Famous Strongmen


          

            Jon Pall Sigmarsson      April 28, 1960 - January 16, 1993 "Pow - er, Viking Pow - er!"

A famous quote from him is "there is no point in being alive if you cannot do the deadlift".  In a tragic irony, he died at the age of 32 while performing this exercise in the gym.  He knew he had serious heart problems in his family and was aware of this weakness. He will always be remembered as one of the greatest strength athletes of his time.

This physical phenomenon was (6' 3 1/2") and fluctuated his bodyweight between 250 - 310 lb
depending on what he was training for, be it bodybuilding or strongman competitions. If you havent seen
tapes of Jon Pall in competition I suggest you do, this guy was the man to watch, a true inspiration!  Jon Pall's
official Powerlifting results are Squat 788 lbs, Bench Press 512 lbs, Dead lift 810 lbs.  It seemed like he had 
no boundaries.  

World's Strongest Man

• 1983 - 2nd
• 1984 - 1st
• 1985 - 2nd
• 1986 - 1st
• 1988 - 1st
• 1989 - 3rd
• 1990 - 1st 
  
  
    Paul Anderson
   
    Phil Pfister
   
    Bill Kazmaier
   
    Charles Atlas
   
    Luis Cyr
   
    Eugen Sandow
   
    Arthur Saxon
   
    Thomas Inch
   
    Magnus Samuelsson
   
    Joseph "The Mighty Atom" Greenstein
  
    Slim "The Hammerman" Farman
   
    Richard Sorin
   
    John Brookfield
   
    Mark Henry 
   
    Dennis Rogers