Lars Hedlund
![]() Lars Hedlund | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | January 24, 1949![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | June 4, 2016 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Strongman, powerlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lars Hedlund (January 24, 1949 – June 4, 2016), was a former strongman and powerlifter from Sweden.
Strongman
Lars competed in three World's Strongest Man contests, finishing second at the 1979 and 1980 World's Strongest Man, and third in 1978.[3][4] Lars also won Europe's Strongest Man in 1981.
Powerlifting
Lars was a European Powerlifting champion in 1980, and the Scandinavian Powerlifting champion in 1979.[2] He competed twice at the IPF World Powerlifting Championships in 1977 finishing 6th, and in 1979 finishing third.[2] Lars set numerous bench press world records throughout his powerlifting career, his best lift was 628 pounds (285 kg) raw in 1980 in Copenhagen, Denmark.[2]
Honours
- 3rd place 1978 World's Strongest Man
- 2nd place 1979 World's Strongest Man
- 2nd place 1980 World's Strongest Man
- 1st place 1981 Europe's Strongest Man
See also
References
- ^ "Minnessida för Lars Hedlund".
- ^ a b c d e f "Hedlund Lars - results in powerlifting and benchpress, records, personal data, photos and video".
- ^ "theworldsstrongestman.com 1970s". Archived from the original on 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ "theworldsstrongestman.com 1980s". Archived from the original on 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
External links
- Strongestman.billhenderson.org
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Europe's Strongest Man champions
- 1980:
Geoff Capes (ENG)
- 1981:
Lars Hedlund (SWE)
- 1982:
Geoff Capes (ENG)
- 1983:
Simon Wulfse (NED)
- 1984:
Geoff Capes (ENG)
- 1985:
Jón Páll Sigmarsson (ISL)
- 1986:
Jón Páll Sigmarsson (ISL)
- 1987:
Ab Wolders (NED)
- 1988:
Jamie Reeves (ENG)
- 1989:
Jamie Reeves (ENG)
- 1990:
Henning Thorsen (DEN)
- 1991:
Gary Taylor (WAL) &
Forbes Cowan (SCO) (tied)
- 1992:
Ted van der Parre (NED) &
László Fekete (HUN)
- 1993:
Manfred Hoeberl (AUT)
- 1994:
Magnús Ver Magnússon (ISL) &
Manfred Hoeberl (AUT)
- 1995:
Riku Kiri (FIN)
- 1996:
Riku Kiri (FIN)
- 1997:
Riku Kiri (FIN)
- 1998:
Jouko Ahola (FIN)
- 1999:
Jouko Ahola (FIN)
- 2000:
Berend Veneberg (NED)
- 2001:
Svend Karlsen (DEN)
- 2002:
Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2003:
Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2004:
Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2005:
Jarek Dymek (POL)
- 2007:
Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2008:
Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2009:
Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2010:
Žydrūnas Savickas (LIT)
- 2012:
Žydrūnas Savickas (LIT)
- 2013:
Žydrūnas Savickas (LIT)
- 2014:
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2015:
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2016:
Laurence Shahlaei (ENG)
- 2017:
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2018:
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2019:
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2020:
Luke Richardson (ENG)
- 2021:
Luke Stoltman (SCO)
- 2022:
Oleksii Novikov (UKR)
- 2023:
Pavlo Kordiyaka (UKR)
- 2024:
Luke Stoltman (SCO)