Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is a patronymic, not a family name; this person is properly referred to by the given name Hafþór.

Hafþór Júlíus "Thor" Björnsson
Born	(1988-11-26) November 26, 1988 Iceland
Occupation	Strongman
Height	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight	190 kg (419 lb)
Title	2 times Iceland's Strongest Man

Competition record
Strongman
Competitor for Iceland
World's Strongest Man
6th	2011 World's Strongest Man
3rd	2012 World's Strongest Man
3rd	2013 World's Strongest Man
Arnold Strongman Classic
10th	2012 Arnold Strongman Classic
8th	2013 Arnold Strongman Classic
Giants Live
4th	2011 Poland
Strongman Champions League
3rd	2013 SCL Iceman Challenge IV
1st	2013 Latvia
2nd	2013 Germany
Jon Pall Sigmarsson Classic
2nd	2010
1st	2012
Iceland's Strongest Man
3rd	2010
1st	2011
1st	2012
Strongest Man in Iceland
1st	2010
1st	2011
1st	2012
Iceland's Strongest Viking
1st	2010
Westfjord's Viking
4th	2009
1st	2010
1st	2011
1st	2012
OK Budar Strongman Championships
1st	2010

Hafþór Júlíus "Thor" Björnsson (born 1988) is an Icelandic strongman competitor and actor.

Career

Hafþór began competing in strongman contests after a severe knee injury ended his basketball career.^[1] He met Icelandic strongman Magnus Ver Magnusson at his gym "Jakaból" in 2008, and Magnus said that Hafþór seemed a good prospect as a strongman.^[2] He is the tallest strongman ever from Iceland, standing 6' 9" tall, or 206 cm.^[3] Hafþór won several contests in 2010 including Strongest Man in Iceland, Iceland's Strongest Viking, Westfjords Viking,^[4] and recently the OK Badur Strongman Championships in Iceland.^[5]

Hafþór finished in second place at the inaugural Jon Pall Sigmarsson Classic, behind Brian Shaw.^[6] He won the 2011 Strongest Man in Iceland contest on June 4, 2011,^[7] and the 2011 Iceland's Strongest Man contest on June 18, 2011.^[8]

Hafþór came fourth in the Giants Live Poland 2011 event on August 6, 2011 and earned a wild card invitation to the 2011 World's Strongest Man contest.^[9] He came sixth in 2011 World's Strongest Man and then placed third in the 2012 and the 2013 World's Strongest Man competitions.

Acting

Hafþór was cast as Gregor Clegane for the fourth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones in August 2013, replacing Ian Whyte in the role.^[10] He is the third actor to take up the role, after Conan Stevens and Whyte (both of whom are 7' 1" tall) appeared in the first and second seasons of the show respectively, but this is his first ever acting job.

Personal records

Squat - 350 kg (772 lbs.) raw
Bench press - 230 kg (507 lbs.) raw
Strongman Deadlift - 400 kg (882 lbs.) raw with wrist straps
Loglift - 192.5 kg (424 lbs.)
threw 25 kg. weight by 6 meters on YouTube

Training lifts

Deadlift 410 kg raw with wrist straps
Loglift 190 kg.

References

Persondata
Name	Hafthor Julius Bjornsson
Alternative names
Short description	Icelandic weightlifter
Date of birth	1988-10-01
Place of birth	Iceland
Date of death
Place of death

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