Vytautas Lalas

Vytautas Lalas
Born	Vytautas Lalas (1982-07-21) July 21, 1982 Laižuva, Mažeikiai, Lithuania
Residence	Dublin, Ireland
Occupation	Strongman, Highland Games
Known for	Lithuania's Strongest Man Arnold Strongman Classic 2013 champion
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	145 kilograms (320 lb)[1]

Competition record
Strongman
Competitor for  Lithuania
World's Strongest Man
Qualified	2010 World's Strongest Man
6th	2011 World's Strongest Man
2nd	2012 World's Strongest Man
6th	2013 World's Strongest Man
Arnold Strongman Classic
1st	2013 Arnold Strongman Classic
Europe's Strongest Man
2nd	2012 Europe's Strongest Man
2nd	2013 Europe's Strongest Man
Giants Live
1st	2010 Poland
3rd	2011 London
2nd	2012 London
2nd	2013 London
Strongman Champions League
1st	2011 Finland
2nd	2011 Bulgaria
3rd	2012 SCL Savickas Classic SCL Semi-finals
1st	2013 FIBO
World Log Lift Championships
3rd	2011 World Log Lift Championships
3rd	2012 World Log Lift Championships
Lithuania's Strongest Man
3rd	2009 Lithuania's Strongest Man
1st	2010 Lithuania's Strongest Man
Lithuanian Junior Championships
1st	2005 Lithuanian Junior Championships
Highland Games
Competitor for  Lithuania
Highlander Challenge
8th	2011 Highlander Challenge

Vytautas Lalas (born July 21, 1982) is a professional strongman competitor from Mažeikiai, Lithuania, currently residing in Dublin, Ireland.^[1]

Strongman

Lalas won the junior Lithuanian championships in 2005,^[1] and Lithuania's Strongest Man in 2010.^[2]

Lalas won the Giants Live Poland event on August 8, 2010.^[2] This victory qualified Lalas for the 2010 World's Strongest Man competition in Sun City, South Africa, but he was unable to qualify for the finals.

Lalas placed third in the 2011 Giants Live London event in March 2011, this placing qualified him for the 2011 World's Strongest Man contest later that year in Wingate, North Carolina. Lalas eventually made the finals and finished in 6th place overall in that contest.

Vytautas won the Strongman Champions League Finland event on June 12, 2011, and placed second at the 2011 SCL Bulgaria event.^[3]

Vytautas placed second at the 2012 Europe's Strongest Man contest which qualified him for the 2012 World's Strongest Man contest later in the year where he eventually placed second in the finals behind fellow Lithuanian Žydrūnas Savickas.^[4]

Vytautas set a new world record in the giant barbell squat event in the qualifying heats at the 2012 WSM by squatting 700 lb (320 kg) for 11 repetitions.^[5]

Vytautas has a younger brother, Marius Lalas, who is also a professional strongman competitor who achieved a 3rd place finish at the 2012 Strongman Champions League Russia contest.^[6]

Vytautas finished third at the inaugural 2012 SCL Savickas Classic and third at the 2012 World Log Lift Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania on Oct. 7, 2012.^[7]

Vytautas finished first at the 2013 Arnold Strongman Classic in Columbus, Ohio on March 2, 2013. Lalas also won the Strongman Champions League FIBO event in Germany on April 13, 2013.

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