• The World's Strongest Man is an international strongman competition held every year. Organized by American event management company IMG, a subsidiary...
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  • The 1979 World's Strongest Man was the third edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Don Reinhoudt from the United States. It was his first title...
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  • dominance, Dean was invited to compete at the 1979 World's Strongest Man and 1980 World's Strongest Man competitions where he finished 6th and 9th respectively...
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  • won the IPF World Powerlifting Superheavyweight Championship four consecutive times (1973–1976), and won the World's Strongest Man in 1979. Widely considered...
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  • The 1978 World's Strongest Man was the second edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Bruce Wilhelm from the United States. It was his second...
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    World's Strongest Man contests, finishing second at the 1979 and 1980 World's Strongest Man, and third in 1978. Lars also won Europe's Strongest Man in...
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    and strongman world records, and won two International Powerlifting Federation (IPF) World Championships and three World's Strongest Man titles. In the...
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  • title of "Britain's Strongest Man". The competition is produced by TWI and serves as a qualifying event for the World's Strongest Man ("WSM") competition...
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  • The 1980 World's Strongest Man was the fourth edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Bill Kazmaier from the United States. It was his first title...
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    Jerry Blackwell (category AWA World Tag Team Champions)
    ring name "Crusher" Jerry Blackwell. Blackwell competed in the 1979 World's Strongest Man contest, but withdrew early in the competition due to an injury...
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  • was published by Argyll Publishing. Anderson competed in the 1979 World's Strongest Man contest at the age of 42, but withdrew early in the competition...
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  • the day he wanted to." Four-time IPF powerlifting champion and 1979 World's Strongest Man winner Don Reinhoudt said of Larry, "I look at Larry, an idol...
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    and appearances on television in shows such as Superstars and the World's Strongest Man. Capes represented England and Great Britain in field athletics...
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    Terry Hollands (category 1979 births)
    and bronze (2017) medalist, a two time World's Strongest Man bronze medalist (2007 and 2011), a World's Strongest Viking bronze medalist (2014), a two time...
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  • strongest man in the world may refer to: World's Strongest Man, a well-known competition event in strength athletics The Strongest Man in the World,...
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  • Kowboys." Kolb competed in the second and third annual World's Strongest Man competitions in 1978 and 1979, placing in the 4th rank for both years, while often...
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    bodybuilder who was the first man to win the World's Strongest Man four times and the first and only man to win the World Muscle Power Classic five times...
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    Strongest Man of the Netherlands (Dutch: Sterkste Man van Nederland) is an annual strongman competition held in the Netherlands and featuring exclusively...
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  • National Football League player who competed in the 1977 and 1979 World's Strongest Man competitions Doug Young Wout Zijlstra Athletics portal List of...
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  • Cappalahan, with regular appearances at world finals, and with three men having won the title of World's Strongest Man, as well as Shane Davis Cappalahan appearing...
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  • The World's Strongest Tag Determination League (世界最強タッグ決定リーグ戦, Sekai Saikyō Taggu Kettei Rīgu-sen), more commonly known in the West as the Real World Tag...
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    Jesse Marunde (category 1979 births)
    Marunde (September 14, 1979 – July 25, 2007) was an American strongman athlete who placed second in the 2005 World's Strongest Man competition. He is the...
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    in 1976 and 1981, and competed in the inaugural edition of the World's Strongest Man in 1977, where he placed fifth. He also had an acting career and...
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    HeraldScotland. Retrieved 15 July 2018. "Fingal's Fingers – The World's Strongest Man". World's Strongest Man Old Time Strongman Training United States All Round...
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  • second to weightlifter Bruce Wilhelm. He also finished 5th in the 1979 World's Strongest Man. After his pro career, Young coached in the USFL from 1982 to...
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    He was the Strongest Man of the Netherlands in 1979 and runner-up in 1982. He finished in eighth place at the 1980 World's Strongest Man competition...
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    Mika Törrö (born 11 May 1979) is a Finnish Strongman from Joensuu and a 5 x times Finland's Strongest Man champion. Törrö had a difficult upbringing early...
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  • Johan Els (category 1979 births)
    2018) and was selected to the World's Strongest Man competition thrice, winning 6th place in the 2018 World's Strongest Man competition held in Manila,...
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    in 1992 World's Strongest Man, the competitors had to throw a 30 kg (66 lb) Thor's hammer using both hands, and in 1993 World's Strongest Man, the competitors...
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    Luke Skaarup (category 1979 births)
    being the 2 x Ontario's Strongest Man Champion (2012 & 2014), 4th at North America's Strongest Man (2014), and 8th at the World Amateur Strongman Championships...
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