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2023 Shaw Classic
The 2023 Shaw Classic was the 4th edition of the Shaw Classic strongman competition which took place in Loveland, Colorado from 19 to 20 August 2023 at the Budweiser Events Center. The competition included separate professional men's, open men's and open women's categories. This would also be the last event of four times World's Strongest Man and organiser of the competition Brian Shaw's career. The winner of the professional men's category was given the title of The Strongest Man on Earth after Brian acquired the trademark for the phrase from Paul Ohl, the organiser of the now defunct Fortissimus strongman competition. Brian would end up winning the event with recently crowned World's Strongest Man Mitchell Hooper coming in second and two times World's Strongest Man Tom Stoltman Tom Stoltman (born 30 May 1994) is a Scottish professional strongman competitor, reigning two time World's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man from Invergordon, Scotland. Nicknamed "The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loveland, Colorado
The City of Loveland is the home rule municipality that is the second most populous municipality in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Loveland is situated north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver and is the 14th most populous city in Colorado. As of the 2020 census the population of Loveland was 76,378. The city forms part of the Fort Collins-Loveland Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor. The city's public schools are part of the Thompson R2-J School District. Location Loveland is located in southeastern Larimer County at (40.404789, −105.085868). Located south of Fort Collins, its larger neighbor and the county seat of Larimer County, both cities have expanded steadily towards each other over the last several decades. They are considered a single metropolitan area by the U.S. government. The establishment of county-owned open space between the two communities in the 1990s was intended to create a permanent buffer. The northern city ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aivars Šmaukstelis
Aivars Šmaukstelis (born 20 September 1987) is a Latvian strongman. Having competed in 61 International strongman competitions, he has won 21 of them, making him the sixth most decorated strongman in history behind Žydrūnas Savickas, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Brian Shaw and Krzysztof Radzikowski. Career Šmaukstelis began his career at the age of 16 as a powerlifter. After training for a couple of years, he achieved a personal best of 800 kg (1,764 lb) total (equipped/ multi ply category) at the age of 18. Following advice from his coach, he tried strongman and progressively excelled, winning Latvia's Strongest Man and entering the Strongman Champions League hailing from its IFSA roots. It gave Šmaukstelis the opportunity for international exposure, competing against the best strongmen in the world. Having competed prolifically in the Strongman Champions League since 2014 throughout many Grand Prix competitions in Latvia, Germany, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 In North American Sport
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Olga Liashchuk
Olga Liashchuk ( uk, Ольга Лящук, born 1 June 1985) is a Ukrainian pro Strongwoman from Donetsk. She is a 2 x time Arnold Strongwoman Classic champion and the reigning World's Strongest Woman. Career Olga loved sports from her childhood and started athletics at a young age. As a teenager, she Pole vaulted outdoors and indoors. Olga entered the 2016 Arnold Amateur Strongwoman World Championships in Columbus, Ohio and emerged 3rd place. Taking part in mainstream strongwoman competitions in ensuing years, she won the World's Strongest Woman in Daytona Beach, Florida, the Strongest Woman in the World in Las Vegas, Nevada and became the first and only athlete to win the Arnold Pro Strongwoman in Columbus, Ohio two consecutive times. Olga also held two Guinness World Records for the fastest time to crush 3 watermelons between the thighs, with a time of 14.65 seconds in 2014 and with a time of 7.59 seconds in 2018. Olga has competed in 16 international strongwoman competi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Bishop
Adam Bishop is a professional strongman and former winner of the Britain's Strongest Man competition. Bishop refers to himself in the media as "one of the little guys" in the sport, despite weighing over 300lbs. Bishop has also competed in rugby, where he played as a winger, and in skeleton bobsleigh. Strongman career Bishop started competing in open strongman competitions in 2012, having progressed from the under-105kg category. He entered the heats for the World's Strongest Man in 2015, establishing himself as an up-and-coming talent. Bishop steadily improved his standings in the competition, narrowly missing a place in the grand final of the 2016 World's Strongest Man when he was beaten in the Atlas Stones. In the 2018 World's Strongest Man competition, Bishop failed to get past the qualifying heats after losing against Johan Els in the Atlas Stones event. In the 2019 World's Strongest Man competition, Bishop reached the grand final, coming in ninth place overall. In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleksii Novikov
Oleksii Novikov ( uk, Олексій Новіков, born 11 February 1996) is a Ukrainian professional strongman. He won the 2020 World's Strongest Man competition, becoming the second Ukrainian World's Strongest Man winner after Vasyl Virastyuk who won in 2004. He is also the champion of World's Ultimate Strongman (twice), Rogue Invitational, as well as the Europe’s Strongest Man in 2022. Biography He was born and raised in Kyiv. He is currently a student of Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics. Career 2016–2022 Novikov was the winner of Ukraine's Strongest Man every year from 2016 to 2019. He burst onto the international stage in 2019, finishing in 38th place in the Strongman Champions League. In 2018, he won the Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships, which was his next big breakthrough performance. Through this, he qualified for the 2019 Arnold Strongman Classic, where he would place 7th overall. Following this in April 2019, he won the Arnold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gavin Bilton
