Who is the strongest person? The most powerful people in the world

As the proverb says, “A healthy mind in a healthy body”. These words are fully suitable for all participants in this top, which at different periods of history were the strongest and most famous strongmen in the world. Many of the names will be known even to people far from sports. Well, fans of iron and real fans of heavy sports know firsthand how hard it is to become the best in this sports field.

Joe Rollino

Vegetarian by life, this strongman adhered to rigid rules throughout his life, which made him one of the most popular strongmen in the world. Joe was categorically against drinking alcohol and other bad habits. Maybe this was the key to the fact that the athlete almost lived to the age of 105 years. One of the most famous records of this unique person is holding a weight of three centners with one toe. Later, he was able to increase his record by lifting half a ton in exactly the same way. This became the key to his popularity.

Alexander Zass

A circus artist and one of the most famous athletes in the world, who was considered by many to be crazy for his records and performances. The most famous of his "crazy" was the number in which Alexander lay under the wheel of a truck, to the eyeballs stuffed with coal. Few can boast of such records. Throughout his life, the athlete has worked in the circus for more than 50 years.

Yakub Chekhovskaya

Yakuba became famous for several of his records at once. In the beginning, he surprised the whole world by carrying six military men around the circus arena on one arm. Later it became even more popular. On the chest of this giant, on which the bridge stood, three trucks full of people drove. These athletes are strange people - they love it when loaded cars drive over them.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Probably the most famous and recognized strongman in the world. During his sports career, Arnold became the seven-time owner of the title "Mr. Olympia". Later, the athlete became an actor, starring in a huge number of well-known and beloved films around the world. “A good person is good in everything” - this proverb is exactly about this athlete. Until now, this man is a popular personality who has become not only a sports benchmark, but a multifaceted actor associated with some of his favorite images. The most interesting thing is that the actor received his nickname - "Iron Arnie" before he became the prototype of the Terminator in the minds of all science fiction lovers.

Zydrunas Savickas

This Lithuanian athlete has repeatedly surprised all sports fans. In 2009, he was named the strongest man in the world. Such a title is not so easy to earn, is it? And although many did not believe in the success of the athlete, because he had a serious leg injury, Zydrunas Savickas was able to prove his strength, perseverance and stamina, again and again forcing his fans from all over the world to practically idolize him.

Vasily Virastyuk

Vasily Alekseev

A well-known weightlifter from the Soviet Union, holder of 81 USSR records and almost the same number of world records, Vasily was also an 8-time world champion. Such merits could not leave without a trace, and after the end of his sports career, the leadership of the US children's weightlifting school invited him to the post of director, to which he agreed.

Bruce Wilhelm, Raivis Vidzis (pictured) and Mariusz Pudzianowski

The achievements of these athletes are very similar, which is why they were combined into a group. All three athletes twice became the strongest people on the planet, like their Ukrainian colleague Vasily Virastyuk. And the number of other records and awards deserved by these "guys" causes an irresistible feeling of respect and reverence.

Bruce Khlebnikov

This young guy, whose age has recently exceeded twenty years, already holds thirty records, many of which are noted in the Guinness Book of Records. For example, in an hour and a half, this crazy guy tore 365 thick tear-off calendars with his bare hands.

Becca Swanson

Despite the fact that this top participant is a woman, her merits are unattainable for many men. Her physical strength surprises and commands respect. Becca also holds several world records.

Physically strong people have always attracted everyone's attention and admiration. For girls - this is the ideal of a real and unique man, for guys - an object for worthy imitation, for the elderly - an indispensable assistant and protector. In our article we will try to figure out who is the most powerful person in the world.

We present to your attention the TOP 10 strongest people on the planet.

10th place. Becca Swanson

This woman is hard to attribute to the weaker sex of humanity, because she can easily cope with several adult and strong men. The American athlete has long been the proud title of "the strongest woman on the planet." She holds many powerlifting records, including world ones. It is quite difficult to believe that she was able to master the weight that many men cannot lift. However, more about everything.

In 1996, Becca began bodybuilding, and later realized that she wanted to devote herself to powerlifting. As subsequent events showed, this choice turned out to be more than correct. In 2002, the girl was already demonstrating her abilities with might and main at the competition "the strongest woman."

