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Tom Ryan Stoltman (born 30 May 1994) is a British professional
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competitor, from Invergordon, Scotland. He is a three time winner of the
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in 2021, 2022, and 2024. He also won the national title of
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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
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competition, becoming the first man from Scotland to win the
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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 reclaimed his title, becoming the only Briton to have won three World's Strongest Man titles. Tom Stoltman is the younger brother of the two-time Europe's Strongest Man, 2025
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and five-time Scotland's Strongest Man, Luke Stoltman, with whom he runs their
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channel "The Stoltman Brothers".


Early life

Tom Stoltman was born in
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,
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to parents Ben and Sheila, ten years after his older brother and fellow strongman competitor Luke. He was diagnosed with
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at the age of 5. Tom attended Newmore Primary School and Invergordon Academy in the
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where he developed his passion for playing
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. As a result of his performances in the school football team, Stoltman was invited to Ross County and Rangers youth set up for trials. Inspired by Luke's success as Scotland's Strongest Man, Stoltman switched his attention to
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in the local gym at the age of 16. Within a year, he was showing such potential that Luke decided to take him under his wing and guide him through training for strongman.


Strongman career

Aged 18, Stoltman entered and won his first competition, Highlands Strongest Man. This was followed by success at the Scotland's Strongest Man (SSM) qualifier where he subsequently placed 5th in the main event. In 2015 Stoltman reached the podium of SSM, finishing second only to his elder brother Luke the next three years in a row. 2017 was seen as Stoltman's breakout year: he finished second in the UK's Strongest Man competition behind reigning Europe's Strongest Man, Laurence Shahlaei, and placed 6th at Britain's Strongest Man (BSM). These performances gained him an invitation to his first
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, but he withdrew from the competition after the first two events in the heats. This was followed up by taking his first SSM win ahead of Luke in 2018, and an 8th-place finish at the
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(WUS) in
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the same year. Stoltman ranked 5th at the 2019 WSM and 3rd at WUS. He also won his second SSM trophy and a podium finish at BSM. In 2020 Stoltman returned to the World's Strongest Man finals in
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, finishing in second place after a low scoring finish in the Hercules Hold. At BSM in the same year, Stoltman took 2nd place and broke the world record for the Giants Live light set of Castle Stones in 16.01 seconds. In 2021, Stoltman won the World's Strongest Man title in
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. He won two of the first five events, placing him in first ahead of four-time winner Brian Shaw going into the final event. The win was sealed with Stoltman completing the Atlas Stone () run in 20.21 seconds, taking the event win and overall title to Scotland for the first time in the competition's history. Stoltman also won
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in 2021, the same year in which his brother Luke won Europe's Strongest Man. Stoltman ended his season coming 2nd place at the
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. In 2022, Stoltman successfully defended his BSM title at the Utilita Arena in
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. He then competed at the
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for the first time and placed 7th. At World's Strongest Man, Stoltman took first in his heat, winning the first 4 events. In the final, Stoltman faced three former winners: four-time winner Shaw, 2019 winner Martins Licis, and 2020 winner
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. Stoltman won by a margin of 10.5 points, becoming only the second Briton to win two titles, 37 years after Geoff Capes and the first ever to win back-to-back titles. After a brief period away from competing, in 2023, Stoltman came 6th at the Arnold Strongman Classic. He then came in 2nd place at the World's Strongest Man, behind champion Mitchell Hooper. He followed this up by beating Hooper at their next competition, Giants Live Strongman Classic at the
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though was pipped to first place by 0.5 points. At the
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, Stoltman had a slow start, picking up 0 points on the first event, but went on to win 3 of the 4 events on day 2, more event wins than any other competitor, and reach the podium. During the show, Tom won the Hummer Deadlift event where he pulled . Stoltman rounded off his 2023 season winning the World Tour Finals in his native country at Glasgow and finishing 2nd at the Rogue Invitational. In 2024, Stoltman started his season by winning Britain's Strongest Man for the 3rd time. He then finished 3rd at the Arnold Strongman Classic continuing his podium streak. He also regained the title of Worlds Strongest Man from Mitchell Hooper, making it his 3rd Worlds Strongest Man title and 5th podium appearance. Stoltman finished 2nd at the Strongman Classic at the
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in July. He then finished 7th at the Strongest Man on Earth in Colorado. Due to injuries Stoltman had to pull out of the US Strongman Championships in Las Vegas mid competition. He finished the year placing 2nd at the Rogue Invitational in
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. In 2025, Stoltman began his season finishing 7th at the Arnold Strongman Classic in Ohio. In May, Stoltman finished 2nd at the World's Strongest Man in Sacramento, missing out on the title by half a point.


