Jón Páll Sigmarsson was an Icelandic strongman,powerlifter and bodybuilder who was the first man to win the World's Strongest Man four times and the first and only man to win the World Muscle Power Classic five times. Jón Páll is widely regarded as one of the greatest strongmen of all time,and is credited with developing Iceland's national identity. He was named Icelandic Sportsperson of the Year in 1981,and was one of the best-known Icelandic athletes. In 2012,Jón Páll was inducted into the World's Strongest Man Hall of Fame.
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. The current event sponsor is SBD Apparel. Previous sponsors include Tachi Palace,Coregenx,Commerce Hotel and Casino,DAF Trucks,Tonka,MET-Rx,and PartyPoker.com.
Strongman is someone who exhibits strength through strength athletics. Strength athletics,also known as strongman competitions,are composed of a variety of events in which competitors have to move the highest weights possible,the winner being the one having the highest tally across all events. In the 19th century,the term strongman referred to an exhibitor of strength or similar circus performers who performed feats of strength.
Žydrūnas Savickas is a Lithuanian powerlifter and professional strongman. Due to his 84 international wins in major international strongman competitions including four World's Strongest Man championships,eight Arnold Strongman Classic championships,two IFSA Strongman World Championships,and over 70 world records,he is widely regarded as the greatest strength athlete of all time.
Magnus Samuelsson,is a Swedish actor,former strongman and winner of the 1998 World's Strongest Man contest in Morocco. He has also made it to the World's Strongest Man podium 5 times and the finals 10 times and is regarded as one of the best strongmen in history. The son of a former Swedish arm wrestling champion,he has also been ranked among the best arm wrestlers in Europe during his active years with a second place in 1993 as his best performance.
Hugo Girard is a Canadian former strongman. He is a Strongman Super Series world Champion,a four-time World Muscle Power champion and a six-time Canada's Strongest Man. With 15 international competition wins,he's the eighth most decorated strongman in history.
Derek Anthony Poundstone is an American police officer,former professional strongman and strength coach from Woodbridge,Connecticut. He was the runner-up at the 2008 World's Strongest Man,a two-time Arnold Strongman Classic champion,and a three-time winner of America's Strongest Man. Poundstone is also a high-ranking officer for the Naugatuck,Connecticut Police Department and is the former owner and landlord of an apartment complex and gym.
Travis Ortmayer is an American professional Strongman athlete from Cypress,Texas. He is nicknamed the Texas Stoneman due to his many world records in the Atlas Stone event.
Terry Hollands is a British bodybuilder and the winner of the 2bros Pro Luke Sandoe Classic Beginners Class 2019 bodybuilding championships. Hollands is also a retired strongman competitor and a past winner of Britain's Strongest Man,the UK's Strongest Man,and England's Strongest Man competitions. He's also a Europe's Strongest Man silver (2010) &bronze (2017) medalist,a two time World's Strongest Man bronze medalist,a two time Arnold Strongman Classic 8th-place winner,a World's Ultimate Strongman 9th-place winner (2018),and the 5th most prolific strongman contestant in history having competed in more than 90 international competitions,winning 4 of them throughout 17 years. With 12 international event wins,Hollands is noted for his vehicle pulling skills,making him the 7th best vehicle puller in strongman history. He was nicknamed Terry 'The Tank' Hollands or 'Big Tel'.
Karl Gillingham is an American professional strongman and powerlifter.
Gary Taylor is a Welsh former world's strongest man champion (1993). Competing in bodybuilding,Olympic weightlifting,and strongman.
David Ostlund is an American professional strongman competitor. He grew up in Edina,Minnesota and attended Edina High School. Ostlund was a member of the Edina track and field team and competed in the shot put and discus events. It was his weight training for track that initially sparked his interest in the sport of strongman.
Mark Felix is a Grenadian-English strongman competitor and regular entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition. He has competed at a record 18 World's Strongest Man contests,reaching the finals three times. He is the winner of the 2015 Ultimate Strongman Masters World Championships,2016 WSF World Cup India and 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. Having competed in over 100 international competitions throughout 19 years,Felix is the 3rd most prolific strongman contestant in history.
Brian Shaw is an American retired professional strongman who is widely regarded as one of the greatest strength athletes of all-time. He won the 2011,2013,2015,and 2016 World's Strongest Man,making him one of only five men to win the World’s Strongest Man four times or more. In 2011,Shaw became the first man to win the Arnold Strongman Classic and the World's Strongest Man competitions in the same calendar year,a feat he replicated in 2015. With 27 international competition wins,he is the fourth most decorated strongman in history behind Lithuania's Žydrūnas Savickas,Poland's Mariusz Pudzianowski and Iceland's Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson.
LászlóFekete is a strongman from Hungary. He was ten times Hungarian Strongest Man from 1988 to 1997 and participated in the World's Strongest Man finals of 1988,1989,1990 and 1999. Between 1991-2001 in parallel with original WSM series,Fekete organised the world natural strongest man mini series in Hungary in which he also participated. His son also competes in strongman competition.
Raivis Vidzis is a leading international strongman competitor,former two-time holder of the World Strongman Cup title and repeat entrant to the World's Strongest Man. Now retired from strongman,Raivis currently competes in Mixed Martial Arts.
Jean-François 'JF' Caron is a Canadian strongman and powerlifter from Les Hauteurs,Quebec,Canada. Having competed in 73 International strongman competitions and winning 10 of them,Caron is among the 20 most decorated strongmen of all time.
Mateusz Kieliszkowski is a Polish strongman competitor,notable for winning the 2019 World's Ultimate Strongman competition. He is also a two-time World's Strongest Man runner-up,three-time Arnold Strongman Classic runner-up,one time Europe's Strongest Man runner-up,and five-times Poland's Strongest Man.
The World Log Lift Championships is an annual competition featuring strength athletes from all over the world,competing exclusively in the log clean and press. Created initially as part of the Strongman Champions League,it has since been part of Giants Live and the championship has been present in both series,Giants Live running one version of the championship and the World Log Lift Federation taking over the Strongman Champions League's variant of the championship.
Martins Licis is a Latvian-American professional strongman,notable for winning 2019 World's Strongest Man,2022 Arnold Strongman Classic,and 2021 Rogue Invitational strongman championships.
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