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Vasyl Virastyuk (Ukrainian: Василь Вірастюк; born 22 April 1974), is a Ukrainian politician and former strongman competitor. He is a brother of Roman Virastyuk. Virastyuk was the winner of World's Strongest Man 2004. In a 28 March 2021 parliamentary by-election, Virastyuk was a candidate for Servant of the People. [2]
The 2004 World's Strongest Man was the 27th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Vasyl Virastyuk from Ukraine. It was his first title after finishing third the previous year. Zydrunas Savickas from Lithuania finished second for the third year in a row.
He would defend his title in 2003 in spectacular fashion. He won 4 of the 7 events, and claiming two 2nd places and a 3rd place in the remaining events to finish with 66 out of a possible 70 points, and 20 ahead of runner up Savickas. 2003 was also the first appearance of Ukrainian Vasyl Virastyuk, who finished 3rd.
Vasyl Virastyuk holds the record for most wins, winning the title 7 times. Oleksandr Lashyn has won the title 6 times and Oleksii Novikov 4 times. Three of the competition winners have proceeded to become World's Strongest Man (2004, 2020) and Europe's Strongest Man (2022, 2023) champions.
The 1978 World's Strongest Man was the second edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Bruce Wilhelm from the United States. It was his second title. Don Reinhoudt also from the United States finished second, and Lars Hedlund from Sweden third.
The 2014 World's Strongest Man was the 37th edition of World's Strongest Man. [2] The event was held in multiple venues in the Los Angeles County area, the same host area as the 2012 World's Strongest Man contest. [2]
Eugen Sandow Zydrunas Savickas, the winner of many world championships, competing in 2007 [2]. Žydrūnas Savickas; Darren Sadler; Frank Saldo; Monte Saldo; Magnus Samuelsson; Eugen Sandow
The 1977 World's Strongest Man was the 1st edition of World's Strongest Man and was held at the Universal Studios, California [1] and took place over ten weeks. [2] The title was won by Bruce Wilhelm from the United States.