Magnús Ver Magnússon

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Magnús Ver Magnússon (born 23 April 1963) is an Icelandic former strongman and powerlifter.[1] He is a four times World's Strongest Man,[2] having won in 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, a two times Europe's Strongest Man, a World Muscle Power Classic winner and an EPF European powerlifting champion.

In his career, he won 12 international strongman competitions and another 20 national competitions (including the Iceland's Strongest Man eight times) and is regarded as one of the greatest strongmen of all-time.[3][4]

Career

Powerlifting

Magnús began powerlifting in 1984. In 1985, he won a medal in the junior European and World Championships. He won the Senior European title in the 125 kg (276 lb) class in 1988 and 1990. His best lifts in competition include a 400 kg (882 lb) squat, 275 kg (606 lb) bench press, 370.5 kg (817 lb) deadlift, and a total of 1015.5 kg (2239 lb) all with single ply equipment.

Strongman

Magnús competed in his first strongman contest in 1985, finishing third in the Iceland's Strongest Man competition won by Jón Páll Sigmarsson. He decided to focus solely on strongman competition after he won the 1991 World's Strongest Man contest. His strongman victories include the 1989 Pure Strength team contest in Scotland with Hjalti Árnason, the 1991 and 1993 International Power Challenge, the 1992 Scandinavian Strongest Man (Finland), the 1992 Nordic Strongest Man (Denmark), the 1994 Europe's Strongest Man, the 1995 World Muscle Power Championship, and the 1995 and 1997 Viking Challenges.[5]

In addition to his four World's Strongest Man titles, Magnús was also runner-up in 1992 and 1993. He has also won the Iceland's strongest man competition eight times and The Westfjords Vikings (Vestfjarðavíkingurinn) of Iceland nine times. He carried Jón Páll's formula of being athletic for the dynamic tests of strength and having tremendous static strength to outlift some of the best powerlifters. He was able to easily out-deadlift the favoured O.D. Wilson by 40 kg in 1991 and out-squatted the world record holder in the squat, Gerrit Badenhorst, in 1995. After Magnus squatted 437.5 kg in a Smith machine setup, Badenhorst commented that he had previously underestimated Magnús' pure strength and that Magnús' squat was the greatest squat he had ever seen from someone of his bodyweight.[5]

He competed in a one-off event at the Giants Live Strongman Championship 2019 held in Wembley Stadium, England against fellow strongman legend Bill Kazmaier in the Hercules Hold, with the weight being reduced by 20 kg on each side from what the professional athletes were working with. Despite having not competed in a strongman event since 2005, Magnús stunned the crowd with a time of 101.2 seconds (1m 41.2s), whilst Kazmaier could only manage just over 18 seconds.

Other

Magnús frequently judges international powerlifting and strongman competitions and owns a powerlifting and strongman gym in Kópavogur called Jakaból (Nest of Giants). Magnus still trains in his gym regularly. [6] Magnus also organizes different strongman competitions in Iceland, including Strongest Man in Iceland (Sterkasti maður á Íslandi) and Iceland's Strongest Viking ("Víkingurinn"). [7]

Magnús is the founder of the Magnús Ver Magnússon Strongman Classic, a strongman competition held in Iceland. [8]

More recently he has launched the Magnús Ver Magnússon Adaptive Strength World Championships where adaptive athletes can compete for the title of World's Strongest Adaptive Man and World's Strongest Adaptive Woman. This will be held as part of the Official Strongman Games (OSG) in 2025. Magnús is also a brand ambassador of HEMPE pain gels which he says help him to recover faster after training as well as deal with aches/pains that come with being a long time athlete.

In 2008, Magnús made an appearance on Comedy Central's The Daily Show. He also appeared in a Coors Light commercial as the "World's Strongest Man" which aired in the U.S.

Magnús is married and has 2 daughters and a grandson.

Personal records

Strongman
  • Smith machine Squat (partial lift not to parallel depth) – Script error: No such module "convert". (1995 World's Strongest Man)[9]
  • Flintstone Deadlift – Script error: No such module "convert". (1996 World's Strongest Man)
  • Silver Dollar Deadlift (18" off the floor) – Script error: No such module "convert". (1994 World's Strongest Man)
  • Log press – Script error: No such module "convert". (1995 Strongest Man on Earth)
  • Flintstone barbell push press (behind the neck) – Script error: No such module "convert". (1995 World's Strongest Man)
  • Atlas stones – 5 stones weighing Script error: No such module "convert". on distant platforms (no tacky) in 29.00 seconds (1994 World's Strongest Man) (World Record)[10]
  • Natural stone lift to platform – 4 rocks ranging from Script error: No such module "convert". in 17.30 seconds (1992 World Strongman Challenge) (World Record)[11]
  • Natural stone press – Script error: No such module "convert". (2005 IFSA Holland Grand Prix)
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  • Húsafell Stone carry (around the pen) – Script error: No such module "convert". for Script error: No such module "convert". (around 1.5 revolutions) (1993 World Viking Challenge)
  • Latra stones loading onto barrels – 4 stones weighing Script error: No such module "convert". in 16.58 seconds (1994 Iceland's Strongest Viking) (World Record)[11]
  • Keg toss – Script error: No such module "convert". over Script error: No such module "convert". (2004 Westfjords Viking)
  • Keg toss – Script error: No such module "convert". over Script error: No such module "convert". (1995 Manfred Hoeberl Classic)
  • Weight over bar – Script error: No such module "convert". over Script error: No such module "convert". (1993 World Viking Challenge)
  • Scottish hammer throw – Script error: No such module "convert". super-heavy hammer for Script error: No such module "convert". (1991 World Viking Challenge)
  • Arm over arm vertical lift (chest hoist) – Script error: No such module "convert". 4m height in 3.30 seconds (1998 Europe's Strongest Man) (World Record)[12]
  • Arm over arm plane pull – Script error: No such module "convert". 20m course in 34.34 seconds (1992 World's Strongest Man) (World Record)[12]
Powerlifting
  • Squat (Equipped/ single-ply) – Script error: No such module "convert". (1991 Íslandsmeistaramót í kraftlyftingum)
  • Bench press (Equipped/ single-ply) – Script error: No such module "convert". (2004 Íslandsmeistaramót í kraftlyftingum)
  • Bench press (Raw) – Script error: No such module "convert". (2010 Úrslit Íslandsmót)
  • Deadlift (Equipped/ single-ply) – Script error: No such module "convert". (1991 Íslandsmeistaramót í kraftlyftingum)
  • Deadlift (Raw) – Script error: No such module "convert". (2015 Fógetamótið)
  • Total (Equipped/ single-ply) – Script error: No such module "convert". (Script error: No such module "convert".)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (1991 Íslandsmeistaramót í kraftlyftingum)

See also

References

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