Tom Magee

For he Australian footballer, see Tom Magee (footballer).
Tom Magee
Born Tom Magee
July 1, 1958
Winnipeg, Canada
Occupation Strongman, Powerlifting, Professional wrestling, Actor
Height 6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)
Weight 275 lb (125 kg)
Title Canada's Strongest Man
Competition record
Strongman
Competitor for  Canada
World's Strongest Man
2nd 1982 World's Strongest Man
4th 1983 World's Strongest Man
5th 1985 World's Strongest Man
Canada's Strongest Man
1st 1982
1st 1983
1st 1988
Le Defi Mark Ten Challenge
1st 1984
1st 1985
1st 1986
3rd 1988
Powerlifting
Competitor for  Canada
IPF World Powerlifting Championships
2nd 1981 125kg
1st 1982 +125kg
Canadian National Powerlifting Championships
1st 1981 125kg
1st 1982 125kg

Tom Magee (born July 1, 1958) is a world champion powerlifter and strongman competitor from Winnipeg, Canada.[1]

Early life

In his early years, Tom Magee was involved in martial arts until he turned 19. Then he went to powerlifting and bodybuilding. Magee has a strong background in boxing and held a black belt in karate.[2]

Strongman/Powerlifting/Bodybuilding career

Magee became Canadian National Powerlifting Champion in 1981 and 1982. In 1982 he also won the IPF World Powerlifting Championships in Munich, Germany in the +125 kg super heavyweight division.

Tom starred in a documentary film chronicling his training and victory at the 1982 IPF World Championships entitled Tom Magee: Man of Iron. Magee was originally planning on competing in the 125 kg heavyweight division, but decided last minute to move up to the super heavyweight class (275 lbs. and over). Magee weighed in at just 1 pound over the weight limit at 276 lbs and was the lightest man in the weight class.

Magee placed second in the 1982 World's Strongest Man Tom Magee is the only Canadian to have reached this position, fourth in the 1983 World's Strongest Man and fifth at the 1985 World's Strongest Man competitions.[1] He is also a three-time winner of Canada's Strongest Man in 1982, 1983 and 1988 who won the Le Defi Mark Ten Challenge three consecutive times, from 1984 to 1986.

Magee set a world record with a 535 kilograms (1,179 lb) partial deadlift from 18" off the floor during the 1983 World's Strongest Man competition.[3]

In 1984 Magee competed as a bodybuilder to win the Mr. British Columbia bodybuilding title.

Pro Wrestling career

Magee also had a brief career as a professional wrestler in the late 1980s, wrestling for the WWF and in Japan.[4] The man who chose to train Magee was the legendary Stu Hart.[2]

His first match was on February 22, 1986 in the main event of a major All Japan show, where he took on Riki Choshu. Dave Meltzer of The Wrestling Observer Newsletter said of his first match: "He was the greatest combination of strength and agility the business had ever seen".[2] Magee was given the nickname "MegaMan" and became a runner up for the Pro-Wrestling Illustrated Rookie of the Year award in 1986, which was won by Lex Luger.[2]

In mid 1987, the WWF began to see Magee as a failed experiment, and another young bodybuilder became the new golden boy of Vince McMahon, Jim Hellwig who came over from Texas where he competed as The Dingo Warrior.[2]

Acting

Magee left wrestling quietly in 1990 and appeared in several movies in 1990 and 1991, most notably a film titled Stone Cold, involving a fight scene with the film's lead actor Brian Bosworth.[2]

Later, Magee worked as a trainer at the world famous Gold's Gym in Venice Beach, California.

Personal Records

Powerlifting Competition Records:

done in official Powerlifting full meets[2]

World's Strongest Man Records:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tom Magee bio at strongestman.billhenderson.org
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 HISTORY: TOM MAGEE, THE GOLDEN BOY OF 1986
  3. ↑ www.imdb.com, article source.
  4. ↑ Tom Magee bio at Online World of Wrestling

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