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 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
2022 Achieved world record for Highland games one arm weight over bar at Rogue Invitational, having previously broken this record 12 times since 2014.
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
2019 Achieved a world record for aeroplane pull 'uphill' for 14.92 meters at Iceland's Strongest Man.
2019 Set a world record for Dinnie Stones carry with Rogue replicas during Iceland's Strongest Man competition
2019 Achieved a former world record for stiff bar deadlift, completing 10 reps at Europe's Strongest Man
2019 Established a new world record for the Húsafell Stone carry at Iceland's Strongest Man competition.
2019 Performed a Conan's Wheel of Pain carry, moving the load 36.35 meters (119 1/4 feet) at the Arnold Strongman Classic
2019 Repeated Odd Haugen Tombstone to shoulder lift at Arnold Strongman Classic
2019 Performed Pillars of Hercules hold with weights of 50kg in each hand for 55.13 seconds at Europe's Strongest Man competition
2019 Achieved a former world record for Axle Bar Deadlift with globes, completing 10 repetitions at Europe's Strongest Man
2019 Set a World Record for Concrete-truck pull 'uphill' for 14.92 meters at Iceland's Strongest Man
2019 Set the World Record for Heaviest Strongman Raw Deadlift using an Elephant bar, raw with standard straps at the Arnold Strongman Classic
2019 Completed a Deadlift Static hold for 45.29 seconds at World's Strongest Man competition
2019 Performed Circus Barbell Squat with 245 kg for 7 repetitions during the World's Strongest Man competition
2019 Set a World Record for Natural stone lift to platform - completing 5 rocks ranging from 137–212 kg in 50.42 seconds at Iceland's Strongest Man competition
2018 Won Europe's Strongest Man.
2018 Performed a cart wheel deadlift from 21 inches at the World's Ultimate Strongman using a single-ply suit with figure 8 straps
2018 Performed a log press at Europe's Strongest Man.
2018 Competed in Thor's Powerlifting Challenge, setting world records in raw powerlifting: squat with wraps, raw bench press, and raw deadlift, achieving a total that was the fifth-highest raw superheavyweight powerlifting total and seventh-highest raw powerlifting total of all time.
2018 Completed Overhead medley in 46.94 seconds at World's Ultimate Strongman, involving Log, Dumbbell, Axle, and Shield
2018 Achieved a 612° rotation in the Basque Circle during World's Strongest Man Group 1 competition
2018 Achieved Apollon's wheel press with 4 repetitions at Arnold Strongman Classic
2018 Set a World Record Loading race at World's Strongest Man, completing a 105kg Anchor, 125kg Anvil, 120kg Keg, 150kg Sandbag, and 120kg Safe in a 10m course in 31.22 seconds.
2018 Completed a Bus pull of 25 meters in 36.05 seconds at World's Strongest Man
2018 Performed Super Yoke on a 15 meter course in 19.97 seconds at World's Ultimate Strongman competition.
2018 Set a World Record for Axle Bar Deadlift with wheels, completing 6 repetitions at Europe's Strongest Man

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