Mike Jenkins (strongman)
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 Jenkins at the 2011 World's Strongest Man | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 3, 1982 Westminster, Maryland, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | November 28, 2013 (aged 31) Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2007–2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 198 cm (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 182 kg (401 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Keri Jenkins
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| Sport | Strongman competitions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mike Jenkins (November 3, 1982 – November 28, 2013) was an American professional strongman competitor from Westminster, Maryland.[2] During his short pro career, Jenkins competed at the highest level of the sport. In 2012, Jenkins won the Arnold Strongman Classic, regarded as one of the most prestigious competitions in strongman.
Jenkins died at age 31 after only three years of pro-level competition.
Jenkins was a precocious athlete, reportedly weighing 225 pounds, squatting 400 pounds, and benching 315 pounds in sixth grade.[3] He played college football, first at Kent State and later at James Madison University, where he was a starting offensive lineman for their 2004 FCS national championship.
After college, Jenkins briefly played for the arena football team the Georgia Force. After leaving football and throughout his strongman career, Jenkin worked as a high school athletics director at Milton Hershey School in Hershey, Pennsylvania.[2]
Jenkins began pursuing strongman as he felt "aimless" without participating in sports.[4] His first competition was Maryland's Strongest Man contest in 2007. He won, qualifying him for the North American amateur national strongman championships later that year. There, he placed sixth against a field of approximately 100 competitors.[2] He placed second in the North American nationals in 2009.[2]