With a weight of 110 kg and a height of 1 meter 78 cm, Becca broke the record. After all, she managed to lift a barbell weighing 387 kg in the squat, 310 kg in the deadlift, and 270 kg in the bench press.

Now the woman is already well over 30, but she actively continues to do her favorite thing.

9th place. Mark Henry

This man is also worthy of the title "the strongest man in the world." Mark Henry is a powerlifter, weightlifter, wrestler, Olympian and film actor. To this day, he continues to do his favorite thing - he conquers previously unattainable peaks.

In 1992, Mark took 10th place at the Olympic Games in the weightlifting competition. Four years later, he tried his hand again, but only reached 14th place. In the Pan American Games, the weightlifter won a silver medal.

In 2002, Mark defeated Randy Orton and became the new heavyweight champion. Later, this most powerful man in the world defended his title several times, fighting Big Show. Their last fight ended with Henry disqualified for hitting an opponent in the groin. After some time, Daniel Bryan called him to the fight, but Mark again turned out to be unshakable and won the title. In 2011, in a fight with Big Show, Henry lost, and his opponent got the title of champion.

8th place. Jon Paul Sigmarsson

Jon Paul Sigmarsson was awarded the title of "the strongest man in the world" four times. The photo of this hero proves how long he had to train to achieve such a result.

At the beginning, Sigmarsson devoted himself to powerlifting and bodybuilding, and already in 1984 he became the champion of Iceland in bodybuilding. Several times the strongman won in various European competitions. His records: bench press - 222.5 kg, squat - 357.5 kg.

In 1983, the already famous bodybuilder was invited to participate in the World's Strongest Man competition. Sigmarsson agreed and immediately took second place. The next participation brought him the coveted and more than deserved victory. After several defeats in 1986, Sigmarsson again won such a title as "the strongest man in the world", thanks to the lifted wagon weighing 495 kg.

7th place. Bruce Wilhelm

In addition to the title of "the strongest man in the world in history", Bruce is the author of many books about weightlifting. Wilhelm also won the World's Strongest Man twice, served on the Anti-Doping Committee, the Athletes' Advisory Council, and served on the executive board of the US Olympic Committee.

Bruce studied at the Fremont School, where he was seriously involved in athletics. Even in his youth, he became a shot put champion. Then Bruce studied at Stanford University, where he was engaged in wrestling, discus throwing and shot put.

In 1975, Wilhelm became the US weightlifting champion and also won a silver medal at the Pan American Games. In 1976, he placed 5th at the Montreal Olympics.

In 1977 and 1978, Bruce became the honored champion of the World's Strongest Man.

6th place. Yuko Ahola

Yuko holds world records in Hercules hold - 197 kg, 45.7 s and in Atlas Stones - 215 kg. Also in 1998 and 1999 he was recognized as the strongest man in Europe.

Yuko won the World's Strongest Man for the first time in 1997. After that, he was able to defend the championship title in 1998.

Now Yuko can sometimes be seen among the members of the World's Strongest Man judging panel and in the movies.

5th place. Benedict Magnusson

The strongest man in the world, whose photo we will provide a little lower, in 2011 set an incredible record in deadlift - 460 kg. Benedict dreamed for quite a long time to break the record of the famous strongman Andy Balton, and finally his dream came true.

The future record holder started in a regular gym at the age of 16. Even then, his coach saw in him the ability to deadlift. Benedict started with a weight of 120 kg, and after a couple of days he reached the mark of 180 kg with a body weight of 140 kg.

In 2003, Benedict placed 10th at the World Powerlifting Championships. In 2005, he placed sixth at the WPO European Semi-Final in Finland.

4th place. Brian Shaw

The most powerful people in the world, the pictures with which we provided in our article, as a rule, began to show great promise even in childhood. This also applies to the famous Ryan Shaw, a native of the United States of America.

The boy grew up quite strong, and by the end of school his weight had reached 110 kg, and his height was 2 meters. At the same time, he was very fond of water sports and basketball.

Later, the young man realized that he was craving for lifting heavy objects, which is why he decided to devote his whole life to this hobby.

In 2009, he took 3rd place in World's Strongest Man, and in 2010, Brian was already second. Exactly a year later, Shaw defeated Savickas himself and took away his champion title. In 2012, Brian lost ground, but by In 2013, he again won the coveted title.

