The 1981 World's Strongest Man, was which edition of World's Strongest Man, and was won by Bill Kazmaier from the United States, Geoffrey Lewis Capes, a former shot putter from the UK, and finished second after finishing third the previous year, a strongman and professional Highland Games competitor
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1981 World's Strongest Man The 1981 World's Strongest Man was the fifth edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Bill Kazmaier from the United States. It was his second title. Geoff Capes from the United Kingdom finished second after finishing third the previous year, and Dave Waddington from the United States finished third. The contest was held at Magic Mountain, California.
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Geoff Capes Geoffrey Lewis Capes (born 23 August 1949) is a British former shot putter, strongman and professional Highland Games competitor.
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Neal Steinhauer Neal Steinhauer (born August 18, 1944) is a retired American track and field athlete. He won a silver medal in the shot put at the 1967 Pan American Games, behind Randy Matson, and also won two medals at the 1967 Summer Universiade in Tokyo (gold in the shot put and bronze in the discus). A one-time American national champion (in 1969). Steinhauer set his personal best (21.01 m) on March 25, 1967 at a meet in Sacramento. He was on the cover of the February 1969 issue of "Track and Field News."
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Strength athletics in Canada Strength athletics in Canada refers to the various strongman events throughout Canada and its provinces in the sport of strength athletics in association with the World's Strongest Man. The roots of strongman in Canada go back long before the birth of WSM in 1977, particularly with Louis Cyr in the early 1900s, who was deemed the "Strongest Man on Earth" during his lifetime. Canada has never won a WSM title and have only finished on the podium on 2 occasions, coming 2nd in 1982 with Tom Magee and 3rd in 2005 with Dominic Filiou. The provinces of Canada hold annual championships with the top 2-4 athletes going on to the National Championships at the end of the year to crown Canada's Strongest Man.
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Kamy Keshmiri Kamy Keshmiri (born January 23, 1969) is a retired male discus thrower from the United States. He is best known for winning the gold medal in the men's discus throw event at the 1989 Summer Universiade in Duisburg, West Germany. Keshmiri set his personal best (51.28 metres) at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Sudbury, Ontario on July 27, 1988. He also won three NCAA discus titles at the University of Nevada at Reno.
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John Powell (athlete) John Gates Powell (born June 25, 1947) is an American track and field athlete who specialized in the discus throw. He set a world record at 69.08 meters in 1975, and his personal best of 71.26 meters ties him for ninth place in the all-time performers list.
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Ron Morris (athlete) Ronald Hugh "Ron" Morris (born April 27, 1935) is a retired American track and field athlete who won the national title in pole vault in 1958, 1961 and 1962. He placed fourth at the 1959 Pan American Games and second at the 1960 Summer Olympics. After retiring from competitions, he worked as athletics coach.
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2008 World's Strongest Man The 2008 World's Strongest Man was the 31st edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Mariusz Pudzianowski from Poland. It was his fifth and record breaking title. Derek Poundstone from the United States finished second, and Dave Ostlund also from the United States finished third after finishing sixth the previous year. The contest was held at Charleston, West Virginia.
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Greg Burgess (rugby union) Gregory Alexander John Burgess (born 6 July 1954) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. A prop, Burgess represented Auckland at a provincial level, and was a member of the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 1980 and 1981. He played two matches for the All Blacks, including one full international. He went on to win consecutive national powerlifting titles from 1985 to 1991, and was second in the shot put at the national track and field championships in 1984 and 1985.
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Chuck Hornbostel Charles Christian "Chuck" Hornbostel (September 26, 1911 - January 13, 1989) was an American middle-distance runner. He made two Olympic finals at 800 meters and once tied the world record at 880 yards.
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Dave Stephens (javelin thrower) David ("Dave") Eldon Stephens (born February 8, 1962) is a retired male javelin thrower from United States, who twice represented his native country at the Summer Olympics: in 1988 and 1996. He set his personal best (83.88 metres) with the old javelin type on May 3, 1991 in Knoxville, Tennessee.
