List of Famous Strongmen
Brian Shaw
Age: 42Brian Shaw (born February 26, 1982) is an American professional strongman competitor and winner of the 2011, 2013, 2015 and the 2016 World's Strongest Man competitions. Shaw is also 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.- Birthplace: Fort Lupton, Colorado
- Kenneth Wayne Patera (born November 6, 1942) is an American retired professional wrestler, Olympic weightlifter, and strongman competitor from the United States.
- Birthplace: Oregon, USA, Portland
Jón Páll Sigmarsson
Dec. at 32 (1960-1993)Jón Páll Sigmarsson (28 April 1960 – 16 January 1993) was an Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder who was the first man to win the World's Strongest Man four times. He is 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.- Birthplace: Iceland
- William Kazmaier (born December 30, 1953) 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.
- Birthplace: USA, Wisconsin, Burlington
- Nathan Jones (born 21 August 1970) is an Australian actor, powerlifting champion, strongman and retired professional wrestler. He held the WWA World Heavyweight Championship once in World Wrestling All-Stars, and aligned himself with The Undertaker in World Wrestling Entertainment.
- Birthplace: Gold Coast, Australia
- Mariusz Zbigniew Pudzianowski (Polish pronunciation: [ˈmarjuʂ pudʑaˈnɔfskʲi]; born 7 February 1977), known in Poland as "Pudzian" and "Dominator" is a Polish former strongman competitor and current mixed martial artist. During his career as a strongman, Pudzianowski won five World's Strongest Man titles, more than any other athlete according to Guinness World Records. He also won two runner-up titles. In 2009, Pudzianowski debuted as a mixed martial artist.
- Birthplace: Biała Rawska, Poland
- Jouko Ahola is an actor who appeared in "Vikings," "Invincible," and "Mal día para pescar."
- Birthplace: Hämeenlinna, Finland
- Joseph Rollino (March 19, 1905 – January 11, 2010) was a decorated World War II veteran, weightlifter, and strongman. The son of Italian immigrants, Rollino dubbed himself the world's strongest man in the 1920s, moving 3,200 pounds (1,500 kg) with his back during the prime of his career.
- Birthplace: Coney Island, New York City, New York
- Magnús Ver Magnússon (born 22 April 1963) is an Icelandic former powerlifter and strongman competitor. He has won the title of World's Strongest Man four times (1991, 1994, 1995, and 1996).
- Birthplace: Egilsstaðir, Iceland
- Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (Icelandic: [ˈhafθour ˈjuːlijʏs ˈpjœr̥sɔːn] (listen); often transliterated as Hafthor; born November 26, 1988) is an Icelandic 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. Born in Reykjavík, Hafþór began his basketball career in 2004 with Division I team Breiðablik, moving to FSu in 2005. He transferred to Premier League side KR in 2006 before returning to FSu in 2007. He helped FSu to promotion from Division I to the Premier League but his career was cut short in 2008 due to a recurrent ankle injury. He subsequently began his strongman career. Hafþór won the Strongest Man in Iceland event in 2010, and won Iceland's Strongest Man in 2011. He won Europe's Strongest Man in 2014, a feat he repeated in 2015, 2017, 2018, and 2019. He won silver at the 2017 Arnold Strongman Classic, improving to gold in 2018 and 2019. He competed in his first World's Strongest Man in 2011, placing sixth. He won three bronze and three silver medals in his next six attempts before being crowned champion in 2018.
- Birthplace: Iceland
- Geoffrey Lewis Capes (born 23 August 1949) is a British former shot putter, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor. As an athlete he represented both England and Great Britain in field athletics, specialising in the shot put an event in which he was twice Commonwealth champion, twice European indoor champion, and three time Olympian. As a strongman, he twice won the title of World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion on two occasions, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man.As a Highland Games competitor he was six times world champion, first winning the title in Lagos in 1981, and held world records in numerous events. Following retirement from competitive sport he continued to be involved in strength athletics as a referee, event promoter and coach. He also ran a sportswear retail shop and became renowned as a world-class breeder of birds. Capes stood 197 cm (6 ft 5 1⁄2 in) and weighed 170 kilograms (370 lb) at his peak condition.
- Birthplace: Holbeach, England
- Sven-Ole Thorsen was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Thorsen began his acting career with roles in such films as the Arnold Schwarzenegger action flick "Conan the Barbarian" (1982), the Arnold Schwarzenegger action movie "Conan the Destroyer" (1984) and the Mel Gibson action film "Lethal Weapon" (1987). He also appeared in the action picture "The Running Man" (1987) with Arnold Schwarzenegger and the action movie "Red Heat" (1988) with Arnold Schwarzenegger. His passion for acting continued to his roles in projects like "Relentless 2: Dead On" (1992), the Mel Gibson smash hit action flick "Lethal Weapon 3" (1992) and "Nowhere to Run" (1993). In his more recent career, he continued to act in the Brendan Fraser smash hit comedic adventure "George of the Jungle" (1997), the Kevin Sorbo action film "Kull the Conqueror" (1997) and the action picture "Best of the Best: Without Warning" (1998) with Phillip Rhee. Most recently, Thorsen voiced characters in "Ronal the Barbarian" (2011).
- Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark
- Louis Cyr (French pronunciation: [lwi siʁ]; born Cyprien-Noé Cyr, 10 October 1863 – 10 November 1912) was a French Canada strongman with a career spanning the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His recorded feats, including lifting 500 pounds (227 kg) with one finger and backlifting 4,337 pounds (1,967 kg), show Cyr to be, according to former International Federation of BodyBuilding & Fitness chairman Ben Weider, the strongest man ever to have lived.
- Birthplace: Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville, Quebec, Canada
- Derek Poundstone (born September 28, 1981) is an American former professional strongman athlete from Woodbridge, Connecticut who placed runner up to at the world's strongest man 2008. Derek Poundstone is also a police Sergeant for the Naugatuck, Connecticut Police Department and is the former owner and landlord of an apartment complex and gym.
