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Jón Páll Sigmarsson (April 28, 1960 – January 16, 1993) was a strongman, a powerlifter , a bodybuilder and a weightlifter from Iceland who won the World's Strongest Man Competition four times (1984, 1986, 1988, 1990). Events 1192 - Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat (Conrad I King of Jerusalem, in Tyre, two days after his title Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 27 BC - The title Augustus is bestowed upon Gaius Julius Caesar Octavian by the Roman Senate. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Powerlifting is a strength Sport, consisting of three events the squat, the Bench press, and the Deadlift. Bodybuilding is the process of maximizing Muscle hypertrophy. Weightlifting, also called Olympic weightlifting or Olympic-style weightlifting, is a sport in which participants attempt a maximum weight single lift of a barbell Iceland, officially the Republic of Iceland ( ( Ísland or Lýðveldið Ísland ( The World's Strongest Man is perhaps the best-recognized annual international event in Strength athletics. In 1984 Sigmarsson won the Icelandic bodybuilding title in the +90 kg. Bodybuilding is the process of maximizing Muscle hypertrophy. class. His achievements in powerlifting also include Icelandic records in the bench press and the squat, but his best performances were usually in the deadlift event, in which he set the European record many times. The bench press is a Strength training exercise in which while lying on his back the person performing the bench press lowers a weight to the level of the chest then The squat is a lower body exercise used in Strength training. The deadlift is a Weight training Exercise where one lifts a loaded Barbell (or in the case of the trapbar deadlift a loaded Trapbar)

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. In the 19th century the term strongman referred to an exhibitor of strength (before strength sports were codified into Weightlifting, Powerlifting etc

He used to shout, "I am not an Eskimo, I am a Viking!" Two other famous quotes are, "I am in seventh heaven" which was his translation of an Icelandic saying, and "Ekkert mál fyrir Jón Pál" which roughly translates as "It's no problem for Jón Páll". Eskimos or Esquimaux are Indigenous peoples who have traditionally inhabited the circumpolar region from eastern Siberia ( Russia) across A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas

Contents

Strongman contest history

World's Strongest Man

World Muscle Power Championship

Europe's Strongest Man

Other contests

Trivia

External links

World's Strongest Man
Preceded by:
Geoff Capes		First (1984)Succeeded by:
Geoff Capes
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Geoff Capes		Second (1986)Succeeded by:
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Jamie Reeves
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Jamie Reeves		Fourth (1990)Succeeded by:
Magnús Ver Magnússon
The World's Strongest Man is perhaps the best-recognized annual international event in Strength athletics. Geoffrey Lewis Capes (born 23 August 1949) is a former British and twice Commonwealth Games Shot put champion and former two-time winner of the Jamie Reeves (born May 3, 1963, Sheffield, England) is a British former coal miner strongman, and winner of Magnús Ver Magnússon (born 23 April 1963) of Iceland is a powerlifter and strongman.
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