Peiman Maheripour (
Persian
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: پیمان ماهریپور) (born 15 October 1987) is an Iranian
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. These ...
and
powerlifter
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.
Strongman career
He got the second place in
Iran's Strongest Man
Iran's Strongest Man ( fa, قویترین مرد ایران) (also called Mardān-e Āhanin; Persian: ) is the only televised annual strongman event in Iran, airs on Channel 3. Mohammadreza Fattah Hosseini, Reza Javdani and Mohammad Amin Nabiol ...
in 2018.
He is the third Iranian athlete (after Soltaan Bathaiee in
2005
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and
Reza Gharaei in
2006
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) who could compete in
World's Strongest Man
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event in 2017.
In
2017 World's Strongest Man, he competed in Heat 5 together with
Zydrunas Savickas,
Nick Best
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Powerlifting
Prior to competing in strongman, Best won the USAPL National Powerlifting Championships in the 125 kg class in 1 ...
,
Terry Hollands
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, Bryan Benzel and Oluwatofunmi Fadesire. By placing third in his group, he could not reach the grand final.
World’s Strongest Man 2017 - Heat 5 result
/ref> At the 2018 World's Strongest Man
The 2018 World's Strongest Man was the 41st edition of the World's Strongest Man competition held in Manila, Philippines from April 28 to May 6, and was won by Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson the first Icelander since Magnús Ver Magnússon in 1996 t ...
, he again failed to reach the finals.
His deadlift record is 492 kg in training.
References
1987 births
Living people
Iranian strength athletes
Iranian powerlifters
Sportspeople from Ardabil
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