The World's Strongest Man is from Stoke

                       

Eddie Hall is now the World's Strongest Man in the World.

He is the winner of 2017 World's Strongest Man competition and announced his intention to retire from the World's Strongest Man and return to lower weight competitions after achieving his lifetime ambition.

Eddie was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme. 

After training as a body-builder he entered the strongman circuit and completed a strongman’s camp at the Iceman gym in Stoke-on-Trent.

In 2010 his fellow Staffordshire competitor, Dave Meer, had to drop out of the England Championships organised by Elite Strongman because of injury. 

Meer arranged for Hall to take his place which led to Hall making it into the 2010 finals, which he won on his first attempt by half a point.

Earning a place at the UK Strongest Man 2011 competition in Belfast which ended with Eddie Hall as the UK’s Strongest Man, with Ken Nowicki in 2nd and Rich Smith in 3rd. 

His win was helped by Hall setting a new national record in the “Viking Hold”, hanging on to 20 kg axles in each hand at full stretch for one minute and 18 seconds.

Winning the UK title meant that Hall became the first choice to replace Jono MacFarlane of New Zealand in the Giants Live Melbourne event in February 2012, when the MacFarlane suffered a back injury. 

Hall placed fourth in his first taste of international competition.

In April 2012, Hall was invited to compete at Europe’s Strongest Man, another Giants Live event. 

This was held at Headingley Carnegie Stadium, home of the Leeds Rhinos Rugby League team and Hall found himself competing alongside six of the ten finalists from World’s Strongest Man 2011, including two time World’s Strongest Man, Zydrunas Savickas. 

Hall finished in a respectable eighth place.

In July 2016 Eddie set a new world record in the deadlift with a lift of 500 kilograms (1,100 lb), besting the world record he had previously set at 465 kilograms (1,025 lb) earlier that same day. The 500 kg lift made Hall pass out!

Currently, Eddie "The Beast" Hall is the world's strongest man 2017. 

Eddie the Bulletproofbodies Team salute you.

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