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Lithuania's Strongest Man
Lithuania's Strongest Man is an annual strongman In the 19th century, the term strongman referred to an exhibitor of strength or similar circus performers who performed feats of strength. More recently, strength athletics, also known as strongman competitions, have grown in popularity. Thes ... contest held in Lithuania and features exclusively Lithuanian strength athletes. This competition has been held for the last 32 years. Zydrunas Savickas has won the title a record 17 times. Results References External linksDavid Horne's World of Grip National strongmen competitions category:Sports competitions in Lithuania {{sport-event-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strongman (strength Athlete)
In the 19th century, the term strongman referred to an exhibitor of strength or similar circus performers who performed feats of strength. More recently, strength athletics, also known as strongman competitions, have grown in popularity. These competitions are now composed of a variety of events in which competitors have to move the highest weights possible, the winner being the one having the highest tally across all events. Description In the first half of the 20th century, strongmen would perform various feats of strength such as the bent press (not to be confused with the bench press, which did not exist at the time), supporting large amounts of weight held overhead at arm's length, steel bending, chain breaking, etc. They needed to have large amounts of wrist, hand, and tendon strength for these feats, as well as prodigious oblique strength. In the late 20th century the term ''strongman'' evolved to describe one who competes in strength athletics – a more modern e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania shares land borders with Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and Russia to the southwest. It has a Maritime boundary, maritime border with Sweden to the west on the Baltic Sea. Lithuania covers an area of , with a population of 2.8 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities are Kaunas and Klaipėda. Lithuanians belong to the ethno-linguistic group of the Balts and speak Lithuanian language, Lithuanian, one of only a few living Baltic languages. For millennia the southeastern shores of the Baltic Sea were inhabited by various Balts, Baltic tribes. In the 1230s, Lithuanian lands were united by Mindaugas, Monarchy of Lithuania, becoming king and founding the Kingdom of Lithuania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Žydrūnas Savickas
Žydrūnas Savickas (; born July 15, 1975) is a Lithuanian powerlifter and professional strongman. Due to his multiple championship wins in all major international strongman competitions, as well as his longevity in the sport, he is widely considered by many to be the greatest strength athlete of all time. Career Žydrūnas Savickas first became interested in strength sports after watching a Lithuanian strongman contest on TV in 1989. Three years later, he took part in that same strongman contest, and defeated a number of older and more experienced competitors. At age 17, Savickas began to train in powerlifting. In his second powerlifting contest, he broke all the Lithuanian records. In 1998, Žydrūnas Savickas won his first Lithuania's Strongest Man contest. He w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vidas Blekaitis
Vidas Blekaitis (born 14 April 1972) is a Lithuanian strongman. As of 2007, Blekaitis was ranked World No. 4 by the International Federation of Strength Athletes. He placed 4th in the 2009 Arnold Strongman Classic. Blekaitis competed in the IFSA Strongman World Championships 3 times, finishing 7th in 2005, 4th in the 2006, and 6th in 2007. Vidas Blekaitis placed second at the Giants Live Finland event on 13 August 2011. This placing qualified him for the 2011 World's Strongest Man contest, but he failed to make it to the finals. Reality shows In 2009 Blekaitis was one of the contestants in Lithuanian television show „ Šok su manimi“ ("Dance with me") and was eliminated without reaching the final In 2014 Blekaitis was one of the contestants in Lithuanian version of reality show Celebrity Splash! ''Celebrity Splash!'' (also known as ''Splash!'') is a reality television franchise created by Netherlands, Dutch company Eyeworks, started from their Dutch reality show ''Ste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saulius Brusokas
Saulius Brusokas (born 4 December 1968) is a Lithuanian male weightlifter and Strongman (strength athlete), strongman competitor from Marijampolė. He competed as a weightlifter in the +105 kg category and represented Lithuania at international competitions. He competed at world championships, most recently at the 1999 World Weightlifting Championships. Between 2002 and 2013 he won seven medals at the Lithuania's Strongest Man, but never the gold one. On 24 October 2005, Brusokas represented Lithuania in a team competition with Vidas Blekaitis, Žydrūnas Savickas and Vilius Petrauskas at the IFSA World's Strongest Nation contest in Ukraine. Team Lithuania team placed 5th overall. Brusokas participated at the 2006 IFSA Strongman World Championships and 2007 International Federation of Strength Athletes, IFSA Strongman World Championships. He placed third in the Strongman Champions League contest in Lithuania on 2 August 2008 and he placed second on 22 September 2012 during t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vytautas Lalas
Vytautas Lalas (born 21 July 1982) is a Lithuanian professional strongman the winner of the 2013 Arnold Strongman Classic and runner up of the 2012 World's Strongest Man. Strongman Lalas won the junior Lithuanian championships in 2005, and Lithuania's Strongest Man in 2010. Lalas won the Giants Live Poland event on 8 August 2010. 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. Lalas placed second at the 2012 Europe's Strongest Man contest which qualified him for the 2012 World's Strongest Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karolis Aleksandravičius
Karolis is a Lithuanian masculine given name. It is a cognate of the North Germanic names Karl and Carl and the French and English Charles. Karolis may refer to: *Karolis Babkauskas (born 1991), Lithuanian basketball player *Karolis Bauža (born 1987), Lithuanian judoka * Karolis Chvedukas (born 1991), Lithuanian footballer *Karolis Giedraitis (born 1998), Lithuanian basketball player *Karolis Girulis (born 1986), Lithuanian sports shooter *Karolis Jasaitis (born 1982), Lithuanian footballer *Karolis Jukšta (born 2003), Lithuanian chess player * Karolis Laukžemis (born 1992), Lithuanian footballer *Karolis Lukošiūnas (born 1997), Lithuanian basketball player *Karolis Navickas (born 1990), Lithuanian rugby union player *Karolis Petrukonis (born 1987), Lithuanian basketball player *Karolis Požela (1896–1926), Lithuanian communist revolutionary *Karolis Skinkys (born 1989), Lithuanian football executive and sporting director *Karolis Uzėla (born 2000), Lithuanian footballe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Strongmen Competitions
National may refer to: Common uses * Nation or country ** Nationality – a ''national'' is a person who is subject to a nation, regardless of whether the person has full rights as a citizen Places in the United States * National, Maryland, census-designated place * National, Nevada, ghost town * National, Utah, ghost town * National, West Virginia, unincorporated community Commerce * National (brand), a brand name of electronic goods from Panasonic * National Benzole (or simply known as National), former petrol station chain in the UK, merged with BP * National Car Rental, an American rental car company * National Energy Systems, a former name of Eco Marine Power * National Entertainment Commission, a former name of the Media Rating Council * National Motor Vehicle Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA 1900-1924 * National Supermarkets, a defunct American grocery store chain * National String Instrument Corporation, a guitar company formed to manufacture the first resonator g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