3rd place. Vasily Virastyuk

Vasily is a native of Ukraine. He studied at the College of Physical Education in Ivano-Frankivsk. After graduating from an educational institution, the future record holder went to the track and field coaches.

Until 2000, he was engaged in shot put. During this time, Vasily was awarded the title of "Honored Master of Sports of Ukraine".

In 2004 and 2007, he became the strongest man on the planet, breaking all world records.

2nd place. Mariusz Pudzianowski

Our TOP of the most powerful people in the world continues Mariusz Pudzyanovsky. This is the only person who has become a five-time World's Strongest Man winner. Mariusz is a 4th dan in karate, enjoys powerlifting, rugby, and is also a fairly successful MMA fighter.

Mariusz started with karate, and at the age of 13 he became seriously interested in powerlifting. By the age of 15, the interests of the future champion changed, and he devoted himself to boxing.

In 1999, Mariusz takes first place in the competition called "Strongman", and in 2012 he receives the title of "the strongest man in the world", which he then manages to defend 4 more times in a row.

In 2010, Mariusz challenges Zydrunas Savickas himself, but loses to him by a small margin.

1st place. Zydrunas Savickas

The first and well-deserved place in our ranking is occupied by Zydrunas Savickas. This man became the winner of the Arnold Classic Strongest Man competition twice in a row, several times the strongman won the World’s Strongest Man. Savickas has broken more than 20 world records in powerlifting and power extreme sports.

Zydrunas became interested in sports at the age of 14. In 1992, he took part in the Strongest Man for the first time and finished in 10th place. In 1998, he earned the right to participate in the World Extreme Power Championship. There, he received a serious knee injury, but quickly recovered and returned to the competition.

In 2002, 2003, 2008, Zydrunas became the second in World's Strongest Man. In the same period, he several times became the champion in the Arnold Classic Strongest Man and extreme power competitions.

2009, 2010, 2012 are happy years for Savickas, because he is the champion at World's Strongest Man.

The strongest man in the world in history - Masutatsu Oyama

The brightest representative of the martial arts that ever existed on the planet, Masutatsu Oyama, who possessed the 10th dan of the Kyokushinkai style.

He was born in 1923 in Korea. Masutatsu began to engage in sports in early childhood - from the age of nine. By the age of 13, the young man had already become a well-deserved black belt in Chinese kempo.

After 2 years, Oyama went to Japan, where he became a military pilot. For all the time that he spent in the Land of the Rising Sun, the young man achieved great success in studying samurai traditions. For the sake of this hobby, he even subsequently left the service. In addition, Oyama decided on a hermitage on a mountain called Shinobu. Such a step was not easy for him, but the desire to bring his fighting skills to perfection overcame all doubts.

For almost a year, the man trained tirelessly. It took him 12 hours a day to hone his skills. Upon returning to his hometown, Oyama felt invincible and invincible.

He called the best martial artists to fights. But no one could resist Oyama. Some fighters gave up immediately after the first blow, which the master delivered so deftly that no one was able to block it.

Oyam could break 17 layers of tiles and 4 bricks, split cobblestones in half, demolish the necks of bottles with his clear blow, and also fight with fifty bulls.

To prove his incredible power, Masutatsu challenged the most powerful animals on the planet, but the government forbade him to kill animals in order to demonstrate his strength to everyone.

In 1964, Oyama opened a martial arts school called Kyokushinkai, which eventually became 12 million members.

The great fighter and strongman died in 1994. Thousands of people attended his funeral. In honor of Oyama, films such as "The Warrior of the Wind" and "Doomed to Solitude" were made.

As you can see, heroes exist not only in epics, but also in real life. The strongest people in the world, whose photos we provided in our article, are real strongmen who have proven their true strength in all kinds of international competitions. Whether it is worth imitating such people is up to you. But this is much better than devoting your life to addictions and unnecessary entertainment.

Since time immemorial, physical strength and strong muscles have been considered vital attributes of a true male protector. After all, if an uninvited guest comes to the house in the form of a bear, a wolf or robbers, how is a wimp going to defend his relatives and himself from trouble? A strong man could not care less for a bear, and the family felt behind him like behind a stone wall.

Hundreds of years have passed, and the situation has changed radically: a man of the 21st century does not have to be Hercules to be successful. Nevertheless, the call of nature is stronger - it is not without reason that many men pay great attention to working on their bodies, wanting to achieve a majestic body, relief muscles and great endurance.

