Igor Werner

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Igor Werner
Born Igor Werner
22 March 1974
Germany Germany
Occupation Strongman
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Weight 130 kilograms (290 lb)[1]
Competition record
Strongman
Competitor for  Germany
World's Strongest Man
Qualified 2008 World's Strongest Man
Germany's Strongest Man
2nd 2006
1st 2007
2nd 2008
1st 2010

Igor Werner (born 22 March 1974, Germany) is a German strongman[1][2] competitor and entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition.

Biography

Werner started with training in 1997.[1] The first tournament he won as a strongman was the Newcomer Cup in Ditzingen 2001.[2] In 2007 he became Germany's Strongest Man for the first time after placing second behind Heinz Ollesch the previous year.[2] In 2008 he finished second behind Florian Trimpl in Germany's Strongest Man. the same year he was invited for the World's Strongest Man where he finished last in his qualifying heat and did not qualify for the final. In 2010 he became Germany's Strongest Man for the second time.[2]

Strongman competition record

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "gfsa-strongman.de". Retrieved 2010-10-14. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "igorwerner.de". Retrieved 2010-10-14. 

External links

Preceded by
Heinz Ollesch
Tobias Ide		 Germany's Strongest Man
2007
2010 		Succeeded by
Florian Trimpl
incumbent
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