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The 2017 World's Strongest Man was the 40th edition of the World's Strongest Man competition. It was held in Gaborone, Botswana from May 20 to 28. [2] The tournament was won by Eddie Hall of the United Kingdom, with Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson of Iceland second and defending champion Brian Shaw of the United States third.
In place from May through July was a special series called "World's Strongest Man: Home Edition" on Snapchat Discover, where participating strongman athletes filmed themselves at home recreating strongman events in creative ways, and fans could vote for their favourites. [28] The series was hosted by Eddie Hall. Rongo Keene was declared the ...
After a few successful years of competing on the international level, Matjaž was invited to compete in the World's Strongest Man. In the 2015 World's Strongest Man in Putrajaya, Malaysia, Matjaž successfully made his first appearance [11] at the event. While he didn't qualify for the finals, [23] he finished 3rd in his heat. [24] In the 2016 ...
He is the third Iranian athlete (after Soltaan Bathaiee in 2005 [2] and Reza Gharaei in 2006 [3]) who could compete in World's Strongest Man event in 2017. [4] [5] In 2017 World's Strongest Man, he competed in Heat 5 together with Zydrunas Savickas, Nick Best, Terry Hollands, Bryan Benzel and Oluwatofunmi Fadesire. By placing third in his group ...
Robert Oberst (born December 20, 1984) is an American actor and former professional strongman competitor. He was a regular competitor of the World's Strongest Man competition and was a finalist in the 2013 and 2018 World's Strongest Man competitions ending up in 9th and 8th place respectively.
In May 2017, he returned to the World's Strongest Man competition, where he again made the finals and placed eighth overall. [6] In September 2017, he took part in the World Deadlift Championships as part of the Giants Live Tour Final.
Björnsson officially won the 2018 World's Strongest Man competition on Sunday in the Philippines, officially becoming the World’s Strongest man after six years of barely missing out on a first ...
Johan Els (born 29 May 1979) is a South African strongman competitor from Christiana, South Africa. [1] He is a 2 x times Africa's Strongest Man Champion (2016 and 2018) and was selected to the World's Strongest Man competition thrice, winning 6th place in the 2018 World's Strongest Man competition held in Manila, Philippines. [2]