| Marshall White | |
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| Born | Marshall White April 30, 1982 Houston, Texas, USA |
| Residence | Pagosa Springs, Colorado, USA |
| Other names | "The World's Strongest Mortician" |
| Occupation | Strongman, Powerlifting, Mortician |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 290 pounds (130 kg) |
| Spouse | Rachel White |
| Competition record | |||
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| Strongman | |||
| Competitor for United States | |||
| World's Strongest Man | |||
| Qualified | 2009 World's Strongest Man | ||
| America's Strongest Man | |||
| 7th | 2006 | ||
| 5th | 2008 | ||
| 3rd | 2010 | ||
| World Log Lift Championships | |||
| 9th | 2011 | ||
| Strongman Super Series | |||
| 7th | 2007 Mohegan Sun Super Series | ||
| 8th | 2008 Mohegan Sun Super Series | ||
| 1st | 2009 Romania Grand Prix | ||
| All-American Strongman Challenge | |||
| 4th | 2009 | ||
Marshall White (born April 30, 1982) is an American Professional Strongman athlete from Pagosa Springs, Colorado. Marshall was born in Houston, Texas and now lives in Pagosa Springs, Colorado with his wife Rachel, whom he married in 2005. Marshall is a Mortician in addition to being a professional athlete.
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Marshall played football for his junior high and high school in Texas. After graduating, Marshall joined "The Unit", a Strongman group in Cypress, Texas headed by longtime friend and Strongman Travis Ortmayer.
After training with "The Unit" for a year, Marshall applied for a job which would place him in Port Angeles, Washington.
He initially trained at "Marunde Muscle" with World's Strongest Man competitor, the late Jesse Marunde.
Marshall earned his pro card in 2006, and competed in the 2006 ASC Nationals, finishing in 7th place overall.
Marshall was training with Jacob Miskimens in their own facility in Washington when he purchased a funeral home in Pagosa Springs, Co. He made the move to Colorado on March, 2009 and is currently training on his own.
For 2008, Marshall was invited to compete in the World's Strongest Man Super Series, which is a qualifying tour for the World's Strongest Man Competition.
In January 2009, Marshall competed in the Fit Expo in Pasadena, California finishing in 4th place overall.
On July 4, 2009 Marshall recorded his biggest win to date, a victory at the Strongman Super Series Bucharest contest, defeating Nick Best, Brian Shaw and Johannes Arsjo.
This victory qualified Marshall for the 2009 World's Strongest Man contest in Valetta, Malta. Marshall competed in the qualifying heats but failed to qualify for the finals.
Marshall recently competed in the 2011 World Log Lift Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania finishing in 9th place with a lift of 170 kg.
Log Press: 170 kg {374 lb}
Squat: 322 kg raw{715 lb}
Deadlift: 364 kg raw {800 lb}
Bench Press: 218 kg {480 lb}
Professional Competitive Record - [1st (7),2nd (3),3rd (1) - Out of Total(21)]
Performance Metric - .891 [American - .862 International - .963]
| Professional | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | INJ | DNQ | Total |
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| American | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |||
| International | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Combined | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
FUTURE CONTESTS
COMPLETED CONTESTS
Amateur Competitive Record - [1st (1), 2nd (1), 3rd (1) - Out of Total(6)]
Performance Metric - .883
| Amateur | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | Total |
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| American | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
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