- Jamie Reeves (born 3 May 1962) is a British former coal miner, strongman and professional wrestler. As a strongman, he won the 1989 World's Strongest Man, was World Muscle Power champion, and also had numerous other titles including Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man. Following retirement from competitive sport he continued to be involved in strength athletics as a referee, event promoter and coach.
- Birthplace: Sheffield, United Kingdom
Bruce Wilhelm
Age: 79Bruce Wilhelm (born July 13, 1945) is a former weightlifter and strongman from the United States. He is a two-time winner of the World's Strongest Man competition in 1977 and 1978 and the author of numerous strength-related articles and books. He was a member of the executive board of the United States Olympic Committee. He was also on the Athletes Advisory Council for 8 years as well as the Substance and Drug Abuse Committee, the Sports Medicine Committee, and the Games Preparation Committee.- Birthplace: Sunnyvale, California
- Magnus Samuelsson (born December 21, 1969), is a Swedish actor, former strongman and winner of the 1998 World's Strongest Man contest in Morocco. The son of a former Swedish arm wrestling champion, he has also been ranked among the best arm wrestlers in the world and was a European Arm Wrestling champion prior to becoming a professional strongman.
- Birthplace: Kisa, Sweden, Sweden
- Andrus Murumets (born 20 July 1978) is an Estonian strongman and entrant to the World's Strongest Man contest. He reached 5th in the World Rankings according to the IFSA rankings in 2008. Andrus competed in the IFSA World Championships in 2005 finishing 4th, 5th in 2006 and 5th in 2007. Andrus has competed in the Arnold Strongman Classic 3 times, his best finish was 3rd in 2007. In 2009 he became the overall champion of the Strongman Champions League. He has been described by Svend Karlsen as having the strongest grip in the world.Murumets currently lives near Tallinn in Üksnurme, Saku Parish. Since May 2011 Murumets is working as a police officer.
- Birthplace: Ahja, Estonia
- Janne Virtanen (born 16 November 1969) is a Finnish former strongman who won the World's Strongest Man championship in 2000. He was runner-up in 1999 and finished third in 2001. His other championships include four-time Finland's Strongest Man (1998, 1999, 2000, 2001), Beauty and the Beast (2000), Helsinki Grand Prix (2000), and the Turkey Grand Prix in 2002 in Istanbul. Following his second consecutive failure to reach the final of the World's Strongest Man in 2007, he announced his retirement but entered into the third qualifying heat of the competition in 2008. He currently earns his living as a carpenter in Finland.
- Birthplace: Espoo, Finland
Eddie Hall
Age: 29- Birthplace: Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Žydrūnas Savickas
Age: 49Žydrūnas Savickas (Lithuanian pronunciation: [ʑiːˈdrûːnɐs sɐˈvʲɪtskɐs]; born July 15, 1975) is a Lithuanian powerlifter and professional strongman. He is the only modern competitor to have won every major strongman competition.- Birthplace: Biržai, Lithuania
Terry Hollands
Age: 45Terry Hollands (born 6 June 1979) is a British strongman competitor, Britain's Strongest Man and England's Strongest Man winner, he is a competitor at the World's Strongest Man and Europe's Strongest Man competitions.- Birthplace: Dartford, United Kingdom
Phil Pfister
Age: 53Phil Pfister (born May 15, 1971) is an American former strongman competitor, winning the 2006 Met-Rx World's Strongest Man competition and its $41,000 grand prize on September 23, 2006 in Sanya, China. He was the first American to win since Bill Kazmaier in 1982. Pfister stands 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) and weighs 375 pounds (170 kg). Prior to 2006, Pfister's previous best finishes in the World's Strongest Man were fourth place in 1998 in Tangier, and fourth place again in 2001 in Victoria Falls. He placed fourth at the 2007 and 2008 WSM contests, and seventh in 2009.While qualifying for his 4th-place finish in Victoria Falls, during an event known as the Hercules Hold, Pfister made a verbal promise that he would be the man responsible for bringing the World's Strongest Man title back to the United States. He went on to set two qualifier records in the Hercules Hold and in the Atlas Stones, but was unable to contend in the finals against the Scandinavian competitors who took the podium finishes that year, Magnus Samuelsson from Sweden, Janne Virtanen from Finland, and Svend Karlsen from Norway, respectively. Pfister has also achieved a podium finish at the Arnold Strongman Classic when he came third in 2002. Retiring after the 2009 Competition, Pfister currently comments for the World's Strongest Man competition on ESPN2 along with Bill Kazmaier and Todd Harris.- Birthplace: Charleston, West Virginia
Vidas Blekaitis
Age: 52Vidas Blekaitis (born 14 April 1972) is a Lithuanian strongman. As of 2007, Blekaitis was ranked World No. 4 by the International Federation of Strength Athletes. He placed 4th in the 2009 Arnold Strongman Classic. Blekaitis competed in the IFSA Strongman World Championships 3 times, finishing 7th in 2005, 4th in the 2006, and 6th in 2007.Vidas Blekaitis placed second at the Giants Live Finland event on 13 August 2011. This placing qualified him for the 2011 World's Strongest Man contest, but he failed to make it to the finals.- Birthplace: Birštonas, Lithuania
Gary Taylor
Age: 63Gary Taylor (born 14 October 1961) is a former world's strongest man champion (1993) he is in an elite group of people to compete at a high level in bodybuilding, olympic weightlifting and strongman. a true strength athlete from Wales.- Birthplace: Wales
- Marshall White (born April 30, 1982) is an American professional strongman athlete.
