Tarmo Mitt (born 22 May 1977) is an

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professional

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 ...

competitor and regular entrant to the

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competition. He was a finalist, finishing inside the top ten, in four consecutive years from 2005 to 2008.

Strongman career

Mitt was 20 when he started training and competing in strongman competitions and within 2 years had won his national championships. By 2005 he had become recognised as one of the world's leading competitors with podium finishes in the World Strongman Cup happening regularly. He was invited to the World's Strongest Man finals and made the final in 2005. Despite being in the WSM final on four consecutive occasions from 2005 to 2008, he did not make the starting line-up for the 2009 event, instead being given the first reserve spot. He counts this as his biggest disappointment whilst training as a strongman.Profile on 2009 WSM site
/ref> In the 2007 final he tore his biceps and this led to his tenth place, although he was still in the final. Tarmo won stage 3 of the WSF World Cup held in

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on September 10, 2011. Tarmo also won the Estonian Tartu Strongman Open on November 27, 2010. He is the father of prominent Estonian basketball player

Arnold Mitt Arnold Mitt (born 2 June 1998) is an Estonian professional basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of s ...

Personal records

* Squat: 320 kg (704 lbs.) *

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: 225 kg (495 lbs.) *

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, ...

: 335 kg (737 lbs.) *

Hercules Hold Strength athletics, also known as Strongman competitions, is a sport which tests competitors' strength in a variety of non-traditional ways. Some of the disciplines are similar to those in powerlifting and some powerlifters have also successfully ...

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1977 births Living people Estonian strength athletes Sportspeople from Tartu {{Estonia-sport-bio-stub