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Hjalti Árnason

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http://en.allpowerlifting.com/lifters/ISL/arnasson-hjalti-8130/ Hjalti Árnason (born 18 February 1963),http://strongestman.billhenderson.org/bios/hjalti.html nicknamed Hjalti Úrsus, is an Icelandic former strongman competitor and world champion powerlifter. [1]

28 relations: Association football, Örebro, Bench press, Bill Kazmaier, David P. Webster, Deadlift, Handball, Highland games, Iceland, International Powerlifting Federation, Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Jón Páll Sigmarsson Classic, Karate, Le Defi Mark Ten International, Magnús Ver Magnússon, Mark Higgins (strength athlete), Powerlifting, Pure Strength, Reykjavík, Squat (exercise), Strength athletics, Strength athletics in Iceland, Strongman (strength athlete), Track and field, World Muscle Power Classic, World Strongman Challenge, World's Strongest Man, 1996 World's Strongest Man.

Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Örebro

Örebro is a city with 117,543 inhabitants, the seat of Örebro Municipality and the capital of Örebro County in Sweden.

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Bench press

The bench press is an upper body strength training exercise that consists of pressing a weight upwards from a supine position.

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Bill Kazmaier

William Kazmaier (born December 30, 1953) is an American former world champion powerlifter, world champion strongman and professional wrestler.

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David P. Webster

David Pirie Webster, OBE (Born: September 18, 1928) is a Scottish author, historian, and sports promoter currently living in Glasgow who received an OBE for his services to sport.

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Deadlift

The deadlift is a weight training exercise in which a loaded barbell or bar is lifted off the ground to the level of the hips, then lowered to the ground.

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Handball

Handball (also known as team handball, fieldball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outfield players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the goal of the other team.

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Highland games

Highland games are events held in spring and summer in Scotland and other countries as a way of celebrating Scottish and Celtic culture, especially that of the Scottish Highlands.

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Iceland

Iceland is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic, with a population of and an area of, making it the most sparsely populated country in Europe.

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International Powerlifting Federation

The International Powerlifting Federation is an international governing body for the sport of powerlifting as recognized by the General Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF) as well as the International Olympic Committee via inclusion into the World Games.

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Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Jón Páll Sigmarsson (28 April 1960 – 16 January 1993) was an Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder who was the first man to win World's Strongest Man contest 4 times.

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Jón Páll Sigmarsson Classic

Jón Páll Sigmarsson Classic is an annual strongman competition consisting of international athletes from various countries.

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Karate

(Okinawan pronunciation) is a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom.

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Le Defi Mark Ten International

Le Defi Mark Ten International was one of the most prestigious strongman contest in the world in the 1980s and early 1990s.

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Magnús Ver Magnússon

Magnús Ver Magnússon (born 22 April 1963) is an Icelandic former powerlifter and strongman competitor.

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Mark Higgins (strength athlete)

Mark Higgins (born 16 May 1963) was one of the world's leading strongman competitors, having won the World Strongman Challenge on two occasions, and was the British Muscle Power Champion on four occasions.

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Powerlifting

Powerlifting is a strength sport that consists of three attempts at maximal weight on three lifts: squat, bench press, and deadlift.

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Pure Strength

Pure Strength was a strongman competition held from 1987 to 1990 which was created by Tjalling van den Bosch.

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Reykjavík

Reykjavík is the capital and largest city of Iceland.

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Squat (exercise)

In strength training and fitness, the squat is a compound, full body exercise that trains primarily the muscles of the thighs, hips and buttocks, quadriceps femoris muscle (vastus lateralis, vastus medialis, vastus intermedius and rectus femoris), hamstrings, as well as strengthening the bones, ligaments and insertion of the tendons throughout the lower body.

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Strength athletics

Strength athletics, more generally known as strongman competitions, is a sport which tests competitors' strength in a variety of different ways.

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Strength athletics in Iceland

Strength athletics in Iceland refers to the participation of Icelandic competitors and the holding of Icelandic events in the modern phenomenon of strength athletics inaugurated by the World's Strongest Man.

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Strongman (strength athlete)

A strongman is a man who competes in strength athletics.

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Track and field

Track and field is a sport which includes athletic contests established on the skills of running, jumping, and throwing.

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World Muscle Power Classic

The World Muscle Power Classic (WMPC) (sometimes known as the World Muscle Power Championships) was one of the most enduring annual strongmen competitions, running for twenty years and in that time attaining the position of the second most prestigious strongman contest in the world, after the World's Strongest Man.

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World Strongman Challenge

The World Strongman Challenge was one of the most enduring annual strongmen competitions, running in various guises for twenty years, with only two years break.

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World's Strongest Man

The World's Strongest Man is a strongman competition.

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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.

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Redirects here:

Hjalti Arnason, Hjalti Arnasson.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hjalti_Árnason

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