Created in 1977, the World's Strongest Man has become the premier event in strength athletics. For nearly 30 years, the strongest men on the planet have come together in a series of unique and amazing tests of strength to determine the World's Strongest Man.The competition has traveled to stunning and varied locations such as Zambia, Iceland, Mauritius, Malaysia, Morocco and China.
Legendary figures in the sport have cemented their legacies at the World's Strongest Man.Bill Kazmaier, Jon Pall Sigmarsson Magnus Ver Magnusson, and Mariusz Pudzianowski captured multiple titles and each can claim to be the sport's greatest champion.
At Universal Studios, in California, Bruce Wilhelm became the first person to earn the title of the World's Strongest Man Wilhelm, a former Olympic Weightlifter from the United States, repeated as winner in 1978. American domination
of the event continued with Don Reinhoudt winning in the following year and the emergence of Bill Kazmaier as one
of the great talents in the history of the sport.Kazmaier, a former world powerlifting champion, overwhelmed his competition while winning the championship in three consecutive years, from 1980 through 1982.
Geoff Capes, of England, became the first non-American to be crowned as the World's Strongest Man in 1983 and the former Olympic shot-putter would later add a second title in 1985 Iceland's Jon-Pall Sigmarsson, combined his "Viking Power" and an unbelievable personality, to carry him to 4 championships between 1984 and 1990.Magnus Ver Magnusson, was the dominant force in strength athletics in the 1990's. Considered by many to be the first modern strength athlete, Ver Magnusson matched the four titles of his Icelandic countryman, Sigmarsson, including wins in three straight years from 1994 to 1996.
Scandinavia supremacy continued in the late 1990's and into the next century Finland's Jouko Ahola won pair of championships in 1997 and 1999, while Magnus Sammuelsson of Sweden, Finland's Janne Virtanen, and Norway's Svend Karlsen each won a title of their own.
Today, the balance of power has clearly shifted to Eastern Europe Mariusz Pudzianowski of Poland was victorious in 2002 and 2003 before being dethroned by the Ukraine's Vasyl Virastyuk in 2004. But the Polish strongman returned to the top in 2005, becoming just the fourth man to win 3 or more championships.
he used to pown...watching this contest 1-2 years ago :>
only thing i can say is kurwa :<
... or something like that :)
Eurosport in the early 90's, was great to see
its same with gamers, they play on noobie pubs but play very good if you know what i mean
last strong man i saw was a german on tv pulling a truck :o
It's pretty standard on those championships.
but it didnt work very well
12 years germany's strongest man ;p
Legendary figures in the sport have cemented their legacies at the World's Strongest Man.Bill Kazmaier, Jon Pall Sigmarsson Magnus Ver Magnusson, and Mariusz Pudzianowski captured multiple titles and each can claim to be the sport's greatest champion.
At Universal Studios, in California, Bruce Wilhelm became the first person to earn the title of the World's Strongest Man Wilhelm, a former Olympic Weightlifter from the United States, repeated as winner in 1978. American domination
of the event continued with Don Reinhoudt winning in the following year and the emergence of Bill Kazmaier as one
of the great talents in the history of the sport.Kazmaier, a former world powerlifting champion, overwhelmed his competition while winning the championship in three consecutive years, from 1980 through 1982.
Geoff Capes, of England, became the first non-American to be crowned as the World's Strongest Man in 1983 and the former Olympic shot-putter would later add a second title in 1985 Iceland's Jon-Pall Sigmarsson, combined his "Viking Power" and an unbelievable personality, to carry him to 4 championships between 1984 and 1990.Magnus Ver Magnusson, was the dominant force in strength athletics in the 1990's. Considered by many to be the first modern strength athlete, Ver Magnusson matched the four titles of his Icelandic countryman, Sigmarsson, including wins in three straight years from 1994 to 1996.
Scandinavia supremacy continued in the late 1990's and into the next century Finland's Jouko Ahola won pair of championships in 1997 and 1999, while Magnus Sammuelsson of Sweden, Finland's Janne Virtanen, and Norway's Svend Karlsen each won a title of their own.
Today, the balance of power has clearly shifted to Eastern Europe Mariusz Pudzianowski of Poland was victorious in 2002 and 2003 before being dethroned by the Ukraine's Vasyl Virastyuk in 2004. But the Polish strongman returned to the top in 2005, becoming just the fourth man to win 3 or more championships.
source: http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/wsm/history/history01.html
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2) I know how to hamster too !!
3) I'm proud of it too !
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