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Titus (24 August 1974 – 14 September 2009) was a silverback mountain gorilla of the Virunga Mountains, observed by researchers almost continuously over his entire life. He was the subject of the 2008 PBS Nature/BBC Natural World documentary film Titus: The Gorilla King.
Warren Lincoln Travis (February 21, 1876 – July 12, 1941) was the first famous strongman in the United States of America and a world champion back and hip lifter, who performed feats of strength on Coney Island in the first quarter of the 20th century.
Atlas Stones – 5 Stones weighing 120–200 kg (264–441 lb) in 17.54 seconds (2017 Europe's Strongest Man) (World Record) [28] [75] Fastest Atlas Stone run (with the heavy set) in strongman history, including one-motioning all five stones, it is generally considered the greatest and the most impressive stone run of all time.
World's Strongest Man: North Carolina, USA: Belt & Straps on Stiff bar at a 1" deficit [63] [64] Žydrūnas Savickas: Belt & Straps on Stiff bar at a 1" deficit: Brian Shaw: Belt & Straps on Stiff bar at a 1" deficit: 440 kg (970.0 lb) Žydrūnas Savickas: Belt & Straps on Stiff bar at a 1" deficit: 442.5 kg (975.5 lb) Brian Shaw: Aug 2013 ...
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 ...
The Arnold Strongman Classic is an annual competition featuring strength athletes from all over the world, determining who is the Strongest Man in the World. Created by Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jim Lorimer and Terry Todd, it is an offshoot of the Arnold Sports Festival which takes place annually in Columbus, Ohio, USA.
Hafþór was born on 26 November 1988 in Reykjavík, Iceland. [13] When he was eleven years old, his family moved to Kópavogur.He received his primary education at Grundaskóli and then Hjallaskóli hill school, but due to high levels of energy as a child, he had difficulty sitting in a classroom or concentrating on his studies. [14]
Jón Páll Sigmarsson [a] (28 April 1960 – 16 January 1993) was an Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder who was the first man to win the World's Strongest Man four times [3] and the first and only man to win the World Muscle Power Classic five times.