 As well as Thompson's successful British Finals, he also won the South England Strongest Man Championship three times (2003, 2004 and 2006) and Sussex Strongest Man on three consecutive occasions from 2003 to 2005.He has also competed in a number of Grand Prix events in Dubai, Latvia, Hungary.Thompson, who is tall and weighs 20 stone (127 kg), is now in training for the world title in Helsinki in November.