There is a popular misconception among people that the most powerful person on the planet is certainly watching them from the TV screen - be it Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone or Jason Statham. In fact, all these, of course, outstanding athletes are simply well PR due to their muscles.

In 2015, the next World's Strongest Man competition took place. This championship was first organized in 1977 by David Webster - the famous Scot, multiple champion of his country in discus throwing and shot put, and since then has been held annually in all corners of the world. The World's Strongest Man Championship 2015 was held in the spring in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur, with the participation of 30 strongmen from different countries. 2 winners of each of the 5 days of qualification advanced to the final round, and American Brian Shaw celebrated the triumph.

Brian Shaw was born on February 26, 1982 in Fort Lupton, Colorado. Height - 203 cm, weight - about 200 kg. The high growth and strong physique of both parents were passed on to the child, and by the final grades of the school, Brian came up to a huge brute for his age, under 2 meters tall and weighing more than 100 kg. He was actively involved in sports, he especially liked basketball: the guy took regular part in school and college competitions. Gradually, Shaw began to feel a craving for power sports - no wonder, with such and such inclinations! He carried the heaviest and most massive objects to make sure of his own ability to be a man of great physical strength and endurance.

The beginning of Brian Shaw's sports career is considered to be the victory in the fall of 2005 in the Denver's Strongest Man tournament as an amateur. The following year, he entered the category of professionals, and systematically improved. In 2009, he won 3rd place at the prestigious Fortissimus competition in Canada. Most of all, Shaw impressed the public with the fact that he managed to lift 6 satin stones weighing from 135 to 192 kg, which no one managed to do at the tournament. During 2009, Brian competed in the World Strongman Super Series in Romania and the World's Strongest Man in Malta. It was at the most prestigious tournament in strongman that the already classic confrontation between Brian Shaw and Lithuanian Zydrunas Savickas began. Then the Lithuanian giant won, and the American became only the third.

A year later, at the 2010 tournament in South Africa, Shaw and Savickas again reached the final. According to the total indicators in six competitions, the Lithuanian was minimally ahead of his opponent - 3 first places against 2. Savickas continued his dominance at the Istanbul Giants Live exhibition tournament in October of the same year - the American was again second. However, the reward for perseverance found a hero already in 2011, when in the third consecutive World's Strongest Man final, held on Shaw's homeland of North American soil, Brian finally managed to bypass Savickas and win the long-awaited victory.

In 2012, Shaw failed to build on his success, finishing in an unexpectedly low 4th place at the Los Angeles tournament - the worst in all the years of participation in the competition. Such a deafening failure forced Brian to lose seven sweats in training in order to regain his former form. And this brought results: in 2013, Shaw made an enchanting return, defeating his "old friend" Savickas in the World's Strongest Man final. However, the next move in this incredible struggle turned out to be again for the Lithuanian, and the American continued the tradition of remaining without a title in an even year, taking 3rd place. The last tournament at the moment in 2015 brought Brian another revenge in the battle with Savickas.

Personal records:

• Squats with a barbell - 410 kg
• Bench press - 290 kg
• Deadlift - 420 kg (without straps), 463 kg (with straps)

In his free time from training and competition, Shaw works as a personal trainer. He loves hunting and fishing, a master of delicious food, loves sweets. Brian is a bachelor, but he dreams of finding the one with whom he will connect his life.

But Brian Shaw is still the present and future of power sports, and if we talk about the strongest man of all times and peoples, then we will talk about the great Japanese-Korean Masutatsu Oyama. He is rightfully recognized as the brightest representative of martial arts, but, in addition, Oyama brought the development of karate to a qualitatively new level, contributed to its rapid popularization throughout the world, and founded a new style of karate - Kyokushinkai.

The future legend was born in July 1923 in the Korean city of Gimje. From an early age, Masutatsu began martial arts, and at the age of 13 he already received a black belt in Chinese kenpo.

2 years later, he went to Japan with the desire to become a military pilot. While serving in the air force, Oyama did not stop learning martial arts and, inspired by Japan, began to actively study samurai traditions. Because of this, he soon had to leave the service and spend some time in a hermitage and a distance from the outside world on Mount Shinobu.

