Flex Australia – June-July 2017

74 FLEX|JUNE–JULL 2017

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WEIGHTLIFTER, POWERLIFTER,

STRONGMAN, WRESTLER

MARK

HENRY

BORN: USA, 1971

HEIGHT: 193cm WEIGHT: 187kg

Henry holds the unique distinction

of being the only man ever to hold

both the US weightlifting and

powerlifting super-heavyweight

championship titles at the same

time. Despite his incredible feats,

Todd believes that Henry has

stores of untapped potential

that we never got to see as he

pursued a career in WWE. So

in theory at least, Henry might

have been the strongest man in

history. However, we think one

man has him beat...

BORN: USA, 1953 HEIGHT: 190cm WEIGHT: 150kg

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“Kaz” is considered by many to be the

strongest of the strong, and it’s hard to

argue. The winner of the ’80, ’81 and ’82

WSM contests, Kazmaier was barred from

competing in 1983 by the event’s organisers

because it was assumed that so long as

he competed, no one else would ever get

the chance to savour victory. Kaz was the

first man to lift all five McGlashen stones,

which weigh between 90 and 160 kilograms.

His 661-pound (300kg) bench press stood

as the world record for years, and if not

for a pec tear shortly thereafter he would

have surely bested it himself. His 2425-

pound (2000kg) total, set back in 1981,

is still the record for raw (no bench shirt,

no squat suit) powerlifting today.

POWERLIFTER, STRONGMAN

BILL

KAZMAIER