Vytautas Lalas

Vytautas Lalas
	Lalas at the 2017 Arnold Classic
Personal information
Born	21 July 1982; Mažeikiai, Lithuania
Residence	Dublin, Ireland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	145 kg (320 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport	Strongman competitions
Representing Lithuania
World's Strongest Man
Arnold Strongman Classic
Europe's Strongest Man
Giants Live
Strongman Champions League
World Log Lift Championships
Lithuania's Strongest Man
Lithuanian Junior Championships
Highland Games
Representing Lithuania
Highlander Challenge

Vytautas Lalas (born 21 July 1982) is a Lithuanian professional strongman.^[1]

Strongman

Lalas won the junior Lithuanian championships in 2005,^[1] and Lithuania's Strongest Man in 2010.^[2]

Lalas won the Giants Live Poland event on 8 August 2010.^[2] This victory qualified Lalas for the 2010 World's Strongest Man competition in Sun City, South Africa, but he was unable to qualify for the finals.

Lalas placed third in the 2011 Giants Live London event in March 2011, this placing qualified him for the 2011 World's Strongest Man contest later that year in Wingate, North Carolina. Lalas eventually made the finals and finished in 6th place overall in that contest.

Lalas won the Strongman Champions League Finland event on 12 June 2011, and placed second at the 2011 SCL Bulgaria event.^[3]

Lalas placed second at the 2012 Europe's Strongest Man contest which qualified him for the 2012 World's Strongest Man contest later in the year where he eventually placed second in the finals behind fellow Lithuanian Žydrūnas Savickas.^[4]

Lalas set a new world record in the giant barbell squat event in the qualifying heats at the 2012 WSM by squatting 700 lb (320 kg) for 11 repetitions.^[5]

Lalas has a younger brother, Marius Lalas, who is also a professional strongman competitor who achieved a 3rd-place finish at the 2012 Strongman Champions League Russia contest.^[6]

Lalas finished third at the inaugural 2012 SCL Savickas Classic and third at the 2012 World Log Lift Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania on 7 October 2012.^[7]

Lalas finished first at the 2013 Arnold Strongman Classic in Columbus, Ohio on 2 March 2013. Lalas also won the Strongman Champions League FIBO event in Germany on 13 April 2013.

References

1 2 3 4 Lietuvos galiūnų federacija – Vytautas Lalas. Galiunai.lt. Retrieved on 12 April 2017.
1 2 Vitautas Lalas Wins Giant Live – Poland, Qualifies for World’s Strongest Man. Ironmind.com (9 August 2010). Retrieved on 2017-04-12.
↑ Vitautas Lalas Wins SCL-Finland. Ironmind.com (11 June 2011). Retrieved on 2017-04-12.
↑ Zydrunas Savickas: World’s Strongest Man Winner. Ironmind.com (1 October 2012). Retrieved on 2017-04-12.
↑ World’s Strongest Man: Another World Record Today. Ironmind.com (26 September 2012). Retrieved on 2017-04-12.
↑ Misha Koklyaev Wins SCL–Russia. Ironmind.com (26 August 2012). Retrieved on 2017-04-12.
↑ Zydrunas Savickas Double Victory in Lithuania. Ironmind.com (8 October 2012). Retrieved on 2017-04-12.

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[galiunai-1] 1 2 3 4 Lietuvos galiūnų federacija – Vytautas Lalas. Galiunai.lt. Retrieved on 12 April 2017.

[iron-2] 1 2 Vitautas Lalas Wins Giant Live – Poland, Qualifies for World’s Strongest Man. Ironmind.com (9 August 2010). Retrieved on 2017-04-12.

[3] Vitautas Lalas Wins SCL-Finland. Ironmind.com (11 June 2011). Retrieved on 2017-04-12.

[4] Zydrunas Savickas: World’s Strongest Man Winner. Ironmind.com (1 October 2012). Retrieved on 2017-04-12.

[5] World’s Strongest Man: Another World Record Today. Ironmind.com (26 September 2012). Retrieved on 2017-04-12.

[6] Misha Koklyaev Wins SCL–Russia. Ironmind.com (26 August 2012). Retrieved on 2017-04-12.

[7] Zydrunas Savickas Double Victory in Lithuania. Ironmind.com (8 October 2012). Retrieved on 2017-04-12.