It was not easy for him to sacrifice the career of a military pilot, but the passion for developing combat and spiritual skills overcame. Oyama spent more than half a year on the mountain, constantly improving in the development of military equipment and honing blows on tree trunks and branches.

Inspired, Masutatsu returned to his homeland and immediately began to show what he had learned over the years. The best martial artists met with him in battle, but no one was able to resist Oyama. Masutatsu made a big bet on the strength and sharpness of the first blow, so often opponents who were not ready for such agility ended the fight as soon as the fight began.

The strength of Masutatsu Oyama could not be described in words: a Korean with a Japanese soul smashed tiles and bricks into chips, cut off the neck of a bottle with an ideal blow of his palm, resisted aggressive bulls. To demonstrate his physical might to everyone, Oyama wanted to fight the strongest animals on Earth, but received a government ban on killing living beings for personal gain.

At the end of the 50s. he created his own Kyokushin karate school, and in less than 60 years, the number of adherents of this style reached about 15 million people! Indeed, it is impossible to overestimate Oyama's contribution to the development of martial arts. When the great fighter died in 1994, tens of thousands of people buried him.

The strongest people on the planet don't run around with a cannon on the screen rescuing hostages and defeating enemies. They demonstrate their strength at prestigious international tournaments, showing by their example that nothing is impossible and if you want to seriously engage in your physical improvement - all cards in hand!

Who is the most powerful person in the world can not be unambiguously said. In each country there are a huge number of successful and worthy athletes who show stunning results. In different periods, different heroes become on the podium.

But still there is an unspoken and generally recognized rating of the most powerful people on the planet. Here is some of them.

Zydrunas Savickas

World's Strongest Man 2009.

Zydrunas was born in the Lithuanian city of Biržai on July 15, 1975. And as a little boy, he stood out from the crowd with his height and strength. At the age of 14, he watched strongman competitions on TV and decided to become like them. Zydrunas began to engage in power triathlon, to participate in competitions.

Speech by Zydrunas Savickas

The owner of the prestigious title "The Strongest Man in the World", as well as a multiple world champion in power all-around.

Vasily Virastyuk was born in Ukrainian Ivano-Frankivsk. Already at the age of 10 he began to engage in weightlifting. He was pushing shots. He decided to connect his life with sports, entered and graduated from the College of Physical Education in his native Ivano-Frankivsk. After the army, he began working as a coach in the sports club "Ukraine". He worked there until 2000.

Visiting Vasily Virastyuk

During his career, Vasily Virastyuk pulled five tram cars with a total weight of 101.5 tons, pulled a couple of cars weighing 16.5 tons (overcame 18.5 meters in a minute), moved seven cars weighing 11 tons by 25 meters. In addition, in one minute he lifted and placed four ice cubes, weighing 150 kilograms each, on 130-centimeter pedestals. Before Vasily, no one worked with ice.

Arnold Schwarzenegger

At one time, the world-famous Terminator was also on the podium. Seven-time winner of the title "Mr. Olympia". Arnold Schwarzenegger was born in the village of Tal near the capital of Styria. He started bodybuilding at the age of 15. He remembers how tired after the first workout that he could not even lift a cup of tea. And at the initial stage of his sports career, he bitterly recalls the lack of knowledge and experience. It took Arnold just five years to get the first Mr. Olympia title. And this at a time when others conquer it only after 10 years. He does not deny that he took anabolic steroids. Copy the link below to the desired location in the Material Editor.

Vasily Alekseev

Famous Soviet weightlifter, Olympic champion, world champion. Vasily Alekseev was born in the village of Pokrovo-Shishkino near Ryazan on January 7, 1942. He died in Munich on November 25, 2011 after suffering a heart attack.

Soviet superhero Vasily Alekseev

He bore the unofficial title of the most powerful man on the planet. Since 1966, he lived in the Rostov city of Shakhty, where he was the director of the Children's and Youth Weightlifting School.

Becca Swanson

In the minds of many, the most powerful and powerful person should be a man. However, there are women in the world who can leave far behind and surpass men in strength. But in order to improve physical qualities, regular work is needed both on oneself and on one's willpower, especially for the weaker half of humanity. American Becca Swenson is proudly titled "The Strongest Woman on the Planet". She set more than one world record that even strong men are not able to beat.