Gavin “The Bull” Bilton (born 23 October 1988) is a professional strongman from Wales and a two-time winner of the UK's Strongest Man competition. He is one of the all time heaviest strongmen in the world, weighing in at 215 kg (474 lbs) during his peak. Bilton grew up in Caerphilly and attended Bedwas Infants School, Bedwas Junior School and Bedwas High School. Before becoming a professional strongman, Bilton served for 13 years in the Welsh Guards, completing two tours in Afghanistan and acting as a Queen's Guard at Buckingham Palace. Since leaving the army, Gavin has set up his own gym in Caerphilly, called "Area 51". In October 2020, Bilton won 2021 UK's Strongest Man competition at the grounds of the Crumlin Road Jail in Belfast. He would go on to retain the title in 2021. Bilton qualified for at the 2020 World's Strongest Man competition in Bradenton, Florida, US, finishing 5th in his heat after sustainin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Stoltman
Luke Stoltman Luke Bernard Stoltman (born 22 November 1984) is a Scottish professional strongman competitor, 5 time winner of Scotland’s Strongest Man and 2021 Europe’s Strongest Man champion. Renowned for his static shoulder strength, Luke currently holds the British Log Press record. Along with younger brother, Tom Stoltman, the two are widely regarded as the strongest brothers in history and are the only ones to both qualify for the World’s Strongest Man finals; a feat they have managed in 2019, 2021 and 2022. Early life Born in Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, Luke was the first of five children for parents Bernhard and Sheila. Luke attended Newmore Primary School and Invergordon Academy and was an avid footballer in his early years before moving his focus to weight training by the age of 15 inspired by a family photo of his grandfather, a Polish war refugee, carrying a log the same size as his body. Luke left school aged 16 and followed his father’s footsteps i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Faires
Kevin Faires (born February 4, 1990) is an American professional strongman. Noted for his grip strength, he is the current world record holder of the Rogue replica Dinnie Stones walk, carrying the two stones weighing a combined weight of 734 lb (333 kg) for a distance of and 7 inches. Early life Faires played high school soccer, baseball, wrestling and as a lineman in football. He excelled in wrestling and while in high school developed his dedication to strength-training after discovering it aided in overcoming his lack of size.Kevin Faires at Giants-Live.com. Retrieved July 3, 2023 Career Strongman In his debut year Faires won the 2016 U105 Strongman World Championship held in Kokkola, Finland. He repeated ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trey Mitchell (strongman)
Charles "Trey" Mitchell III (born July 16, 1993) is a professional strongman from Lumberton, Texas. Standing 6'4" tall and known by his nickname "Big Tex", he is most notable for winning the Shaw Classic strongman championship two consecutive times in 2021 and 2022. Mitchell was born on July 16, 1993, and started strength training for football at high school. He then entered his first strength contest in Houston in 2012 and gradually excelled in the sport, winning the America's Strongest Man in Long Beach, California in 2018. Mitchell now competes at the top tier of the sport. In 2022, he placed 2nd at the 2022 Rogue Invitational. He placed fourth in the 2023 events in both the Arnold Strongman Classic and World's Strongest Man. He also won the 2023 North America's Strongest Man competition. Personal records * Deadlift – * Deadlift (Rogue Elephant Bar) – * Squat – *Log press – *Log press for reps – x 4 *Axle press – *Atlas Stones (Max) – ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maxime Boudreault
Maxime Boudreault (born 21 September 1991) is a Canadian professional strongman competitor from Kapuskasing, Ontario. He secured 3rd place in the 2021 World's Strongest Man competition in Sacramento, California and won the inaugural 'Magnús Ver Magnússon Strongman Classic' competition in 2021 in Iceland. Personal records * Squat – (2022 Arnold Strongman Classic) *Deadlift The deadlift is a weight training exercise in which a loaded barbell or bar is lifted off the ground to the level of the hips, torso perpendicular to the floor, before being placed back on the ground. It is one of the three powerlifting exercises, ... – (2017 Arnold Series Qualifier) *Log press – (2021 World's Strongest Man) *Axel press – (2019 Giants Live North American Open) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Boudreault, Maxime Living people 1991 births Canadian strength athletes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Evan Singleton
Evan Singleton is an American strongman competitor and former professional wrestler who carries the nickname T-Rex. In the WWE, he wrestled under the name Adam Mercer. Singleton has won 4 Strongman competitions: 2019 Giants Live North American Open in Martinsville, Indiana, Giants Live 2021 World Open in Manchester, England, 2021 Arnold UK in Marston Green, England and 2023 Giants Live Strongman Classic in London, England. Professional wrestling career When he was 18, Singleton signed for World Wrestling Entertainment and competed under the name 'Adam Mercer'. Florida Championship Wrestling/NXT Singleton joined WWE's developmental promotion Florida Championship Wrestling, before it became solely known as WWE NXT as Adam Mercer during March 2012. At 19 years of age, Mercer was the youngest NXT member in the program's history. Despite his impressive physical credentials, Mercer wrestled a sparse series of matches, most of which were losses to n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
