Hafthor Bjornsson Biography

Hafþór (Hafthor) Bjornsson is the current World's Strongest Man and is the first person to have won the Arnold Strongman Classic Europe's Strongest Man and World's Strongest Man in the same year. He began competing in strongman after an injury to his ankle ended his basketball career. In 2009 powerlifting star Benedikt Magnusson saw Hafþór in the gym and encouraged him to compete in Iceland’s Strongest Viking which was being held the next day.
Hafþór called Magnus Ver Magnusson who was running the event and Magnus allowed him to enter despite the short notice. With no real training Hafþór won one event and made an Icelandic record in stone carrying. An Icelandic record it should be noted is not insignificant as Magnus Ver Magnusson was a three-time winner of the TWI World‘s Strongest Man Contest and Jon Pall Sigmarsson won the event four times. No other country has done so well.
After this auspicious beginning Hafþór was hooked and began training solely for strongman competitions. Since 2009 he has won seven competitions. He currently holds the titles of Iceland’s Strongest Man Iceland’s Strongest Viking and Iceland’s Strongest Troll. He plays Gregor The Mountain Clegane in the HBO series Game of Thrones.

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