Mika Törrö (born 11 May 1979) is a Finnish

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from

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and a 5 x times

Finland's Strongest Man Strength athletics in Finland refers to the participation of Finnish competitors and holding national strongman competitions. History Finland had enormous success on the international stage in the 1990s and early 2000s, having won 3 World's Stronge ...

champion. Törrö had a difficult upbringing early in his life, suffering from

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, BPD and was imprisoned for over a decade. Through strength training he managed to change his ways and eventually got an opportunity to join

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. Ensuing years, he won three silver medals and six bronze medals and became a regular contestant in the international circuit. Additionally, Törrö secured consecutive bronze medals in

World's Strongest Viking World's Strongest Viking was an annual international Strongman competition organized by Strongman Champions League and held for eight consecutive years from 2014 to 2021 with participation of top strongman athletes in the world. It was held under ...

competition in 2019 and 2020 and won 2021 Imatra Strongman Showdown. In his first and only appearance at

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competition in

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held in

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, he battled out at the third qualifier group in which

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and Trey Mitchell managed to get into the finals. Törrö's autobiography ''Härkä – vangista säftimmäkis'' was published in 2021.

Personal records

*Raw

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(with straps) – (2019 SCL Germany) *Log press – (2019 SCL FIBO) * Atlas Stones – (5 stones) in 32.53 seconds (2022 Finland's Strongest Man) *Hercules hold (machine setup) – for 162.23 seconds (2022 SCL World Record Breakers) *Viking Boat pull (with the sails) – ''harness only/ no rope'' for 20m 'in ice terrain' in 16.12 seconds (2019 World's Strongest Viking) (World Record) * Truck pull – for 6m 'in ice terrain' in 53.59 seconds (2024 SCL Iceman) (World Record)

References

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