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Mateusz Kieliszkowski (born 12 August 1993) [3] 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.
Mateusz Kieliszkowski Poland: 30.68 metres (100.7 ft) 10 10 2 Trey Mitchell United States: 29.57 metres (97.0 ft) 9 9 3 Mitchell Hooper Canada: 28.65 metres (94.0 ft) 8 8 4 Pavlo Nakonechnyy Ukraine: 28.02 metres (91.9 ft) 7 7 5 Tom Stoltman United Kingdom: 27.94 metres (91.7 ft) 6 6 6 Luke Stoltman United Kingdom: 25.07 metres (82.3 ft) 5 5 7
In 2020 Mateusz Kieliszkowski lifted a 145 kg (320 lb) dumbbell, and in 2016 Brian Shaw repped a 136 kg (300 lb) dumbbell 3 times. Odd Haugen's Tombstone - Contestants have to lift a natural stone that weighs 186 kg (410 lb) to their shoulder for many reps as possible. In 2019 Mateusz Kieliszkowski lifted the stone for 5 repetitions.
The 2019 edition was also held in Dubai and was won by Poland's Mateusz Kieliszkowski. On February 22, 2020, World's Ultimate Strongman announced the competition would be expanding and would hold the championship in Bahrain at the Bahrain International Circuit with a purse of $350,000 which was the largest for any strongman competition. [1]
Polish strongman Mateusz Kieliszkowski, a relative newcomer, placed second; vaunted strongman competitor Brian Shaw, who won the WSM in 2011, 2015, and 2106, placed third.
Mateusz Kieliszkowski of Poland finished second for the second year in a row. Defending champion Hafthor Julius Bjornsson of Iceland finished third, having suffered a torn plantar fascia during the qualifying heats that hampered him throughout the finals.
Mateusz Kieliszkowski Poland: 8.69 sec 9 12 4 Martins Licis United States: 14.81 sec 8 12 5 Evan Singleton United States: 8.89 metres (29.2 ft) 7 15 6 Tom Stoltman United Kingdom: 8.13 metres (26.7 ft) 6 13 7 Oleksii Novikov Ukraine: 7.49 metres (24.6 ft) 5 11 8 Oskar Ziółkowski Poland: 4.90 metres (16.1 ft) 4 6 9 Bobby Thompson United States
This year's competition welcomed 11 new faces to the competition, and included 5 notable withdraws from previous champions Martins Licis (sciatica) and Oleksii Novikov (bicep issues), former two-time runner up Mateusz Kieliszkowski (Achilles injury), [2] Shane Flowers (bicep tear), and Kristján Jón Haraldsson (ACL tear).