Strongest
man in the world
Jouko Ahola
of Finland was named the
Strongest man in the world in 1997 and 1999.
he holds the record for lifting the heaviest stone in the World Strongman competition.
The stone weighed 215 kg (414 lb). The 1,85 m (6 ft) tall Jouko also is
the world''s car-carrying champion.
The Strongest Man in the
World Competition claims that 1,67 m (5''8"), 159 kg (350 lb) Anthony
Clark of the Philippines is the strongest. He bench pressed a massive
363 kg (800 lb).
The legends
On Tuesday 13 February 1923, in a
Strong man contest held before a packed
house in City Hall in Augusta, Maine, John B Gagnon beat Warren
L Travis of Brooklyn, NY - holder of the official title of World''s Strongest
Man. In 10 lifts, taking only 25 minutes, Gagnon lifted a total of 7,552
kg (16,650 pounds). Because it was not an "officially sanctioned" match,
Travis was able to retain the title; he also would not schedule a return
match against Gagnon.
John B Gagnon''s recorded lifts
that evening, all accomplished in 25 minutes:
Finger lift.................................................794
pounds
One-hand lift............................................1,111 pounds
Two-hand lift............................................1,575 pounds
Two-hand & knees lift...............................2,195 pounds
Neck lift..................................................1,317 pounds
Harness lift..............................................2,689 pounds
Teeth lift..................................................627 pounds
One-arm lift.............................................924 pounds
Two-arm lift.............................................1,248 pounds
Back lift (persons on platform)..................4,170 pounds
TOTAL WEIGHT LIFTED..............16,650
lbs. . .in 25 minutes.
The Strongest Man organisers
believe the strongman title should go to John Wooten of Massachusetts.
At 51 years old, he had towed a Mississippi river boat against the current,
piggybacked an elephant, stopped two jet planes from taking off by holding
them down, and pulled a 280-ton train along a track. John Wooten is 1,86
m (6''1") tall and weighs 132 kg (290 lb). He got his start in the strongman
business in 1969 when he happened to meet a 79 kg (175 lb) man in his
70s who could bend 60-penny railroad spikes in his bare hands and taught
him how to back-lift elephants.
Jouko Ahola:of Finland - strongest man in the world
1997 and 1999
Jan Suffolk Todd of the US is
considered the world''s strongest woman. She was the first woman to lift
1,000 pounds in 3 power lifts.
John B Gagnon (1883-1939) was
born in Caribou, Maine. He was 5'' 10'''' tall, and weighed 230 pounds. He
could tear a horseshoe apart with his bare hands; bend a railroad spike
into a U; pick up 794 pounds with one finger.
The only man to do more weight
than John B Gagnon in a back lift is the late great Paul Anderson, who
still holds the Guinness record of 6,270 pounds
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