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POWERLIFTER, STRONGMAN

ŽYDRŪNAS SAVICKAS

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justlistedourtop10,anumberofothersalsodeservehighpraise:EdCoan,Franco

Columbu, Marvin Eder, Lamar Gant, Mikhail Koklyaev, Magnús Ver Magnússon,

THE CANDIDATES MariuszPudzianowski,JónPállSigmarsson,NaimSüleymanoğluandODWilson.

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BORN: LITHUANIA, 1975 HEIGHT: 190cm WEIGHT: 18 1kg

PER BERNAL

IN OUR OPINION,

HE IS THE

STRONGEST MAN

of all time. You just

can’t argue with these

numbers: Savickas

has won the Arnold

Strongman Classic eight

times (2003–08,

2014, 2016), which is

considered a truer

test of pure strength

than the better-known

WSM competition. In

2005, he broke three

world records en route

to victory at the IFSA

Strongman World

Championship. The

following year he again

took top honours.

Savickas placed

second at the WSM

competition in 2002,

2003 and 2004, usually

dominating the events

that involved pure

strength while not doing

as well in those that

required speed and

agility. In 2009, he

broke the streak by

winning the WSM – an

accomplishment he’d

repeat in 2010, 2012 and

2014. In ’15, Savickas
      also set a new world
      record with a
      503-pound (228kg) log
      lift to complement his
      other impressive totals:
      a raw squat of 400 kilos,
      a 431kg deadlift and a
      286kg bench.