- Birthplace: Houston, Texas
Apollon
Dec. at 66 (1862-1928)Apollon the Mighty (February 21, 1862 – 18 October 1928), born Louis Uni, was a French strongman, especially famous for his grip strength. Louis Uni was born at eight o'clock in the morning on February 21, 1862 at no. 18 on the boulevard that today bears his name (Boulevard Louis Uni in Marsillargues) in the house his father Jean-Jacques Uni had built in 1845. He was the son of Jacques and Elisabeth (née Brémond) and was descended from a family of locally well-known giants. His grandfather Jacques Uni, born in 1772, was 2.03 m (6 feet and 8 inches) tall, while the average male height in France in 1800 was only 163.7 cm (5 feet and 4.45 inches).Born in Marsillargues, aged 14 years he ran away from his parents' house and joined the traveling Italian circus ‘Caramagne’ at Lunel near his home town. During a performance, the police seized him and returned him to his father. Eventually his parents allowed him to leave home and work with Felix Bernard and Pietro Dalmasso. He also worked with Henri Pechon and August “the Butcher”. He completed his military service aged 20. Uni took over the Café Fontaine in Paris, and after renovating it named it ‘Concert Apollon’ and began to put on theatrical programmes with athletic acts thrown in. Eventually, he had to relinquish the theatre, losing a considerable sum in the process. In 1889 Uni took part in a Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the International Athletic Arenas in Bordeaux: ‘This Tuesday evening… is the first representation of the competition of the French champions: Bernard, Crest, etc, and Apollon, the king of human strength… Finally, strength exercises will be performed by the celebrated Apollon, who has not yet met his equal, and has given himself the just title: the king of human strength. Apollon will lift his famous weight of 80 kilos to arm’s length... Apollon is truly the strongest man we have seen for a long time. In a pinch, between two fingers, he lifts a weight of 80 kilos. He is the most beautiful sample of an athlete that exists in the world. His perfect form and his face make one think of the gladiators of Roman antiquity.’ Also in 1889 Uni competed against Batta (Charles Estienne 1866-1939) in Lille using 118 kilo train-car wheels (with an enormous axle which was much too thick even for the hands of Batta). Batta could only lift it to his shoulders, resting it lightly on his chest for a minute. Apollon was reported to have lifted the weight easily. Part of Uni's stage act was called ‘Escaping Prisoner’, during which he would bend the tempered iron bars of a cage through which he would then pass. He performed this routine at the Folies Bergère, among other venues. In December 1889 he appeared at the Royal Aquarium in London. In about 1892 he married Josephine, with whom he had a daughter, but the marriage did not last, and after their divorce, she married Castanet, a famous animal trainer. On December 18, 1892 at the Théâtre des Variétésin Lille in France Uni cleaned and jerked a 155 kilo double barbell, with two weighted globes on each end of the bar. He then found the balance point and neatly slid the barbell onto one hand while lifting one leg at a right angle. Then he let the barbell fall from overhead and caught it in the bend of his arms before placing it on the ground. In 1896 he was standing at about 6'3" and weighing 265 lbs. with 18" forearms and nearly 10" wrists. Besides bending huge thick bars Uni lifted a pair of train wheels that weighed 366 lbs. over his head. In 1913 Uni met with a severe accident during a performance in Vichy in France. When attempting to hold back two motorcars with outstretched hands he cried out in pain and suddenly dropped to the ground, having torn the muscles of his arms and burst a blood vessel. By 1923 he was looking for work as a 'right hand man' and appeared in the silent film Mare Nostrum (1926) cast in the role of “Triton”. By 1928 aged 66 he was still exhibiting his strength in traveling shows.Uni was a friend and protegé of academic and champion of physical education Edmond Desbonnet. He died in Evreux in 1928 aged 66. The French Surrealist poet René Char, being a Southerner and a 1.92 m rugby player, was also an admirer of Louis Uni and addressed to him his famous poem "The Tomb of secrets" in Le Soleil des eaux (Le Tombeau des secrets).- Birthplace: France, Hérault
Derek Boyer
Age: 55Derek Boyer (born 14 June 1969) is a Fijian-Australian world champion powerlifter, former professional strongman competitor and actor.- Birthplace: Lautoka, Fiji Islands
René Minkwitz
Age: 54Rene Minkwitz (born 7 February 1970) was a strongman "strength athlete" from Denmark from 1995 to 2011. He won Denmark's Strongest Man 10 times, 2001-02-03-04-05-06-07-07-08-09, 2 times in 2007 because there were 2 federations in Denmark that year. He finished 10th at the World's Strongest Man final of 1999. He failed to qualify for the final in 2000-02-03-04.- Birthplace: Denmark
Raimonds Bergmanis
Age: 58Raimonds Bergmanis (born 25 July 1966) is a Latvian politician and former Minister of Defence. He is a former Olympic weightlifter and retired strongman competitor.- Birthplace: Pļaviņas, Latvia
Jesse Marunde
Dec. at 27 (1979-2007)Jesse Marunde (September 14, 1979 – July 25, 2007) was an American strongman athlete who placed second in the 2005 World's Strongest Man competition. He is the brother of mixed martial artist Bristol Marunde.- Birthplace: Glennallen, Alaska
Richard Skog
Age: 43Richard Skog (born 16 June 1981) is a Norwegian strongman competitor. Before life as strongman he was a member of the Norwegian Armed Forces.- Birthplace: Norway
Hugo Girard
Age: 53Hugo Girard (born December 20, 1971) 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.- Birthplace: Portneuf-sur-Mer, Quebec, Canada
Glenn Ross
Age: 53Glenn Ross (born 27 May 1971) 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.- Birthplace: County Down, Northern Ireland
Kevin Nee
