Magnús Ver Magnússon




Not to be confused with Magnús Magnússon (strongman) or other people named Magnus Magnusson.

This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Magnús.
























Magnús Ver Magnússon
Magnus Ver Magnusson.jpg
Born
(1963-04-22) 22 April 1963 (age 55)

Egilsstaðir, Iceland
Occupation
Strongman, Powerlifter
Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 130 kg (287 lb)
Title 4 times World's Strongest Man




















































































































































































































































Competition record

Strongman
Representing  Iceland

World's Strongest Man

1st
1991 World's Strongest Man

2nd
1992 World's Strongest Man

2nd
1993 World's Strongest Man

1st
1994 World's Strongest Man

1st
1995 World's Strongest Man

1st
1996 World's Strongest Man

Qualified
1997 World's Strongest Man

Pure Strength

1st
 1989 w/Hjalti Árnason

2nd
 1990 w/Hjalti Árnason

World Strongman Challenge

2nd
 1989

3rd
 1990

2nd
 1992

2nd
 1993

2nd
 1996

1st
 1997

European Hercules

1st
 1997

Europe's Strongest Man

1st
 1992

1st
 1994

3rd
 1996

2nd
 1997

2nd
 1998

World Muscle Power Championships

3rd
 1991

2nd
 1992

2nd
 1994

1st
 1995

Le Defi Mark Ten International

2nd
 1988

1st
 1989

3rd
 1990

Iceland's Strongest Man

3rd
 1985

3rd
 1987

1st
 1988

1st
 1989

1st
 1993

1st
 1994

1st
 1995

1st
 1996

1st
 2001

1st
 2004

Manfred Hoeberl Classic

1st
 1995

Powerlifting
Representing  Iceland

EPF European Powerlifting Championships

2nd
 1989
 125kg

3rd
 1990
 125kg

1st
 1991
 125kg

IPF Junior World Championships

3rd
 1985
 110kg

EPF Junior European Championships

3rd
 1985
 110kg

3rd
 1986
 110kg

Magnús Ver Magnússon (born 22 April 1963) is an Icelandic former powerlifter and strongman competitor. He has won the title of World's Strongest Man four times (1991, 1994, 1995, and 1996).




Contents






  • 1 Powerlifting


  • 2 Strongman


  • 3 Personal life


  • 4 Personal record


  • 5 Facts


  • 6 See also


  • 7 References


  • 8 External links





Powerlifting


Magnús began powerlifting in 1984, and in 1985 he won a medal in the junior European and World Championships. He won the Senior European title in the 125 kg (276 lb) class in 1988 and 1990. His best lifts in competition include a 437.5 kg (964.5 lb) squat, 400 kg (882 lb) raw squat, 275 kg (605 lb) bench press with shirt and 250 kg raw bench press, 375 kg (827 lb) raw deadlift, and a raw total of 1015 kg (2238 lb). He once held the world record for a tire deadlift of 445 kg (981 lb).



Strongman


Magnús competed in his first strongman contest in 1985, finishing third in the Iceland's Strongest Man competition won by Jón Páll Sigmarsson. He decided to focus solely on strongman competition after he won the 1991 World's Strongest Man contest.


His strongman victories include the 1989 Pure Strength contest in Scotland, the 1991 and 1993 International Power Challenge, the 1992 Scandinavian Strongest Man (Finland), the 1992 Nordic Strongest Man (Denmark), the 1994 Europe's Strongest Man, the 1995 World Muscle Power Championship, and the 1995 and 1997 Viking Challenge.


In addition to his four World's Strongest Man titles, he was also runner-up in 1992 and 1993. He has also won the Iceland's strongest man competition many times and the West coast Viking (Vestfjarðavíkingurinn) of Iceland nine times.
He is considered to be one of the first modern strongman competitors and is regarded by many to be one of the best strongmen of all time. He carried Jón Páll's formula of being athletic for the dynamic tests of strength and having tremendous static strength to out lift some of the best Powerlifters. He was able to easily out deadlift the favoured O.D Wilson by 40 kg in 1991 and out squatted the world record holder in the squat, Gerrit Badenhorst, in 1995. After Magnus squatted 437.5 kg, Badenhorst commented that he had previously underestimated Magnus' pure strength and that Magnus' squat was the greatest squat he had ever seen from someone of his bodyweight.



Personal life


Magnús lives with his wife Maggý Mýrdal, who is a company owner of a design store Fonts, her daughter Sóldögg María, and his daughter Vera Mist, in Norðlingaholt, Iceland. His older daughter Maríanna lives in Akureyri and is studying nursing. Magnús frequently judges international powerlifting and strongman competitions.


Magnús owns a powerlifting and strongman gym in Reykjavík called Jakaból (Nest Of Giants). The name Jakaból is a reference to an old gym in Reykjavík where Jón Páll Sigmarsson and many other Icelandic legends used to train.



Personal record


In competition:


  • Squat - 437.5 kg (964.5 lbs) (World's Strongest Man 1995)[1]


Facts



  • In 2008, he made an appearance on Comedy Central's The Daily Show.[2]

  • Magnus appeared in a Coors Light commercial as the "World's Strongest Man" which aired in the United States.



See also


  • List of strongmen


References





  1. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKfoJna1JkQ


  2. ^ Video




External links



  • Profile

  • Magnús's Coors Light commercial











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