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The World's Strongest Man claims a viewership of 220 million. [18] In the early 1990s, Magnús Ver Magnússon (Iceland) won the title four times (1991, 1994–1996) and became the second and only man along with the legendary Bill Kazmaier to win three consecutive titles. He came into the 1991 contest as the reserve and ended up winning the show ...
Bob Young (1942–1995), American National Football League player who competed in the 1977 and 1979 World's Strongest Man competitions; Doug Young; Z. Wout Zijlstra;
[1] [2] He is the first and only person to have won the Arnold Strongman Classic, the Europe's Strongest Man, and the World's Strongest Man competitions in the same calendar year [3] [4] and holds numerous Strongman titles from multiple strength federations, including multiple world records. [5]
Lucas Hatton (born 28 April 1995) is a professional strongman from Eatonville, Washington and the reigning America's Strongest Man. [1] [2]As a collegiate athlete for Pacific Lutheran University, Hatton played football, track and field (notably shot put, discus and hammer), weightlifting and powerlifting. [3]
He then entered America's Strongest Man in the same year where he secured fifth place. [4] Next year, he won 2023 Strongman Champions League World's Strongest Latino, [1] and got selected to the World's Strongest Man competition in 2024 held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina where he placed seventh.
Best started his strongman career in 2006 by participating at America's Strongest Man competition. The following year he won second place to Derek Poundstone.In 2008, he carried the legendary Jón Páll Sigmarsson Stone for 28.24 metres (92 ft 8 in) for a new world record.
“Promise me you’ll always remember: You’re braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.” — A. A. Milne
His strongman victories include the 1989 Pure Strength team contest in Scotland with Hjalti Árnason, the 1991 and 1993 International Power Challenge, the 1992 Scandinavian Strongest Man (Finland), the 1992 Nordic Strongest Man (Denmark), the 1994 Europe's Strongest Man, the 1995 World Muscle Power Championship, and the 1995 and 1997 Viking ...