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Jón Páll Sigmarsson (June 28, 1960 January 16, 1993) was a weightlifter and powerlifter from Iceland who won the World's Strongest Man Competition four times ('84,'86,'88,'90).
A famous quote from him is "there is no point in being alive if you cannot do the deadlift". Ironically and unfortunately, he died at the age of 32 while performing this exercise in the gym. He will always be remembered as one of the greatest strength athletes of his time.
He used to shout : "I'm a Viking, not an Eskimo!"
Strongman contest history
World's Strongest Man
World Muscle Power Championship
Europe's Strongest Man
Other contests
- 1982 Scandinavian Strongest Man - 1st
- 1985 Le Defi Mark Ten (Canada) - 3rd
- 1986 Le Defi Mark Ten (Canada) - 2nd
- 1986 Carmunnock Highland Games (Scotland) - 7th
- 1986 Commonwealth Highland Games (Scotland) - 1st
- 1987 Le Defi Mark Ten (Canada) - 5th
- 1987 Japan Grand Prix - 2nd
- 1987 Pure Strength - 1st
- 1989 Corby Great Excleston (England) - 1st
- 1989 Iceland's Kraftur Contest - 1st
- 1989 Scottish Power Challenge - 1st
- 1990 Nissan Power Cup - 1st
- 1990 European Muscle Power Championship
- 1991 European Hercules - 2nd
- 1992 European Hercules - 6th
- Iceland's Strongest Man winner - 1985, 1990, 1991, 1992
- Finland's Strongest Man winner - 1989, 1992
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