Stefán Karel Torfason (born 20 April 1994) is an Icelandic strongman competitor and a former basketball player. Stefán became the Iceland's Strongest Man in 2021, standing 203 cm (6'8") and weighing 150 kg (331 lbs). Prior to his strongman career, he was a standout basketball player and a member of the

Icelandic national basketball team The Iceland men's national basketball team ( is, Íslenska karlalandsliðið í körfubolta) represents Iceland in international basketball tournaments. The team is controlled by the Icelandic Basketball Association. Iceland has qualified for t ...

Biography

Stefán was born in Akureyri, Iceland on 20 April 1994. His father is

Torfi Ólafsson Torfi Olafsson (born 13 April 1965) is an Icelandic former strongman competitor and junior world champion powerlifter. He was one of the biggest competitors from Iceland to compete at the World's Strongest Man, standing 201 cm (6'7") and w ...

a former Icelandic strongman.

Basketball career

Club career

Stefán began at early age competing in basketball for his local club

Þór Akureyri Íþróttafélagið Þór, commonly known as Þór Akureyri, simply Þór or Thór, is a multi-sport club in Akureyri, Iceland. It features departments in Basketball, football, Handball and Taekwondo. Its main rivals is another sport club from A ...

. Stefán joined Snæfell in

Stykkishólmur Stykkishólmur () is a town and municipality situated in the western part of Iceland, in the northern part of the Snæfellsnes peninsula. It is a center of services and commerce for the area. Most of the people make their living from fishing and ...

in 2010 and ÍR in 2016. He was forced to retire from basketball in 2016 after his fourth concussion on doctors recommendation.

National team career

In 2013, Stefán played 5 games for the

Strongman career

Following his retirement from basketball, Stefán focused afterwards to become a strongman like his father. In 2021 Stefán became Iceland's Strongest man.

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Basketball statistics
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