Charles "Trey" Mitchell III (born July 16, 1993), nicknamed The Big Thicket, is a professional strongman from Lumberton, Texas. He is most notable for winning the Shaw Classic strongman championship two consecutive times in 2021 and 2022.[1][2]
Mitchell was born on July 16, 1993, and started strength training for football at high school.[3] He then entered his first strength contest in Houston in 2012[3] and gradually excelled in the sport, winning America's Strongest Man in Long Beach, California in 2018.[3]
Career
Mitchell won the first two editions of the Shaw Classic (before it was rebranded as the Strongest Man on Earth) in 2021 and 2022, beating fields including several former World's Strongest Man winners and other top-level international competitors.[4] In 2022, he placed 2nd at the 2022 Rogue Invitational.
At the 2024 Giants Live World Deadlift Championships, Mitchell completed a 470kg (1,036lb) deadlift. Although the competition allowed for the use of a suit, he competed raw with only straps and a belt. It broke the world record for the heaviest raw deadlift on a deadlift bar in strongman history held by Jerry Pritchett and also earned Mitchell the new American deadlift record irrespective of the use of a suit.
Personal records
Deadlift (Raw with straps) – 470kg (1,036lb) (2024 Giants Live USA Strongman Championships) (Standard bar Strongman Raw world record)[8]
Trap bar Deadlift (from 12 inches) – 475kg (1,047lb) (2025 Strongest Man on Earth)
Axle bar Deadlift with globes (for reps) (raw with straps) – 350kg (772lb) x 10 reps (2025 Giants Live Strongman Classic) (World Record)[8]
Double T Squat – 388kg (855lb) (equipped) (2022 Arnold Strongman Classic)
↑ Lockridge, Roger (September 3, 2021). "Shaw Classic 2021 Results". BarBend. Archived from the original on September 11, 2023. Retrieved June 1, 2022.
↑ Lockridge, Roger; Blechman, Phil (August 14, 2022). "Shaw Classic 2022 Results". BarBend. Archived from the original on October 2, 2023. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
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