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Barry Kirk Jackman Barry Kirk Jackman (born March 16, 1981 in Brooklyn, New York, United States) is a Barbadian judoka, who competed in the men's half-heavyweight category. He attained a seventh-place finish in the 100-kg division at the 2003 Pan American Games in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and represented his nation Barbados at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Jackman is also a full-fledged member of Starrett Judo Club in Brooklyn, New York, and the Barbados Olympic squad, under head coach Ian Waithers.
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World's Strongest Man The World's Strongest Man is a strongman competition. Organized by TWI, an IMG Media company, it is broadcast around the end of December each year. Competitors qualify based on placing in the top three at the four to eight Giants Live events each year.
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Powerlifting at the 1981 World Games The powerlifting events of World Games I were held on July 25–26, 1981, at Marriott's Great America amusement park in its Grandstand Pavilion (today the site of The Grizzly roller coaster) in Santa Clara, California. These were the first World Games, an international quadrennial multi-sport event, and were hosted by the city of Santa Clara in the United States. The powerlifting events apparently had a dearth of competitors, as there were no bronze medals awarded in eight of the nine events, and lifters representing the United States won 15 of the 18 medals awarded. In the -100kg class, Jim Cash of the U.S. set world records in both dead lift and total lift.
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1996 World's Strongest Man The 1996 World's Strongest Man was the 19th edition of World's Strongest Man and was won by Magnús Vér Magnússon from Iceland. This was Magnús' fourth WSM title, tying the record of fellow Icelander Jón Páll Sigmarsson. Riku Kiri from Finland finished second, and Gerrit Badenhorst from South Africa finished third after finishing second the previous year. The contest was held in Port Louis, Mauritius.
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James Donahue James Joseph Donahue (April 20, 1885, Brooklyn – March 15, 1966, Glen Rock, New Jersey) was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pentathlon. He competed in the pentathlon for the United States team during the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden where he won the bronze medal. On winner Jim Thorpe's subsequent disqualification for professionalism in 1913, Donahue was declared vice-champion (silver medalist). In 1982 Thorpe was reinstated as champion by the IOC; however, Donahue was still to be considered vice-champion (silver medalist).
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Bruce Meredith Bruce Meredith (born April 19, 1937 in Wheeling, West Virginia) is a sport shooter who competes for the U.S. Virgin Islands in international competition. He competed in rifle shooting events at the Summer Olympics in 1988, 1992, 1996, and 2000. He was the oldest athlete to compete at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He won the silver medal in the 50 metre rifle prone competition at the 1995 Pan American Games.
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Larry Burton Lawrence Godfrey "Larry" Burton (born December 15, 1951) is a former professional American football player and world-class Olympic sprinter, finishing fourth for the United States team in the 200 meter final at the 1972 Summer Olympic Games.
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Jack Keller (athlete) John Alton Claude "Jack" Keller (October 23, 1911 – June 3, 1978) was an American hurdler who set world records in both the 120 yard/110 meter hurdles and the 220 yard hurdles. He won the 110 m hurdles at the 1932 United States Olympic Trials but narrowly missed out on a medal at the Olympics, placing a close fourth.
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John Kalbhenn John Kalbhenn (born April 14, 1963 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a retired boxer from Canada, who competed for his native country at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. There he was defeated in the third round of the men's lightweight (– 60 kg) division by West Germany's Reiner Gies.
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Rex Sellers Rex Samuel Sellers {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 11 November 1950) is a yachtman from New Zealand. He won a gold medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, and a silver medal in the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, both in the Tornado class with Chris Timms. He also competed in the Tornado class with Brian Jones at the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, where they finished fourth and 15th respectively. Sellers and Gerald Sly were selected to sail in the Tornado class for New Zealand at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, but did not compete because of the US-led boycott.
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Bob Churchill John Robert "Bob" Churchill (born 21 February 1939) is a former three positional small bore rifle shooter, who shot for the British National team in the seventies and eighties. He competed in the 50 metre rifle, three positions event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. At the 1978 Seoul ISSF World Shooting Championships, he was gold medalist for both individual and — alongside Barry Dagger and Malcolm Cooper — the men's team events for the 50m free rifle kneeling 40 shots, kneeling position. For many years, he was a member of the Tunbridge Wells Target Shooting club as well as clubs in Somerset. In 1981, he co-wrote "Modern Air Weapon Shooting" with Granville Davies.