Strongman
Hollands' career as a strongman began in 2005, coming second at the 2005 England's Strongest Man competition and winning 2005 UK's Strongest Man title. As a result, Hollands was invited for the 2005 World's Strongest Man competition, but he did not qualify for the finals.
In 2006, Hollands lost his UK's Strongest Man title to Glenn Ross but turned his attention to the Britain's Strongest Man competition. He also took part in the 2006 World's Strongest Man competition and qualified for the finals and placed seventh.
In 2007, Hollands regained his title of Britain's Strongest Man and returned to the 2007 World's Strongest Man and produced arguably the best performance of his career in the finals, placing third behind Mariusz Pudzianowski and Sebastian Wenta, becoming the first British competitor to achieve a podium finish since Gary Taylor in 1993.
The 2008 Britain's Strongest Man saw Hollands conceding his title to Jimmy Marku, winning second place. However, in the 2008 World's Strongest Man contest, he qualified for the final, coming second in his qualifying heat, but in a hugely talented field, he placed last out of the ten finalists. [5]
In 2009, Hollands had a much improved showing in the 2009 World's Strongest Man final, eventually finishing sixth overall.
In 2010, Hollands had series of podium finishes in the Strongman Champions League, including a win in Ireland (tied with Žydrūnas Savickas). He placed second at the Europe's Strongest Man contest but injured his biceps in the process. [6] a few months later he recovered from his injury and was able to compete at the 2010 World's Strongest Man contest where he made the final for the fifth consecutive year, and finished in 8th place. [7] He ended the year by becoming the 2010 SCL overall winner. [8]
At the 2011 World's Strongest Man competition, Hollands performed at a consistently high in all of the events to earn him his second podium finish at WSM, placing 3rd behind Brian Shaw and Žydrūnas Savickas. He also placed eighth at the Arnold Strongman Classic.
In the 2012 World's Strongest Man finals, Hollands withdrew from the final after tearing his left bicep during the natural stones event. He finished in 7th place. He also placed eighth again at the Arnold Strongman Classic and it was the last time he was selected.
In the 2014 World's Strongest Man competition, Hollands became the first man to have qualified for the final for nine consecutive years. He placed fifth in the overall competition. In the 2014 World's Strongest Viking, he secured third place behind the champion Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson and runner-up David Nyström.
In 2016 he was invited to the 2016 World's Strongest Man competition but failed to qualify for the finals.
In 2017, Hollands reached the podium at the 2017 Europe's Strongest Man, finishing in third behind Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson and Eddie Hall. He couldn't qualify for World's Strongest Man finals.
In 2018, he again failed to qualify for World's Strongest Man finals, getting eliminated at the group stage. He also emerged ninth at the inaugural World's Ultimate Strongman among a highly stacked field of 12 athletes.
In 2019, a lean Hollands placed thirteenth at Giants Live World Finals shortly after competing in his first bodybuilding show. [9] In November, he won the 2019 World's Strongest Man Masters competition held at the Official Strongman Games in Daytona, Florida. [10]
In 2020, he again failed to qualify for World's Strongest Man finals. He ended up tenth at the Shaw Classic and eleventh at the Europe's Strongest Man.
After withdrawing from the 2021 World's Strongest Man, after sustaining an injury and not being able to qualify to the finals for five consecutive years, Hollands announced his retirement from Strongman. [11] [12]
In a career which spanned seventeen years, he competed in more than 90 international competitions, winning 4 of them. [13] With 12 international event wins, Hollands is also noted for his vehicle pulling skills, being the 8th best vehicle puller in strongman history. He was nicknamed Terry 'The Tank' Hollands or 'Big Tel'. [14]
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