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2023 Arnold Strongman Classic
The 2023 Arnold Strongman Classic was the 21st Arnold Strongman Classic competition which took place in Columbus, Ohio from 3-4 March 2023 at the Greater Columbus Convention Center The top 2 finishers from the previous years competition Martins Licis and Oleksii Novikov did not take part in this years edition of the event and this was Mateus Kieliszkowski's first event in 17 months due to recovering from injuries. Mitchell Hooper won the event on his debut becoming only the fourth man to do so after Mark Henry, Zydrunas Savickas and Vytautas Lalas. Participants Event results Event 1: Wheel of Pain * Weight: for max distance. * Time Limit: 60 seconds. Event 2: Austrian Oak * Weight: Heavy log. Light log. For max repetitions. * Time Limit: 90 Seconds * Notes: Repetitions on the heavy log gained more points than repetitions on the light log. Event 3: Elephant Bar Deadlift * Time Limit: 60 seconds per lift * Notes: 3 lifts per athlete, weights to be submitted before each r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greater Columbus Convention Center
The Greater Columbus Convention Center (GCCC) is the primary convention center of downtown Columbus, Ohio, United States, along the east side of North High Street (Columbus, Ohio), High Street. The convention center was predominantly designed by Peter Eisenman, constructed in 1993, and expanded in 1999 and again in 2016. Venue management company ASM Global oversees day-to-day operations of the facility, including of exhibit space, three ballrooms, and 75 meeting rooms. History Ohio Center The convention center was conceived in 1969 as a way for the City of Columbus to generate economic revenue by hosting events and revitalize the downtown area after a period of decline. Voters approved a $6 million bond in 1971 to purchase which was the site of the first Union Station (Columbus, Ohio), Union Station in the world. Construction was later delayed as the city secured the land, demolished the arcade of Union Station, and changed the building's plans. The station's demolition ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vytautas Lalas
Vytautas Lalas (born 21 July 1982) is a Lithuanian professional strongman. He is most notable for being the winner of the 2013 Arnold Strongman Classic and the runner-up at the 2012 World's Strongest Man. Strongman Lalas' first international strongman event win was the Giants Live Poland event on 8 August 2010. This victory qualified Lalas for the 2010 World's Strongest Man competition in Sun City, South Africa, but he was unable to qualify for the finals. Lalas placed third in the 2011 Giants Live London event in March 2011, this placing qualified him for the 2011 World's Strongest Man contest later that year in Wingate, North Carolina. Lalas eventually made the finals and finished in 6th place overall in that contest. Lalas won the Strongman Champions League Finland event on 12 June 2011, and placed second at the 2011 SCL Bulgaria event. Lalas placed second at the 2012 Europe's Strongest Man contest which qualified him for the 2012 World's Strongest Man contest later in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 In North American Sport
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious and cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Evans (strongman)
Thomas 'Tom' Evans (born 9 May 1994) is an American Strongman from Franklin, North Carolina. Evans worked as an athletics assistant strength and conditioning coach at the University of Delaware and was also an American Football player before trying out for 2021 America's Strongest Man. The following year, within a span of 6 months, he won both the 2022 Arnold Amateur and the Shaw Classic Open which paved the way for him to attend other high level international competitions. Evans has qualified for the World's Strongest Man competition on three occasions (2023, 2024, 2025) but has yet to reach the finals. His highest placements in international competitions are fifth at the Arnold Strongman Classic, sixth at the Strongest Man on Earth and sixth at the Rogue Invitational. Personal records ''During competitions:'' *Deadlift (raw with straps) – (2024 Rogue Invitational) *Elephant bar Deadlift (raw with straps) – (2024 Arnold Strongman Classic) *Log press (Austrian Oak) – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavlo Nakonechnyy
Pavlo Nakonechnyy (born 12 July 1997) is a Ukrainian professional strongman and powerlifter. He is best known for his prowess in deadlifting, having pulled 390 kg (860 lb) in powerlifting and 453.5kg (1,000 lb) in strongman standards."Pavlo "the Ukrainian Hulk" Nakonechnyy" at Giants-Live.com. Retrieved July 3, 2023 Career Powerlifting Nakonechnyy began competing at age 14. Rapidly growing in strength and size, Nakonechnyy won his first Global Powerlifting Federation (GPF) Junior World Championship at age 16. He went on to twice win the |
Rob Kearney (strongman)
