Carried a 33 foot-long, 1,430 pound log for five steps at the World's Strongest Viking competition in Norway in 2015, beating a 1000-year-old record set by Orm Storolfsson.
Played the lead role of King Thor, the leader of a Viking raiding party, in the Philadelphia Renaissance Faire's debut season in 2015.
Placed either second or third in the TWI World’s Strongest Man competition from 2012 to 2017.
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson
November 26, 1988 (age 35)
Reykjavík, Iceland
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Bio
Began his career as a basketball player.
Carried a 33 foot-long, 1,430 pound log for five steps at the World's Strongest Viking competition in Norway in 2015, beating a 1000-year-old record set by Orm Storolfsson.
Played the lead role of King Thor, the leader of a Viking raiding party, in the Philadelphia Renaissance Faire's debut season in 2015.
Placed either second or third in the TWI World’s Strongest Man competition from 2012 to 2017.