Age: 39Kevin Nee (born August 21, 1985) is an American professional Strongman athlete. He is notable as being the youngest person ever to reach the finals in the World's Strongest Man in 2007 at age 21.Born in Framingham, Massachusetts, Nee began his strength training at the age of 14. As a high school student at Hopedale High School in Hopedale, Massachusetts, he began competing in the teenage level Strongman competitions. He won the teenage heavyweight division of 2002 USA Teenage Strongman, which earned him coverage in Sports Illustrated's “Faces in the Crowd” column. To date, Nee has competed in five of the World's Strongest Man championships. In 2005, he competed in the tournament held in Chengdu, China; at the age of 20, he made history as the youngest competitor ever to compete in this annual sports event, article.Nee also competed in the 2006 World's Strongest Man championship in Sanya, China. In both the Chengdu and Sanya tournaments, Nee did not make it to the final round of competition. In 2007, at the World's Strongest Man championship held in Long Beach, California, Nee made it to the final round and finished in eighth place. He has also competed in the annual World's Strongest Man Super Series Competition at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, where he finished fifth in 2006 and second in 2007.While he was still competing as an amateur strongman, Nee was featured in a 2005 episode of the MTV reality show True Life: I Want the Perfect Body 2. It was in the same episode that it was mentioned he was named the Strongest Teen in the United States. In 2007, Men's Fitness magazine named him among the world's “25 Fittest Men”, in the company of New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady, Los Angeles Galaxy soccer star David Beckham, and entertainers Matt Damon and Justin Timberlake.The 6'2, 295-pound Nee, who has a degree in supply chain management from Arizona State University, resides in the Boston, MA area.- Birthplace: Framingham, Massachusetts
Benedikt Magnússon
Age: 41Benedikt Magnússon (born June 4, 1983) is an Icelandic strongman and powerlifter. He holds the raw deadlift world record with a lift of 460.4 kg (1,015 lb) in 2011. He also set the world record for the heaviest strongman deadlift of 461 kg (1,016 lb) in 2014, which stood until Eddie Hall lifted 462 kg (1,019 lb) the next year. Hall later increased the latter record to 500 kg (1,102 lb) in 2016.- Birthplace: Iceland
Stojan Todorchev
Age: 40Stoyan Todorchev (Bulgarian: Стоян Тодорчев) (born 27 October 1984) is a Bulgarian strongman competitor and entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition.- Birthplace: Bulgaria
Vasyl Virastyuk
Age: 50Vasyl Virastyuk (Ukrainian: Василь Вірастюк; born 22 April 1974), is a Ukrainian former strongman competitor. He is a brother of Roman Virastyuk. Winner of world's strongest man 2004.- Birthplace: Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine
Jack McIntosh
Age: 36Jack McIntosh is a British strongman competitor, who was the youngest competitor at the 2011 World's Strongest Man.- Birthplace: Kirkby Stephen, United Kingdom
Rob Frampton
Age: 51Rob Frampton is a British strongman competitor, winner of the UK Team Championships in 2008, winner of the British Clash of the Giants in 2011 and repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man.- Birthplace: Titchfield, United Kingdom
Kostiantyn Ilin
Age: 49Kostiantyn Ilin (Ukrainian: Костянтин Ільїн; born 26 March 1975) is a leading Ukrainian strongman competitor and entrant to the World's Strongest Man.- Birthplace: Chernivtsi, Ukraine
Cees de Vreugd
Dec. at 45 (1952-1998)Cees de Vreugd, also known as "Kees de Vreugd" (9 March 1952 – 7 October 1998) was a butcher, strongman and powerlifter from Katwijk, Netherlands. He finished third at the World's Strongest Man games in 1985.After competing in soccer in his youth, De Vreugd started weightlifting very late at the age of 29 in 1981. In 1982 he began competing as a powerlifter, and won the Dutch National Championships in 1983. De Vreugd won the IPF World Powerlifting Championships in the +125 kg class in 1985. De Vreugd was the first European to total 2,200 lb (1,000 kg) in powerlifting in 1985, including a 927 lb (420 kg) squat. Later that year he made a total of 1002,5 kg which was the Dutch record for 32 years (until November 2017). The squat (420 kg) earlier in 1985 still stands as the Dutch record in May 2019. De Vreugd competed at 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) and approximately 311 lb (142 kg) during his strongman career.- Birthplace: Katwijk, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Hamid Soltan
Age: 54Hamid Soltan is an Iranian Strongman and Powerlifter, competing for Iran in international powerlifting competitions. He participated in the first period of Iran's Strongest Man competition, and could reach the final and become the Runner-up.- Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Farzad Mousakhani
Age: 44Farzad Mousakhani (Persian: فرزاد موسی خانی) (born 1981) is an Iranian strongman competing for Iran in international strongman competitions.He participated three times in Iran's Strongest Man finishing in 2nd place in 2007.- Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Mark Felix
Age: 58Mark Felix (born 17 April 1966) 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.- Birthplace: Grenada
- Kamal Sharifi is an Iranian Strongman, competing in internal and international strongman competitions. He participated couple of times in Iran's Strongest Man competition, and could reach the final in 2011 and get the third place.
- Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Vytautas Lalas
Age: 42Vytautas Lalas (born 21 July 1982) is a Lithuanian professional strongman.- Birthplace: Mažeikiai, Lithuania
Mojtaba Maleki
Age: 42Mojtaba Maleki (Persian: مجتبی ملکی) (born 1983) is an Iranian Strongman and Powerlifter, competing for Iran in international strongman and powerlifting competitions. He participated six times in Iran's Strongest Man competition, placing runner-up in three. (2001, 2004–2005). he reach the world record of raw squat with knee wraps,500 kg,on 21 September 2017.- Birthplace: Iran
Jimmy Laureys
Age: 43Jimmy Laureys (born 7 July 1981) is a Belgian powerlifter and strongman competitor.- Birthplace: Belgium
- Karim Taleshi is an Iranian Strongman, competing for Iran in international strongman competitions. He participated couple of times in Iran's Strongest Man competition, and could reach the final in two of them.
- Birthplace: Iran
Mehrab Fatemi
Age: 50Mehrab Fatemi (Persian: محراب فاطمی) (born 1975) is an Iranian strongman and powerlifter.- Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
- Hassan Ebadi (Persian: حسن عبادی) (born 1986) is an Iranian Strongman, competing for Iran in international strongman competitions.He participated four times (2008–2011) in Iran's Strongest Man competition, and could become the Runner-up in 2008.
- Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Amir Gharaei
Age: 47Amir Gharaei is an Iranian Strongman, competing for Iran in international strongman competitions. He participated couple of times in Iran's Strongest Man competition, and could reach the final in two of them.- Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Majid Talkhavi
Age: 46Majid Talkhabi is an Iranian Strongman and Powerlifter, competing for Iran in international strongman and powerlifting competitions. He participated two times in Iran's Strongest Man competition, and could reach the final in both of them.- Birthplace: Qom, Iran
Stefán Sölvi Pétursson
Age: 38Stefán Sölvi Pétursson (born 20 March 1986) is an Icelandic strongman competitor and entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition.- Birthplace: Iceland
Majid Dejbarar
Age: 44Majid Dejbarar is an Iranian Strongman, competing for Iran in international strongman competitions. He participated couple of times in Iran's Strongest Man competition, and could reach the final in 2004.- Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Ali Esmaeili
Age: 48Ali Esmaeili (born 19 December 1996) is an Iranian football defender who last played for Iranian club Tractor in the Iran Pro League.- Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Moslem Darabi
Age: 43Moslem Darabi (Persian: مسلم دارابی) (born 1981 in Sahneh, Kurdish city in the Kermanshah province) is an Iranian strongman, he is the 2 time reigning Iran's Strongest Man.- Birthplace: Sahneh
Aidin Khataei-Asl
Age: 41Aidin Khataei-Asl is an Iranian Strongman, competing in internal and international strongman competitions. He participated couple of times in Iran's Strongest Man competition, and could reach the final in the year 2006.- Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Mehrdad Bajelan
Age: 39Mehrdad Bajelan is an Iranian Strongman, competing in internal and international strongman competitions. He participated couple of times in Iran's Strongest Man competition, and could reach the final in two of them.- Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Hamid Gharaei
Age: 40Hamid Gharaei is an Iranian Strongman, competing in internal and international strongman competitions. He participated couple of times in Iran's Strongest Man competition, and could reach the final four times.- Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
- Mehdi Fatemi is an Iranian Strongman and Powerlifter, competing for Iran in international powerlifting competitions. He participated two times in Iran's Strongest Man competition, and could reach the final in both of them.
- Birthplace: Tehran, Iran
Ted van der Parre
Age: 69Theodorus (Ted) van der Parre (born 21 September 1955) is a former strongman from the Netherlands of Italian origin who won the World's Strongest Man contest in 1992 and was 4th in 1991. He also participated in 1994 when he finished 8th, having to drop out after the second event due to a calf injury. At 6 ft 10.5 in (210 cm) and 350 lb (159 kg), Van der Parre is the tallest man ever to compete in the World's Strongest Man contest, and also has the lowest WSM BMI of 35. He also won the Netherlands Strongest Man contest in 1991, 1992, and 1994.- Birthplace: Netherlands
Flemming Rasmussen
Age: 56Flemming Rasmussen (born March 12, 1968) is a former strongman competitor and powerlifter from Denmark. He competed in the World's Strongest Man contest several times, finishing in 5th place in 1995, 4th in 1996, and 2nd in 1997. Flemming won the title of Denmark's Strongest Man 7 times from 1995-2000 and in 2003, and won the Danish Powerlifting title in 1993 and 1994. Before competing as a strongman, Rasmussen was Danish ten-pin bowling champion.- Birthplace: Denmark
Pete Tancred
Age: 75Peter Arthur "Pete" Tancred (born 20 October 1949) is a former athlete, and professional strongman from England. Tancred was born on 20 October 1949 in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan, the younger brother of Bill Tancred. In Britain he became affiliated to Queens Park Harriers in London. He competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics and came sixth at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. Domestically, he was the British Champion (AAA) twice (in 1977 and 1978), following in the footsteps of his brother Bill who won the title seven times. In 1984 he competed in Britain's Strongest Man coming second behind Alan Crossley and two years later won Britain's Most Powerful Man, the replacement for the absent Britain's Strongest Man competition that year.- Birthplace: Quetta, Pakistan
John Gamble
John Gamble is a former world champion Powerlifter and strongman competitor from Richmond, Virginia.- Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia
Tom Magee
Age: 66Thomas "Tom" Magee (born July 1, 1958) is a Canadian former world champion powerlifter and strongman competitor from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was also a professional wrestler from 1985–1990.- Birthplace: Winnipeg, Canada
Mark Westaby
Age: 59Mark Westaby (born 17 April 1965) is a British strongman competitor, notable for being a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man.- Birthplace: Healaugh, Richmondshire, United Kingdom
Rouhollah Dadashi
Dec. at 29 (1982-2011)Rouhollah Dadashi (Persian: روح الله داداشی) (January 24, 1982 – July 16, 2011) was an Iranian Powerlifter, Bodybuilder and Strongman, competing for Iran in international strongman competitions.He participated five times in Iran's Strongest Man competition, reaching the final round each time, and becoming the champion twice (2009 and 2010).Dadashi was stabbed and killed on 16 July 2011, 11:45 p.m in a fight which started as an argument with another driver and his passengers. On 17 July 2011, two of the killers were arrested by the police in the city of Karaj. The third and main murderer was arrested the next day while trying to escape the city. Thousands of people attended Dadashi's burial ceremony. He was buried in Imamzadeh Mohammad in Karaj on 18 July 2011.One of the accused, 17-year-old Alireza Molla-Soltani, was publicly hanged to death. The boy claimed that the stabbing was in self-defense, yet the Court persisted with the death sentence.- Birthplace: Meyaneh, Iran
Joe Onosai
Age: 59Joe Onosai (born December 10, 1965) is a former strongman competitor and American football player. Onosai is a Samoan tribal prince and was drafted by the National Football League Dallas Cowboys. He reached the finals of the World's Strongest Man competition twice (1994 and 1995).- Birthplace: Samoa
Jimmy Marku
Age: 50Jimmy Marku (Albanian: Xhimi Marku; born 27 August 1974) is an Albanian-born British strongman competitor.- Birthplace: Albania
Tom McClure
Age: 49Tom McClure is a professional strongman competitor from Hartford, Connecticut. Tom earned his pro card by winning the 2005 North American Amateur National Championships. Tom competed in the 2007 IFSA Strongman World Championships, qualifying for the finals and finishing in 10th place overall.- Birthplace: Hartford, Connecticut
Van Hatfield
Age: 53Van Hatfield (born September 13, 1971) is an American professional strongman competitor and powerlifter from Mapleton, Utah. Van won America's Strongest Man in 2004, his career best win. Van came in 2nd at the IFSA Strongman World Team Championships in 2005 with team Pan-America with teammates Travis Ortmayer, Geoff Dolan and Jon Andersen. Van competed in the 2007 IFSA Strongman World Championships, finishing in eighth place. He also has a son Anthony Fuhrman who is a lightweight Pro Strongman- Birthplace: Mapleton, Utah
Steve MacDonald
Age: 56Steve MacDonald (born 1969) is a strongman competitor from Pittsburgh. Steve has competed in the IFSA organization as well as the Arnold Strongman Classic. Steve set a world record on the stone for height at the 2007 Arnold Strongman Classic, lifting a 522 lb (237 kg). Atlas Stone. Steve won America's Strongest Man in 2006, his career best win.- Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Antonio Barichievich (October 10, 1925 – September 7, 2003), was a Croatian-Canadian strongman, professional wrestler, and eccentric, better known by his ring name The Great Antonio. He was a popular local figure in Montreal until his death.
