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Viking Boat pull (with the sails intact) – 3,000 kg (6,614 lb) harness only/ no rope for 25 meters 'in ice terrain' - 18.87 seconds (2015 World's Strongest Viking / SCL Norway) (World Record) [139] [140] Car pull – 10 cars weighing 950 kg (2,094 lb) x each for 20 meters - 17.50 seconds (2014 Guinness World Records, Italy) (World Record) [141]
One of the most legendary moments of the competitions came in 2015 when Iceland's Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson surpassed the historical 1,000 years old Viking ship mast (Ormrinn langi) feat of strength by carrying a 650 kg (1,433 lb), 10 metres (33 ft) long, 1.41 metres (4 ft 8 in) circumference Viking ship mast on his back for 5 steps in −20 ...
In 2015, the record which had stood for over 1,000 years, was beaten by fellow Icelander Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson at the World's Strongest Viking competition in Vinstra, Norway. Hafthór carried a 10.06 metres (33.0 ft) long, 1.42 metres (4 ft 8 in) in circumference or 0.45 metres (1 ft 6 in) in diameter, 650 kilograms (1,433 lb) log for ...
I’d seen Best lift a 1,450-pound Viking ship mast on his back and raise 2,791 pounds from the ground using just his legs, beating three guys more than a decade younger than him on the History ...
As a competitive strongman, Iceland's Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson has won 60 national and international competitions out of 105 he did from 2009. 58 of them as an individual competitor while the remaining 2 as a team competitor at World's Strongest Team competition. Having competed 105 times, there has been only 5 occasions where he didn't ...
In 2007, he won Iceland's Strongest Viking and returning to the Arnold Strongman Classic in 2008, again emerged fifth, sharing the hummer tyre deadlift world record with Oleksandr Pekanov with a pull of 471 kg (1,038 lb) before pulling 500 kg (1,102 lb) on the record breakers attempt following the competition. [6]
He emerged second place twice and third place thrice at the Iceland's Strongest Viking [5] [2] and won the 2002 Eastfjord Strongman Championships. [ 2 ] Williams is a two-time entrant to the World's Strongest Man where he placed third in 2002 group 4 in Kuala Lampur , Malaysia , and fifth in 2003 group 4 in Victoria Falls , Zambia .
In 1987, World's Strongest Man was not held for the first and only time in its history. However, 3x times champion Kazmaier, 2x times champion Capes and then 2x times champion Jón Páll met at 1987 Pure Strength , a vintage competition held in the grounds of Huntly Castle in Aberdeenshire , Scotland to determine who is the strongest man on ...