List of strongmen
This list of strongmen is a list of people who are renowned for their feats of strength.
Zydrunas Savickas, the winner of many world championships, competing in 2007. He has deadlifted a barbell loaded with eight Hummer tyres, weighing over 1000 pounds.[1]
A
Adverts by Charles Atlas were common in American pulp magazines. This one appeared in Weird Tales in 1941.
- Aleksander Aberg
- Otto Acron
- Jouko Ahola
- Bill Anderson (strongman)
- Paul Anderson
- Apollon (strongman)
- Charles Atlas — known as the "world's most perfectly developed man", his feats included bending iron bars and pulling a train with his bare hands.[2]
B
- Patrik Baboumian
- Gerrit Badenhorst
- William Bankier
- Matjaz Belsak
- Gerard Benderoth
- Raimonds Bergmanis
- Jason Bergmann
- Nick Best
- Adam Bishop
- Hafthór Júlíus Björnsson
- Jerry Blackwell
- Vidas Blekaitis
- Andy Bolton
- Zishe Breitbart
- Bybon
- Berke Uğur Tekin
- Mike Burke
C
- Jean-Francois Caron
- Geoff Capes
- Cees de Vreugd
- Georges Christen
- Ed Coan
- Jon Cole
- Franco Columbu
- Jamie "Little Fifty-Fifty" Corbould
- Forbes Cowan
- Louis Cyr
D
- Donald Dinnie
- Jarek Dymek
- Daniel Fajuyitan
- Mills Darden
- Davis Diley
- Derek DeVaughn
G
H
- Georg Hackenschmidt
- Eddie Hall
- Jarno Hams
- Arild Haugen
- Odd Haugen
- Lars Hedlund
- Rauno Heinla
- Mark Henry
- Doug Hepburn
- Graham Hicks
- Manfred Hoeberl
- Terry Hollands
I
- Marc Iliffe
- Konstiantyn Ilin
- Thomas Inch
J
- Louis-Philippe Jean
- Mike Jenkins — Arnold Strongman champion in 2012.[1]
- Nathan Jones (wrestler)
- Milan Jovanović (Powerlifting)
K
M
Milo of Croton
- Angus MacAskill
- Magnús Ver Magnússon
- Benedikt Magnússon
- Jimmy Marku
- Benjamin Marotte
- Jesse Marunde
- John Matuszak
- Milo of Croton — ancient Greek athlete, reputed to have carried a bull on his shoulders by practicing daily since it was a calf. He saved Pythagoras by supporting the roof of a hall when a pillar collapsed.
- Tarmo Mitt
- Joseph Montferrand
- Alex Moonen
- Andrus Murumets
- Tom Magee
- Martin Muhr- At 6 '2 and 293 pounds, Muhr was an athletic and powerful strongman, hailing from Bavaria, he placed 6th at the 2000 WSM.
N
- Kevin Nee
- Konstantin Nerchenko
- Oleksik Novikov
- Ilkka Nummisto
P
R
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Eugen Sandow
See also
References
- Randall J. Strossen (March 4, 2012), Mike Jenkins Wins the Arnold Strongman, IronMind
- Meghan McCarthy (2007), Strong Man: The Story of Charles Atlas, A.A. Knopf, ISBN 9780375829406
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