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Based on his recorded feats, including lifting 500 pounds (227 kg) with one finger and backlifting 4,337 pounds (1,967 kg), former International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation chairman Ben Weider stated in 2000, that Cyr is the strongest man ever. [1]
On December 27, 1952, he set a new world record of 660.5 lb (299.6 kg) at the Chattanooga and Tennessee Weightlifting Championships, done at a bodyweight of 285 lbs (129.3 kg). The following year, 20 year-old Anderson extended his own record to 714.25 lb (324 kg) on May 30 and again to 762.25 lb (345.8 kg) on July 25, 1953 in Norfolk, Virginia .
Keg toss – 15 kg (33 lb) over 7.77 metres (25 ft 6 in) (2024 Strongest Man on Earth) (World Record) [74] Hafþór also held the previous world record twice when he cleared 7.10 metres (23 ft 4 in), during 2015 Giants Live Sweden (Scandinavian Open) [95] [96] and 7.15 metres (23 ft 5 in), during 2016 World's Strongest Man Group 3 [97] [31]
With 31 international competition wins, he is the third most decorated strongman in history, behind Lithuania's Žydrūnas Savickas and Poland's Mariusz Pudzianowski, [6] and in terms of pure brute strength and with over 100 world records, many strength analysts and Strongman experts regard Hafþór as "the strongest man to have ever lived".
World's Strongest Man: North Carolina, USA: Belt & Straps on Stiff bar at a 1" deficit [63] [64] Žydrūnas Savickas: Belt & Straps on Stiff bar at a 1" deficit: Brian Shaw: Belt & Straps on Stiff bar at a 1" deficit: 440 kg (970.0 lb) Žydrūnas Savickas: Belt & Straps on Stiff bar at a 1" deficit: 442.5 kg (975.5 lb) Brian Shaw: Aug 2013 ...
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson is finally the mightiest man on earth. Björnsson officially won the 2018 World's Strongest Man competition on Sunday in the Philippines, officially becoming the World ...
Angus MacAskill (1825 – 8 August 1863) was a Scottish-born Canadian giant. In its 1981 edition the Guinness Book of World Records stated he was the strongest man, the tallest non-pathological giant and the largest true giant in recorded history at 7 feet 9 inches (2.36 m), he also had the largest chest measurements of any non-obese man at 80 inches (203 cm).
In addition to his athletic endeavours, Capes was a strongman competitor and after the culmination of his shot put career focused on the World’s Strongest Man - eventually being crowned winner ...