his catch phrase "Viking Power!" during competitions.
Jouko Ahola is a Finnish former strongman, power-lifter and actor.
Žydrūnas Savickas is a Lithuanian powerlifter and professional strongman. He is the only modern competitor to have won every major strongman competition,
William Kazmaier is an American former world champion powerlifter, world champion strongman and professional wrestler. During the 1970s and 1980s, he set numerous powerlifting and strongman world records, and won two International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Championships and three World's Strongest Man titles. In the 1980s, Kazmaier became famous for his claim to be "the strongest man who ever lived" by equaling and surpassing spectacular and versatile feats of strength of famous strongmen of the 20th century. He is widely considered to be one of the all-time greatest competitors in strength competitions.
Glenn Ross known by his nickname "The Daddy", is a Northern Irish former International Strongman and Powerlifter who has represented Northern Ireland and the UK in several World's Strongest Man competitions and various World Grand Prix and European Team competitions. Ross is the founder of the UK Strength Council and Scotland Strength Association and creator of the UK's Strongest Man competition as well as several regional and national qualifying events.
Bench press world records are the international records in bench press across the years, regardless of weight class or governing organization, for bench pressing on the back without using a bridge technique.
Patrik Baboumian is an Iranian-born German-Armenian retired strongman and former bodybuilder. He promotes veganism.
Nick Best is an American professional strongman competitor and world champion powerlifter.
Mark Felix is a Grenadian-English strongman competitor and regular entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition. He has won numerous international grip contests, including the Rolling Thunder World Championships in 2008 and 2009, as well as the Vice Grip Viking Challenge in 2011 and 2012.
Brian Shaw is an American professional strongman competitor and winner of the 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2016 World's Strongest Man competitions. He is the first man to have won the Arnold Strongman Classic and the World’s Strongest Man contest in the same calendar year, a feat he accomplished in 2011 and then replicated in 2015.
Warren Lincoln Travis was the first famous strongman in the United States of America and a world champion back and hip lifter, who performed feats of strength on Coney Island in the first quarter of the 20th century.
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson is an Icelandic former professional strongman and actor. He is the first person to have won the Arnold Strongman Classic, Europe's Strongest Man and World's Strongest Man in the same calendar year. He played Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane in the HBO series Game of Thrones for five seasons. He also is a former professional basketball player.
Harold "Iron Bear" Collins is a former professional strongman, world champion Powerlifter and also a Philanthropist. Harold is a member of the Tuskarora Nation of Moratoc Indians, and calls himself the "World's Strongest Native American".
Edward Stephen Hall is an English former professional strongman and actor. He won the World's Strongest Man 2017 competition and is the former world record deadlift holder, lifting 500 kg under strongman rules, which he achieved in 2016, until Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson lifted 501 kg on 2 May 2020. The validity of Bjornsson's record is disputed by some, as it was not set in competition. He has also won on multiple occasions both the UK's Strongest Man and England's Strongest Man titles.
Luke Skaarup is a professional engineer and also a retired professional strongman from Canada who competed actively in the sport of strongman from 2007 to 2015. During his competitive career, he held many records, most notably the Canadian record for heaviest atlas stone ever lifted in competition, the Ontario record for heaviest deadlift (780lbs), and the Ontario Record heaviest dumbbell press (230lbs). He competed in over sixty competitions with his top placings being the 2 x Ontario's Strongest Man Champion, 4th at North America's Strongest Man (2014), and 8th at the World Amateur Strongman Championships (2012).
The 2016 World's Strongest Man was the 39th edition of the World's Strongest Man competition. The event was held in Kasane, Botswana, from August 13–20. It was screened on Channel 5. The competition was held in summer, compared to the previous two years which were held in spring. The scoring worked the same as in the prior year but not previous years; in the final event in the heats, the Atlas Stones were awarded double points. The top two from each heat qualified for the grand final.
