Marshall White
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| Born |
Marshall White April 30, 1982 Houston, Texas, United States |
| Residence | Pagosa Springs, Colorado, United States |
| Other names | "The World's Strongest Mortician" |
| Occupation | Strongman, Powerlifting, Mortician |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Weight | 290 lb (130 kg) |
| Spouse(s) | Rachel White |
| Competition record | ||
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Competitor for  United States
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| 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.
Strength Sports
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 Valletta, 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.
Personal Records
Strongman
Log Press: 170 kg {374 lb}
Olympic Weightlifting
Snatch: 140kg/308lbs
(less than bodyweight)
Clean and Jerk: 160kg/352lbs (bodyweight)
Total: 300kg/660lbs
Powerlifting
Squat: 322 kg raw{715 lb}
Deadlift: 364 kg raw {800 lb}
Bench Press: 218 kg {480 lb}
Achievements
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
- America's Strongest Man(USA National Championship) - San Diego, California, USA - 5th place (6/21-22/2008)
- Strongman Bash for the Troops (USA National Qualifier) - Minneola, Florida, USA - 4th place (5/17/2008)
- Sequim Irrigation Festival Jesse Marunde Invitational - Sequim, Washington, USA - winner (5/3/2008)
- All American Challenge Fit Expo (World's Strongest Man Super Series Qualifier) - Los Angeles, California, USA - 6th place (2/15-17/2008)
- Mohegan Sun Super Series (World's Strongest Man Qualifier) - Uncasville, Connecticut, USA - 8th place (1/19/2008)
- Utah's Strongest Man - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - winner (8/18/2007)
- Big Tony's Strongman - New London, Wisconsin, USA - 3rd place (8/18/2007)
Ladysmith Days Can-Am Strongman - Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada - winner (8/04/2007)- Saanich Sunfest Strongman - Saanich, British Columbia, Canada - winner (7/21/2007)
- Kamloops Strongman - Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada - winner (6/16/2007)
- Sequim Irrigation Festival - Sequim, Washington, USA - 2nd place (5/5/2007)
- Mohegan Sun Super Series (World's Strongest Man Qualifier) - Uncasville, Connecticut, USA - 7th place (4/22/2007)
- Fit Expo - Pasadena, California, USA - 9th place (2/16-18/2007)
- Oregon's Strongest Beaver - Portland, Oregon, USA - 2nd place (10/28/2006)
World Strongman Cup - Vienna, Austria - 11th place (10/212006)- America's Strongest Man(USA National Championship) - Columbia, South Carolina, USA - 7th place (7/21-22/2006)
- BCEAA Strongman - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - winner (7/9/2006)
- Saanich Sunfest Strongman - Saanich, British Columbia, Canada - winner (7/81/2006)
- Utah's Strongest Man - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - 5th place (6/10/2006)
- World Strongman Challenge - Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - 8th place (5/19/2006)
- Sequim Irrigation Festival - Sequim, Washington, USA - 2nd place (5/6/2006)
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 | |||||||
- Hawaii's Strongest Man (NAS) (Amateur Platinum Plus Level Competition) - Hawaii, USA - winner (4/30/2006) earned ASC Professional Strongman Card
- Maxi-Flex Strongman Showdown - Clearwater, Florida, USA - 4th place (12/29/2005)
- Washington's Strongest Man - Clearwater, Florida, USA - 4th place (11/29/2005)
- Iron Bear Strongman - Port Townsend, Washington, USA - 3rd place (4/23/2005)
- Texas's Strongest Man - Texas, USA - 2nd place (5/29/2004)
- Texas's Strongest Man - Texas, USA - 8th place (5/29/2002)