#hafthor

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson may have already had an incredible 2025, but this insanely strong athlete from Iceland is always looking to better his previous best. To that end, the man they call “Thor” revisited the one arm bag over bar event and the results were epic. On August 9, 2025, Thor was crowned as Iceland’s strongest man for the 12 time,then in September, he further stunned strongman…

Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson has just completed an astonishing double in the world of strength sports. Not only did he smash his own record-setting deadlift, but the man they call “Thor” also claimed a Strongman Open title during the very same weekend. The Icelandic warrior was in Birmingham, England, for the Strongman Open and Mutant Deadlift Championships 2025, and the former Game of Thrones…

Any soreness lingering after Hafþór Björnsson’s record-breaking deadlift just a few weeks ago must have been shaken off quickly, because the man they call Thor just won his twelfth Iceland’s Strongest Man event. 36-year-old Björnsson is having an incredible year. In late July he created a new all-time world deadlift record by raising 1,113 pounds (505 kilograms), and on August 9 was crowned…

THE MOUNTAIN PROVED that he is, once and for all, the world’s strongest conventional deadlifter—and he might be positioned to continue making history with record pulls in the near future. Hafthor Björnsson successfully pulled 505 kilograms (around 1,113 pounds) on a standard deadlift bar at the Eisenhart Black competition in Germany on July 26. This breaks the record he set back in 2020 of 501…