‘Game of Thrones’ Actor Hafthor Bjornsson Wins World’s Strongest Viking & Breaks 1,000-Year-Old Weightlifting Record
Former Iceland basketball player and strongman competitor Hafthor “Thor” Bjornsson–known for playing the part of Gregor Clegane (a.k.a. “The Mountain”) on Game of Thrones–recently won the World’s Strongest Viking Contest and broke a 1,000-year-old weightlifting record by carrying a 1,433-pound log on his back and walking five steps. According to IronMind, “The legend of the Icelander Orm Storulfsson says that he walked three steps with this MONSTER WOODEN LOG which weighed over 650kg (1,433 lb.) and was 10 m (33 feet) long!”
We previously wrote about Bjornsson deadlifting an amazing 994 pounds during a strength competition.
“Hafthor Julius Bjornsson made history today in the World’s Strongest Viking competition,” Ilkka Kinnnen reported to IronMind, “breaking a record that has been part of history for 1000 years.”??
“The record has been described in Icelandic Saga book,” said Kinnunen. “The legend of the Icelander Orm Storulfsson says that he walked three steps with this MONSTER WOODEN LOG which weighed over 650kg and was 10 m long! It took 50 mere mortals to help him placing it on his back! After he took his third step, his back broke under the enormous pressure and he was never the same after that!
“Thor carried the 650kg and 10m log for 5 steps. The result was unbelievable and puts Hafthor Julius Bjornsson’s name in Viking history books,” said Kinnunen.
images via Hafthor “Thor” Bjornsson
via The Awesomer
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