Personal life

Stoltman is one of five siblings, all of whom live in and around their hometown of Invergordon close to their father, Ben. Stoltman's youngest brother Harry works for the Stoltman Brothers' business and is currently training to compete in strongman competition. Stoltman married wife Sinead in 2015 and is a supporter of Rangers. Stoltman's mother Sheila died aged 56 in 2016. Stoltman and his brother Luke regularly cite their mother's influence as key to inspiring them to succeed in their careers. In 2021, a permanent tribute to Stoltman and brother Luke was installed by Invergordon Community Council in their hometown, where the signs at the entrances to Invergordon were updated to include their names and achievements.  The sign reads "Welcome to Invergordon. Hometown of the Stoltman Brothers. World, European and UK Strongest Men".


Other ventures


Gym

In 2018, alongside brother Luke, Stoltman opened a commercial gym, The Stoltman Strength Centre, in Invergordon. This was originally a joint venture with another party though is now fully owned by the Stoltman Brothers Ltd. The brothers use the facility for the majority of their training, having originally trained in Luke's home gym in his garage. In 2023 the brothers announced a partnership with Glasgow based commercial strength equipment brand Primal. As part of the deal, the Stoltman Strength Centre received an upgrade and redesign.


Health and fitness brand

The brothers sell Stoltman Brothers branded merchandise via an online shop. Original offerings were primarily focused around images of the brothers; however this has now been built up to include more everyday lifestyle clothing with Stoltman branding, 'motivational' apparel featuring some of the company/brothers' values and quotes. All clothing is sold via the Stoltman brothers website and their shop which they opened in Invergordon in 2022.


Stoltman Strength Academy

The Stoltman brothers in 2022 set up their own strength training academy.


Media

Together with brother Luke, Stoltman has a
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channel through which they show training and competition footage, partake in various challenges, and provide an insight to everyday life for professional strongmen athletes.


Publications and other media

The brothers released an autobiographical book, ''Lifting: Becoming the World's Strongest Brothers'', in 2023. Luke and Tom both feature and narrate in Coach Mike Chadwick's The Red On Revolution book, published in 2022.


Personal records

In competitions
''Strongman:'' * Equipped
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– (with suit and straps) (2019 World's Ultimate Strongman) * Standard bar Raw Deadlift – (without suit and with straps) (2024 Strongest Man on Earth) *
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Raw Deadlift – (without suit and with straps) (2024 Arnold Strongman Classic) * Equipped Deadlift for reps – x 5 reps (with suit and straps) (2024 Britain's Strongest man) * Hummer tyre Deadlift (15 in off the floor) – (2023 Shaw Classic) * Double T Squat (with multi-ply suit) – (2022 Arnold Strongman Classic) * Giant barbell Squat (for reps) – × 5 reps (single-ply suit w/ wraps) (2019 World's Strongest Man) * Log press – (2023 World Tour Finals) * Log press for reps – x 10 reps in 90 seconds (2023 Rogue Invitational) (World Record) * Axle press – (2024 World's Strongest Man) * Flintstone barbell push press (behind the neck) – (2022 World's Strongest Man) (former-joint world record) * Monster Dumbbell Press - (2023 World's Strongest Man) (British Record) *
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– over 7.76 m (25 ft 5 in) (2024 World's Strongest Man) (former joint-world record) * Manhood Stone (Max Atlas Stone) – (2020
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, Feats of Strength series) (World Record) ''Tom has also broken this world record 2 times before, with and at 2020 Rogue record breakers event held during the Arnold Strongman Classic '' *5 Atlas Stones run (heavy set) – 20.69 seconds (2019 Giants Live Wembley) *5 Atlas Stones run (light set) – 16.01 seconds (2020 Britain's Strongest man) (World Record) *10 Atlas Stones run – 40.70 seconds (2019 World's Ultimate Strongman) (World Record) * Ardblair Stones – 9 stones ranging from loaded onto 4 ft 4 in (52 in) whiskey barrels in 21.81 seconds (2019 Blairgowrie & Rattray Highland Games) (World Record) * Inver Stones (hitching post setup) – 5 Stones weighing in 29.16 seconds (2021 Rogue Invitational) * Inver Stone press – (2024 Arnold Strongman Classic) (Joint-World Record) *Shield carry – (2022 Britain's Strongest Man) (former world record) *Titan's turntable – in a 30m course in 46.89 seconds (2021 World's Strongest Man) (World Record) * Medley – yoke for 10m course into frame carry for 15m course in 18.36 seconds (2021 World's Strongest Man) (World Record) ''Powerlifting:'' * Squat (Raw with wraps) – (2017 GPC Savage Pro, England) * Bench Press (Raw) – (2017 GPC Savage Pro, England) * Deadlift (Raw) – (2017 GPC Savage Pro, England) * Total – (2017 GPC Savage Pro, England) In training * Deadlift – × 2 * Axle Deadlift – * Log Press – * Squat –


Competitive record

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Filmography


Television


References


External links

* Official website
www.stoltmanbrothers.comTom Stoltman
- Instagram Profile
WSM 2021 - An interview with the World's strongest brothers

Back-Muscles.com - Top Secrets of the Tom Stoltman Strongman
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