Tarmo Mitt

Tarmo Mitt
Born	(1977-05-22) 22 May 1977 (age 47) [1] Tartu, Estonia
Other names	"The Mountain"
Occupation	Strongman
Height	6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)

Competition record
Tarmo Mitt
Strongman
Representing   Estonia
World's Strongest Man
6th	2005 World's Strongest Man
5th	2006 World's Strongest Man
10th	2007 World's Strongest Man
7th	2008 World's Strongest Man
World Strongman Cup
3rd	Overall World Strongman Cup 2005
2nd	Overall World Strongman Cup 2006
3rd	Latvia 2007
World Strongman Federation
1st	belAZ Strongman Cup 2010
1st	Asian World Cup 2011
2nd	WSF World Cup Latvia 2011
1st	WSF World Cup Belarus 2011
1st	belAZ Strongman Cup 2011
WSF World Team Cup
1st	WSF World Team Cup: Stage 2 2011 w/Evgeny Shcherbakov
Strongman Super Series
2nd	2008 Sweden Super Series
Estonia's Strongest Man
1st	1999
1st	2000
1st	2001
3rd	2002
1st	2003
1st	2004
3rd	2009
Estonian Tartu Strongman Open
1st	2010
Ultimate Strongman Masters World Championship
2nd	2017
6th	2018

Tarmo Mitt (born 22 May 1977) is an Estonian professional strongman competitor and regular entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition. He was a finalist, finishing inside the top ten, in four consecutive years from 2005 to 2008.

Strongman career

Mitt was 20 when he started training and competing in strongman competitions and within 2 years had won his national championships. By 2005 he had become recognised as one of the world's leading competitors with podium finishes in the World Strongman Cup happening regularly. He was invited to the World's Strongest Man finals and made the final in 2005. Despite being in the WSM final on four consecutive occasions from 2005 to 2008, he did not make the starting line-up for the 2009 event, instead being given the first reserve spot. He counts this as his biggest disappointment whilst training as a strongman. ^[2] In the 2007 final he tore his biceps and this led to his tenth place, although he was still in the final.

Tarmo won stage 3 of the WSF World Cup held in Minsk, Belarus on September 10, 2011. ^[3] Tarmo also won the Estonian Tartu Strongman Open on November 27, 2010. ^[4] He is the father of prominent Estonian basketball player Arnold Mitt.

Personal records

• Squat – 320 kg (705 lb)
• Bench press – 225 kg (496 lb)
• Deadlift – 335 kg (739 lb)
• Keg toss – 15 kg (33 lb) x 5 kegs over 6.00 metres (19 ft 8 in) in 31.59 seconds (2008 Strongman Super Series Sweden Grand Prix) (World Record) ^[5]
• Pillars of Hercules (Hercules hold) – 200 kg (441 lb) in each hand for 71.12 seconds (2005 World's Strongest Man) (former world record)
• Power Medley – 100 kg (220 lb) cannonball carry for 20m course and 227 kg (500 lb) sled drag for 20m course in 26.15 seconds (2006 World's Strongest Man, group 4) (World Record) ^[6]

References

1. Profile on Archive of 2008 www.theworldsstrongestman.com
2. Profile on 2009 WSM site
3. "Tarmo Mitt Wins Belarus Strongman Cup in Minsk". Archived from the original on 2011-06-23. Retrieved 2010-09-14.
4. "Tarmo Mitt Wins Estonian Tartu Strongman Open". Archived from the original on 2010-12-06. Retrieved 2010-11-30.
5. "STRENGTH RECORD, Section 06 - Throwing". www.strengthrecord.com. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
6. "STRENGTH RECORD, Section 16 - Medleys". www.strengthrecord.com. Retrieved 12 April 2025.

External links

Media related to Tarmo Mitt at Wikimedia Commons