Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
Icelandic strongman
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| 2025 | Participated in 2025 Arnold Strongman Classic, placing 3rd, and competed in Siberian Power Show in Russia, placing 2nd. |
| 2025 | Set a world record for power medley including log carry for 10m course and sled drag for 10m course in 31.21 seconds at Arnold Strongman Classic |
| 2025 | Planned to perform a barbell push press (behind the neck) at Arnold Strongman Classic. |
| 2024 | Returned to the Arnold Strongman Classic after a three-year hiatus, winning the event while recovering from a pectoral tear and placing fourth overall. |
| 2024 | Won Iceland's Strongest Man for the eleventh time overall, further cementing his legacy in Icelandic strongman competitions. |
| 2024 | Continued competitive strongman career with performances in international competitions, including 1st place in Strongman Champions League Dubai and competitions in United States and Scotland. |
| 2024 | Continued competing at high levels, winning Strongman Champions League Dubai, placing 2nd in Strongest Man on Earth and Rogue Invitational, and winning Iceland's Strongest Man. |
| 2024 | Set world records at multiple events including 'Strongest Man on Earth' for keg toss, 'Iceland's Strongest Man' for sandbag over bar (Max height), and 'Arnold UK' for David Webster memorial one arm sandbag over bar. |
| 2024 | Set world records at Strongest Man on Earth and Rogue Invitational, including Manhood stone lift over 4 ft bar and Inver stones lift onto whiskey barrels in 27.34 seconds. |
| 2024 | Completed a Farmer's walk with 390 kg in each hand over 28.6 meters at Arnold UK (Raw grip) |
| 2024 | Set a World Record for Data Deadlift, lifting 282.6 Petabytes using Phison SSD drives in a Silver Dollar setup at SC24 VDURA in Atlanta |
| 2024 | Set World Record for Manhood Stone - 2 reps over 4 ft bar at Strongest Man on Earth competition |
| 2024 | Set world record for David Webster memorial one arm sandbag over bar at Arnold UK competition. |
| 2024 | Achieved World Record for Inver Stones - 5 Stones weighing 125-191 kg onto Whiskey barrels in 27.34 seconds at Rogue Invitational, being the first to one-motion all five stones |
| 2024 | Set world record for keg toss at Strongest Man on Earth competition. |
| 2024 | Achieved a World Record Power Medley at Strongest Man on Earth, completing a Wheelbarrow (hay baler) farmers carry raw grip for 12.2m and a Tractor arm over arm pull for 10.5m in 90 seconds. |
| 2024 | Achieved a World Record for Jeep pull of 20 meters at SCL Dubai |
| 2024 | Achieved a Timber carry with 420 kg over a 35' inclined ramp in 8.40 seconds at Arnold Strongman Classic (Raw grip) |
| 2024 | Achieved world record for sandbag over bar (max height) at Iceland's Strongest Man competition. |
| 2024 | Performed the Dinnie Stones carry using Rogue replicas at the Arnold Strongman Classic. |
| 2024 | Set a World Record in Fingal's Fingers into Power Stairs by completing 2 fingers and Duck walks over a total of 10 steps in 45.02 seconds at Strongest Man on Earth competition. |
| 2024 | Set a World Record for Stiff Bar Deadlift (Raw), completing 10 repetitions at Arnold UK |
| 2024 | Continued competitive participation with performances in multiple international strongman competitions, including Arnold Strongman Classic, Arnold UK, Strongest Man on Earth, Strongman Champions League Dubai, and Rogue Invitational, demonstrating ongoing competitiveness at the highest level. |
| 2024 | Completed Standard bar Raw Deadlift (Strongman) at Rogue Invitational |
| November 10 2023 | Announced on Instagram the loss of their daughter at 21 weeks of gestation. |
| April 2023 | Underwent a five-hour surgery in Los Angeles to reattach his torn pectoral muscle, with promises of a full recovery. |
| April 15 2023 | Competed in the first of three scheduled powerlifting meets toward breaking the world record. Successfully squatted a significant weight but tore his left pectoral muscle during the bench press attempt, requiring withdrawal from the competition. |
| March 2023 | Inducted into the International Sports Hall of Fame, recognizing his extraordinary achievements in strength sports. |
| February 13 2023 | Officially announced his return to strength sports, declaring his intention to attempt breaking the all-time powerlifting total world record by the end of the year. |
| 2022 | Played a minor role as Thorfinnr the Tooth-Gnasher in the historical epic fantasy film The Northman, which featured an ensemble cast including Alexander Skarsgård and Nicole Kidman. |
| 2022 | Achieved world record for Highland games one arm weight over bar at Rogue Invitational, having previously broken this record 12 times since 2014. |
| December 2022 | Met Gordon Ryan prior to his match with Nicky Rodriguez at UFC FightPass Invitational 3 and was filmed having a sparring match with him. |
| December 2022 | Competed in Thor's Powerlifting Meet after a two-and-a-half-year hiatus from strength training. |
| March 19 2022 | Defeated Eddie Hall in 'The Heaviest Boxing Match in History' in Dubai, winning via unanimous decision after knocking Hall down twice in rounds three and six. |
| September 18 2021 | Won his first non-exhibition boxing match against Canadian professional arm-wrestler Devon Larratt via TKO (technical knockout) in the first round. |
| May 2021 | Visited Mjolnir MMA to train with UFC veteran Gunnar Nelson, and was filmed grappling with the professional fighter. |
| May 28 2021 | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson draws with Simon Vallily in a 4-round match at the Conrad Hotel in Dubai, U.A.E. |
| January 2021 | Competed in his first exhibition boxing match against ex-WBO European light-heavyweight champion Steven Ward. |
| January 16 2021 | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson draws with Steven Ward in a 3-round match at the Conrad Hotel in Dubai, U.A.E. |
| 2020 | Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson appeared on episode ten of Karate Combat, featuring alongside Bas Rutten and Brazilian jiu-jitsu black belt Josh Palmer, and subsequently had a public training session with Palmer. |
| 2020 | Won the Arnold Strongman Classic for the third consecutive time, becoming only the second person in history to achieve this feat. |
| 2020 | Completed a remarkable streak of ten consecutive Iceland's Strongest Man titles from 2011 to 2020. |
| 2020 | Achieved Cyr Dumbbell press at Arnold Strongman Classic |
| 2020 | Achieved Joint-World Record for Inver Stone press at Arnold Strongman Classic |
| 2020 | Set the World Record for Heaviest Deadlift of All-time using a standard bar with figure 8 straps and single-ply suit during the World's Ultimate Strongman - Feats of Strength series |
| September 26 2020 | Welcomed son Stormur Magni Hafþórsson. |
| June 2020 | Transitioned to a reduced caloric intake of around 5,000 calories per day, adopting a much stricter diet to support his body transformation for boxing. |
| May 2020 | Announced he would not return to Giants Live or World's Strongest Man competitions. |
| May 2 2020 | Hafþór challenged Eddie Hall to a boxing match after breaking the Deadlift World Record, marking the beginning of his boxing career despite having no prior boxing experience. |
| February 2020 | Became the first person in history to deadlift 1,000 lb for two repetitions. |
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