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 Strength athletics in the United States refers to the various strongman events throughout United States and North America in the sport of strength athletics in association with the World's Strongest Man ("WSM") contest. America has both an amateur a ...
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
The Rogue Invitational is an annual sporting event that includes a CrossFit competition and a strongman competition. The event, organized by Rogue, started in 2019 as a CrossFit sanctioned competition, but has since become a major competition for ...
. 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
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Deadlift –
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Deadlift (Rogue Elephant Bar) –
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Squat –
*Log press –
*Log press for reps – x 4
*Axle press –
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Atlas Stones
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 ...
(Max) – () over 4 ft bar
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Atlas Stones
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 ...
(5 stone set) – () in 25.01 secs
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Thor's Hammer
Thor (; from non, Þórr ) is a prominent god in Germanic paganism. In Norse mythology, he is a hammer-wielding god associated with lightning, thunder, storms, sacred groves and trees, strength, the protection of humankind, hallowing, and ...
hold – for 63 secs (World Record)
References
External links
Berserker lifter– Instagram account
Living people
People from Lumberton, Texas
American strength athletes
1993 births
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