Vytautas Lalas (born 21 July 1982) is a Lithuanian professional

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the winner of the 2013

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and runner up of the 2012

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Lalas won the junior Lithuanian championships in 2005, and Lithuania's Strongest Man in 2010. Lalas won the

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Poland event on 8 August 2010. This victory qualified Lalas for the

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competition in Sun City,

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, but he was unable to qualify for the finals. Lalas placed third in the 2011

London event in March 2011, this placing qualified him for the

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contest later that year in

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. Lalas eventually made the finals and finished in 6th place overall in that contest. Lalas won the

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event on 12 June 2011, and placed second at the 2011 SCL

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event. Lalas placed second at the 2012

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contest which qualified him for the 2012 World's Strongest Man contest later in the year where he eventually placed second in the finals behind fellow Lithuanian

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. Lalas set a new world record in the giant barbell squat event in the qualifying heats at the 2012 WSM by squatting for 11 repetitions. Lalas finished third at the inaugural 2012 SCL Savickas Classic and third at the 2012

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on 7 October 2012. Lalas finished first at the 2013 Arnold Strongman Classic in

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on 2 March 2013. Lalas also won the

FIBO event in

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on 13 April 2013. Between 2014 and 2016, and again in 2017, Lalas had back problems. Despite this, he still managed to win

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in both 2016 and 2018. Personal records:- Deadlift - 420kg(Elephant bar) Squat - 320kg for 11 reps Hummer tyer deadlift - 506.5kg Gym Lifts:- Squat - 380kg for 2 reps (RAW) Deadlift - 370kg for 3 reps Other records:- Log lift - 205kg , 200kg for 2 reps(done in Arnold strongman classic) Axel press - 195kg Slater Stone(Atlas stone) - 245kg Growing yoke carry - 640kg for 3m11'(done in Arnold strongman classic) Circus dumbbell (120kg) - for 5 easy reps

Personal life

Lalas has two brothers who also compete in strongman. Marius, who won Lithuania's Strongest Man in 2019 and Mantas, who placed 3rd in the same contest. Vytautas is married with 3 kids

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lalas, Vytautas 1982 births Living people Lithuanian strength athletes People from Mažeikiai