- Birthplace: Croatia, Zagreb
Adrian Rollinson
Age: 59Adrian Rollinson (born 1965) is a British strongman competitor, notable for being a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man.- Birthplace: Dudley, United Kingdom
Simon Wulfse
Age: 73Simon Wulfse (born January 12, 1952 in Dordrecht) is a strongman from the Netherlands. He finished 3rd at the World's Strongest Man games in 1983. Simon won the Europe's Strongest Man title in 1983, his career best finish. Simon finished 1st in Strongest man of the Netherlands in 1982, and 3rd in 1984. Simon also finished 3rd at the 1986 and 1987 World Muscle Power Championships. Simon was arrested in 1989 and convicted of drug smuggling.- Birthplace: Dordrecht, Kingdom of the Netherlands
Eddy Ellwood
Age: 60Eddy Ellwood (born 1964) is a British world champion bodybuilder and professional Strongman competitor. Ellwood is best known for being a 5-time winner of the NABBA Mr Universe (pro) contest. He is also a 4-time winner of the England's Strongest Man title, including the IFSA version.- Birthplace: Hartlepool, United Kingdom
Igor Pedan
Igor Pedan is a Ukrainian-born Russian strongman who is best known for competing in the IFSA Strongman World Championships and World's Strongest Man. Igor was born in Ukraine, currently he resides in Moscow, and competes for Russia. He won the title Absolute Champion of Russia in 2004, and won the 3rd competition of the United Strongman Series in Moscow in 2005.- Birthplace: Ukraine
Nick Best
Age: 55Nick Best (born June 6, 1969) is an American professional strongman competitor and world champion powerlifter.- Birthplace: Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area, Nevada
Tarmo Mitt
Age: 47Tarmo 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 2005-2008.- Birthplace: Estonia
Svend Karlsen
Age: 57Svend Viking Karlsen (born 6 October 1967) is a Norwegian former strongman, powerlifter, and IFBB professional bodybuilder. He is well known for shouting his catch phrase "Viking Power!" during competitions.- Birthplace: Drammen, Norway
Hjalti Arnason
Age: 61Hjalti Árnason (born 18 February 1963), nicknamed Hjalti Úrsus, is an Icelandic former strongman competitor and world champion powerlifter. Hjalti was known by the nickname "The Great Ursus". He first began in strength sports by competing as a junior powerlifter representing Iceland in 1983. Hjalti coached the great Jón Páll Sigmarsson and competed alongside Magnús Ver Magnússon in a team strength competition called Pure Strength in 1989 & 1990.- Birthplace: Reykjavik, Iceland
Simon Sulaiman
Age: 53Simon Sulaiman (born 1972) is a Syrian-born Dutch strongman competitor and entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition.- Birthplace: Syria
Henning Thorsen
Age: 65Henning Thorsen (born October 20, 1959) was a strongman competitor from Denmark. Thorsen was a renowned powerlifter, winning his country's superheavyweight championships 5 times. He also won Denmark's Strongest Man six times from 1984, 1987 to 1989, 1991 and 1992. Thorsen participated in the World's Strongest Man finals of 1990, 1991 and 1992. His best result was a second place in 1991.- Birthplace: Denmark
Otto Acron
Age: 89Otto Acron (12 May 1935) is an Australian strongman.- Birthplace: Sydney, Australia
László Fekete
Age: 67László Fekete is the name of: László Fekete (footballer) (1954–2014), Hungarian footballer László Fekete (strongman) (born 1958), Hungarian strongman- Birthplace: Ősi, Hungary
Mike Jenkins
Dec. at 31 (1982-2013)Mike Jenkins (November 3, 1982 – November 28, 2013) was an American professional strongman competitor from Westminster, Maryland. Jenkins worked as a high school athletics director when not competing as a strongman. He was a college and professional football player before switching over to strongman competition in 2007. He won the Maryland's Strongest Man contest in 2007 which qualified him for the North American amateur national strongman championships later that year and he placed sixth in that contest. He placed second in the North American nationals in 2009.Jenkins competed in the inaugural Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships in 2010 and won that contest. This victory earned him his pro strongman card, as well as an invite to the 2011 Arnold Strongman Classic. He competed in the 2010 America's Strongest Man later in the year and placed second behind 3-time champion Derek Poundstone.He entered the 2011 Arnold Strongman Classic placing second overall ahead of the reigning World's Strongest Man, Zydrunas Savickas. and qualified for the finals of the 2011 World's Strongest Man contest, which, though winning the first 2 events, he had to withdraw from after suffering a back injury, finishing in eighth place overall. Jenkins won the 2012 Arnold Strongman Classic, finishing ahead of former champions Derek Poundstone, Zydrunas Savickas and Brian Shaw, and won the Giants Live event in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia on March 17, 2012, which qualified him for the 2012 World's Strongest Man contest later in the year. He set a joint world record in the hip lift event with Nick Best with a lift of 1,150 kilograms (2,540 lb).Mike Jenkins died on November 28, 2013, aged 31, in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania- Birthplace: Westminster, Maryland
Heinz Ollesch
Age: 58Heinz Ollesch (born November 11, 1966) is a strongman from Germany. He won Germany's Strongest Man 12 times, and he participated in the World's Strongest Man Finals in 1995 and 1997.- Birthplace: Rosenheim, Germany
Jarno Hams
Age: 50Jarno Hams (born 1974) is a strongman from the Netherlands. He participated in the World's Strongest Man in 2002 and 2003, but failed to qualify for the finals both times. Hams is a 7-time winner of Strongest Man of the Netherlands.- Birthplace: Hengelo, Netherlands
Mikhail Koklyaev