Rob Kearney is a retired American professional strongman competitor. He won the Giants Live North American Open in 2017 and the Arnold International World Series Australia in 2019. He is also a four time qualifier for the World's Strongest Man competition, and a three time participant in the Arnold Strongman Classic. He is also a two-time American log lift record holder, with a competition best of 476 lbs (216 kg) in 2020. Kearney retired after the 2024 World's Strongest Man in May 2024. Career Kearney was part of the cheer-leading team in high school, He started training in CrossFit in 2009 at the age of 17 while at school, but found that he was better at heavy lifting, and could deadlift 506 lbs the first time he tried it. Within a few months, he competed in his first strongman competition. He joined a powerlifting team at college and competed as a powerlifter. When he was 21, Kearney won the 2013 North American Strongman National Championship, and turned professional. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trey Mitchell (strongman)
Charles "Trey" Mitchell III (born July 16, 1993), nicknamed The Big Thicket, is a professional strongman from Lumberton, Texas. He is most notable for winning the Shaw Classic strongman championship two consecutive times in 2021 and 2022. Early Life 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 America's Strongest Man in Long Beach, California in 2018. Career Mitchell won the first two editions of the Shaw Classic (before it was rebranded as the Strongest Man on Earth) in 2021 and 2022, beating fields including several former World's Strongest Man winners and other top-level international competitors. In 2022, he placed 2nd at the 2022 Rogue Invitational. 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. At ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bobby Thompson (strongman)
Bobby Thompson may refer to: * Bobby Thompson (American football coach) (born 1937), American football coach and college athletics administrator * Bobby Thompson (running back) (born 1947), former NFL and CFL running back * Bobby Thompson (defensive back) (1939–2014), NFL and CFL defensive back * Bobby Thompson (tackle) (1959–2005), Canadian football player * Bobby Thompson (baseball) (1953–2011), American Major League outfielder * Bobby Thompson (comedian) (1911–1988), British stand-up comedian, actor and entertainer * Bobby Thompson (musician) (1937–2005), American banjoist * Bobby Thompson (racing driver) (born 1996), British racing driver * Bobby Thompson (strongman), American strength athlete; see 2022 World's Strongest Man * Bobby Thompson, alias of John Donald Cody, former attorney and convicted scam artist associated with the fraudulent United States Navy Veterans Association See also *Robert Thompson (other) Robert or Bob Thompson may refer to: Enterta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Faires
Kevin Faires (born February 4, 1990) is an American professional strongman. Noted for his grip strength, he was the former world record holder of the Rogue replica Dinnie Stones walk, carrying the two stones weighing a combined weight of for a distance of . Early life Faires played as a lineman in high school football, and also participated in baseball and wrestling. He excelled in wrestling and while in high school developed his dedication to strength training after discovering it helped him overcome a relative lack of size.Kevin Faires at Giants-Live.com. Retrieved July 3, 2023 Career Strongman In his debut year Faires won the 2016 U105 Strongman World Championship held in |
Luke Stoltman
Luke Bernard Stoltman (born 22 November 1984) is a Scottish professional strongman competitor, who won the Scotland’s Strongest Man competition five times, Britain's Strongest Man 2025, Europe's Strongest Man competition two times in 2021 and 2024. He has also participated in the World's Strongest Man competition nine times and has reached the finals five times. Renowned for his static shoulder strength, Luke currently holds the British Log Press record. Along with younger brother, Tom Stoltman, the two are widely regarded as the strongest brothers in history and are the only ones to both qualify for the World’s Strongest Man finals; a feat they have managed in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. Early life Born in Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, Luke was the first of five children for parents Ben and Sheila. Luke attended Newmore Primary School and Invergordon Academy and was an avid footballer in his early years before moving his focus to weight training by the age o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Stoltman
Tom Ryan Stoltman (born 30 May 1994) is a British professional strongman competitor, from Invergordon, Scotland. He is a three time winner of the World's Strongest Man in 2021, 2022, and 2024. He also won the national title of Britain's Strongest Man in the same years. Nicknamed "The Albatross" due to his sizeable arm span, Stoltman is known for his prowess with the Atlas Stones. In 2020, Stoltman broke the world record for the 5 Atlas Stones (light set) , completing them in just 16.01 seconds; he also holds the world record for the heaviest Atlas stone ever lifted over a bar at . On 20 June 2021, Stoltman won the 2021 World's Strongest Man competition, becoming the first man from Scotland to win the World's Strongest Man and the fifth British person to do so. On 29 May 2022, Stoltman won the 2022 World's Strongest Man, becoming only the second Briton to win two titles (37 years after Geoff Capes) and the first to win back-to-back titles. In the 2024 World's Strongest Man he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
