zydrunas savickas won the 2017 world strongest man contest.
zydrunas savickas won the 2017 world strongest man contest.
who won the 2017 world strongest man contest?
zydrunas savickas
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the 2017 world's strongest man was the 40th edition of the world's strongest man competition. it was held in gaborone, botswana from may 20-28 2017.









































the tournament was won by eddie hall of england, with hafþór júlíus björnsson of iceland second and defending champion brian shaw of the united states third. hall announced after the competition that he would not defend his title. multiple time champion zydrunas savickas of lithuania finished in ninth place; this marked the first time in his career that he failed to finish in the top three after qualifying for the final.
2017 world's strongest man
in terms of strongman competition his international career began after he was invited to scotland for the 1993 world muscle power classic. some of bill's competitors in this contest included: gary taylor, manfred hoeberl, wayne price, magnus ver magnusson (referred to as "maggie" by lyndon) and forbes cowan. although lyndon did not feature among the contenders he found the experience of being around such renowned strongmen a rewarding one. the 1993 world's strongest man competition was held in orange, france and lyndon was considered for the last spot but harold "iron bear" collins was chosen that year. the following year, another triumph in australia's strongest man secured lyndon a spot at the 1994 world's strongest man contest, but failed to make the finals. nathan jones won the australian title in 1995 and got the place at 1995 world's strongest man contest, where his arm was broken in an armwrestling match in the heats with 1998 world's strongest man champion magnus samuelsson. lyndon went on to compete at the 1996 world's strongest man, 1997 world's strongest man and 1998 world's strongest man qualifying heats, but he was never able to qualify for the finals. in 1999, when the ifsa was still running wsm, manfred hoeberl set up a rival afsa organization. lyndon joined this and as such was banned by ifsa. lyndon's decision was swayed by the fact that he was not getting enough competitions via ifsa. in 1998 he had only competed in hungary and morocco, whereas the afsa offered five competitions in the first year.
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