Age: 47Mikhail Viktorovich Koklyaev (Russian: Михаи́л Ви́кторович Кокля́ев, born December 17, 1978) is a Russian National weightlifting champion, strongman competitor and powerlifter. Mikhail was born to a Russian father and a Tatar mother, and he is married with two children.- Birthplace: Chelyabinsk, Russia
Oli Thompson
Age: 45Oliver Thompson (born 2 January 1980) is an English strongman, mixed martial artist and former holder of the title Britain's Strongest Man. Thompson currently competes in the Heavyweight division, is a former UCMMA Heavyweight Champion, and has also previously competed for the UFC, KSW, and BAMMA.- Birthplace: East Sussex, United Kingdom
Ervin Katona
Age: 48Ervin Katona (Serbian Cyrillic: Ервин Катона) (born 5 January 1977, Subotica, SFR Yugoslavia) is a leading Serbian strongman competitor and regular entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition. Katona is ethnic Hungarian.- Birthplace: Serbia
Travis Ortmayer
Age: 43Travis Ortmayer (born August 9, 1981) 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. Ortmayer's strongman training complex is called "The Unit". His father, Roger Ortmayer, trains with him. He is supported by his mother, Sonja Ortmayer and his sister, Tara Ortmayer. Travis Ortmayer was born in Lake Tahoe, Nevada. He is more recently known for rescuing a woman at the 2016 Scottish Highland Games in Reno, Nevada, after winning the men's open division.Richard Slaney
Age: 68Richard Charles Slaney (born 16 May 1956) is a British discus thrower who competed in the 1984 Summer Olympics and strongman competitor, notable for being a repeat winner of the Britain's Strongest Man title. At the UK Athletics Championships he won in 1979, ranked second in 1977 to 1978, and was third in 1980. He also came third in the shot put in 1980.- Birthplace: Redhill, United Kingdom
Robert Szczepański
Age: 49Robert Szczepański (born 1 June 1975) is a Polish boxer, powerlifter and strongman competitor. Prior to competing in strongman, Szczepański coached boxing and Powerlifting, and in 1993 he won a bronze medal in boxing at the Polish Junior Championships. Robert began competing in strongman in 2002. He has a wife, Magda, and a son Dorian (named after 6 time Mr. Olympia winner Dorian Yates).- Birthplace: Poland
Darren Sadler
Age: 44Darren Sadler (born 22 March 1980) is a British former strongman competitor, winner of the World Strongman Challenge in the under 105 kg category, and notable for being a repeat competitor at the World's Strongest Man despite his comparatively small stature.- Birthplace: Boroughbridge, United Kingdom
Laurence Shahlaei
Age: 42Laurence "Loz" Shahlaei (born 25 December 1982) is an English strongman competitor, winner of England's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man, and regular competitor at the World's Strongest Man. He was the 2016 Europe's Strongest Man champion.- Birthplace: Cheltenham, United Kingdom
Sebastian Wenta
Age: 50Sebastian Wenta (born 1975), also known as Wentyl, is a former shot putter, strongman, and Highland Games competitor from Poland. Wenta's athletic career started with volleyball, and he eventually moved on to the shot put and discus throw. He began competing in strongman in 2005 and has quickly risen through the ranks. His biggest accomplishment to date is coming in second at the 2007 World's Strongest Man contest. Wenta lives in Tczew, Poland and owns two sports outlets.- Birthplace: Poland
Bill Lyndon
Age: 61Bill Lyndon (born 30 January 1964) is an Australian former strongman competitor. Lyndon is a 5-time winner of Australia's Strongest Man, and a 4-time entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition.- Birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
Ilkka Nummisto
Age: 80Ilkka Nummisto (April 24, 1944 – June 29, 2019) was a Finnish sprint canoer who competed from the mid-1960s to the mid-1970s. Competing in four Summer Olympics, he earned his best finish of fifth in the K-4 1000 m event at Mexico City in 1968.After his Olympic career concluded, Nummisto appeared in the Finals of the World's Strongest Man competition 5 times between 1986 and 1992, including a personal best 3rd place showing in 1990. He was the first man to lift all five McGlashen stones in The World's Strongest Man, followed by Geoff Capes and Jon Pall Sigmarson at the same event in 1986. Ilkka was also 3 times Finland's Strongest Man.- Birthplace: Finland
William Bankier
Dec. at 78 (1870-1949)William Bankier billed as 'Apollo, the Scottish Hercules', was an early bodybuilder and strongman stage performer who in 1915 and 1919 was also 'King Rat' of the showbusiness charity the Grand Order of Water Rats.- Birthplace: Banff, Aberdeenshire
Andy Drzewiecki
Age: 77Andy Drzewiecki (born Andrzej Drzewiecki 9 November 1947) is a former athlete, weightlifter and strongman from England. He won a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Games in 1978 in the heavyweight class of the weightlifting. He also competed at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow. In 1979 he competed in the first ever Britain's Strongest Man, won by Geoff Capes, and came third in that event in 1982. Prior to that he had also competed successful at a national level in various field athletic events.- Birthplace: England
Karl Gillingham
Age: 59Karl Gillingham (born February 6, 1965) is an American professional strongman and powerlifter.- Birthplace: Northfield, Minnesota
Martin Muhr
Age: 53Martin Muhr (born June 17, 1971) is a strongman from Germany. He participated in the World's Strongest Man finals of 2000 and 2001.- Birthplace: Bad Kötzting, Germany
Krzysztof Radzikowski
Age: 43Krzysztof Radzikowski is a professional strongman competitor from Głowno, Poland.- Birthplace: Głowno, Poland
Louis-Philippe Jean
Age: 40Louis-Phillipe Jean (born August 15, 1984) is a Canadian strongman competitor and entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition on multiple occasions.- Birthplace: Québec, Canada
