Jón Valgeir Williams
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| Nationality | Icelandic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 November 1973 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Strongman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 155-165 kg (341-364 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jón Valgeir Williams is a competitive Strongman and Powerlifter from Iceland.[1][2]
Jón Valgeir was born in England to an English father and an Icelandic mother. At the age of 3, when his father tragically died in a diving accident, his mother moved with him to her native Iceland.[3]
Career
Jón Valgeir played Basketball and started strength training at a young age where he was spotted by Hjalti Árnason.[4] Throughout the 2000s, he was Magnús Ver Magnússon's main training partner at Jón Páll Sigmarsson's 'Gym 80'.[5] He emerged second place twice and third place thrice at the Iceland's Strongest Viking[6][2] and won the 2002 Eastfjord Strongman Championships.[2]
Jón Valgeir is a two-time entrant to the World's Strongest Man where he placed third in 2002 group 4 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and fifth in 2003 group 4 in Victoria Falls, Zambia.[2][7]
Personal records
- Atlas Stones – 5 Stones weighing 100–160 kg (220–353 lb) in 36.91 seconds (2002 Viking Challenge)
- Viking press (for reps) – 121 kg (267 lb) x 8 reps (2002 WSM Group 4)
- Super Yoke – 335 kg (739 lb) for 20 meters in 28.61 seconds (2002 IFSA Nordic Championships)
- Tyre Flip – 400 kg (882 lb) Tyre for 25 meters in 27.96 seconds (2003 WSM Group 4)
- Fingal's Fingers – 5 fingers 200–300 kg (441–661 lb) in 59.36 seconds (2002 WSM Group 4)
- Keg toss – 20 kg (44 lb) over 5.10 metres (16 ft 9 in) (2004 Westfjord's Viking)
- Train pull – 16,000 kg (35,274 lb) for 16 meters in 74.78 seconds (2003 WSM Group 4)