Johnny Perry
Dec. at 30 (1972-2002)Johnny Perry (October 24, 1972 – November 21, 2002) was a professional strongman competitor from Zebulon, North Carolina, USA. Perry finished fourth in the 2002 World's Strongest Man competition.- Birthplace: North Carolina
Forbes Cowan
Age: 60Forbes Cowan (born 16 October 1964) is a Scottish former strongman competitor and multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man. Although he never captured the World's Strongest Man title, during the 1990s he was the World Muscle Power champion, Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man, as well as being consistently in the top five in major international competitions.- Birthplace: Kilwinning, United Kingdom
Gerrit Badenhorst
Age: 62Gerrit Badenhorst (born 10 October 1962) is a former WPC world champion powerlifter and professional strongman competitor from South Africa.- Birthplace: De Aar, Northern Cape, South Africa
Tobias Ide
Age: 45Tobias Ide (born 1980) is a German strongman competitor and entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition.- Birthplace: Germany
Andy Bolton
Age: 55Andrew "Andy" Bolton (born 22 January 1970) is an English powerlifter and strongman who was born in Dewsbury, Yorkshire.- Birthplace: Dewsbury, United Kingdom
Martin Wildauer
Age: 37Martin Wildauer (born 27 November 1987) is an Austrian strongman competitor and entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition. He is a competitor of the well-known Strongman Champions League and the Giants Live competitions. Martin is the current world record holder in the bavarian stonelift.- Birthplace: Austria
Igor Werner
Age: 50Igor Werner (born 22 March 1974) is a German strongman competitor and entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition.- Birthplace: Germany
Marc Iliffe
Dec. at 30 (1972-2003)Marc Iliffe (27 June 1972 – 11 February 2003) was a British strongman famous for being the winner of Britain's Strongest Man contest in 2002.- Birthplace: England
Dominic Filiou
Age: 47Dominic Filiou (February 27, 1977 – January 2, 2019) was a Canadian strongman. Filiou was best known for competing in the 2005, 2006, and 2007 World's Strongest Man competitions. In 2005 he finished third in the finals, a career best. In 2006 and 2007 he was eliminated during the qualifying heats. He was the 2007 winner of Canada's Strongest Man making him the first man to defeat Hugo Girard on Canadian soil (Girard was still recovering from a knee operation 14 months prior to the competition). He died of a heart attack on 2 January 2019.- Birthplace: Canada
Jessen Paulin
Age: 50Jessen Paulin (born May 29, 1974) is a Canadian Strongman. A resident of Gatineau, Quebec, Paulin is known for being a multiple-Quebec's Strongest Man champion and a two-time Canada's Strongest Man in 2005 and 2006 succeeding, multiple-time champion and former World Champion Hugo Girard who was in rehabilitation following a surgery on an injured foot. In 2007, he was crowned the North America's Strongest Man, an event that featured six Canadian and six American strongman athletes. Jessen won this title again in 2008.Paulin first entered the Canadian Strongmen spotlight in 1999 in which he first reached the Canada's Strongest Man finals and finished in 9th place. Paulin received most of his training with the help of Girard and often shared the same training routine. It was in 2002, that Paulin first reached the World Stage by finishing second in Canada's Strongest Man and repeated the same feat in 2003 and 2004. In 2003, Jessen qualified for the finals for the first and only time at the World's Strongest Man competition, eventually finishing in 8th place.In 2004, Girard suffered a major foot injury which kept him sidelined from the main competition for nearly two years. Paulin took advantage of Girard's absence in 2005 to become Canada's Strongest Man for the first time and reaching the world stage for the third time in four years. However, Paulin did not reached the Grand Finals of the competition. In 2006, after successfully defending the Canadian crown, Paulin participated for the fourth time in the World Strongest's Man Competition held in China but finished in 5th position of his group during the first round. His group included former World's Strongest Man Mariusz Pudzianowski.In 2007, after finishing second behind Dominic Filiou in Canada's Strongest Man, Paulin qualified for the World's Strongest Man competition for the third year in a row and fifth time in six years after winning the North America's Strongest Man competition which was held in his hometown during the Gatineau Hot Air Balloon Festival. Paulin, finished ahead of American competitor Brian Shaw by way of a tie-braker after both finished the competition with 83 points In that event, Hugo Girard who attempted a comeback withdrew from the competition due to another injury.Jessen was scheduled to compete at the 2008 inaugural Fortissimus strongman event, but withdrew and officially retired from international strongman competition.- Birthplace: Québec, Canada
Donald Dinnie
Dec. at 79 (1837-1916)Donald Dinnie (1837–1916) was a Scottish strongman, born at Balnacraig, Birse, near Aboyne, Aberdeenshire. He has been recognized as "The Nineteenth Century's Greatest Athlete". Dinnie's athletic career spanned over 50 years, and over 11,000 successful competitions.- Birthplace: Birse, United Kingdom
Riku Kiri
Age: 61Riku Kiri (born April 5, 1963 in Kotka, Finland) 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."- Birthplace: Kotka, Finland
Berend Veneberg
Age: 61Berend Veneberg (born 5 November 1963 in Den Ham) is a former strongman and powerlifter from the Netherlands. He finished 5th at the World's Strongest Man games in 1993, 9th in 1998, 6th in 1999, 1st at Europe's Strongest Man in 2000 and won Strongest man of the Netherlands 7 times.- Birthplace: Den Ham, Kingdom of the Netherlands
