The contest to find Europe’s Strongest Man 2014 was held earlier this month in Leeds and was won by an Icelandic strongman called Hafþór Julius Bjornsson.
If the name sounds familiar it’s because Bjornsson is better known to most of us as The Mountain from ‘Game of Thrones’.
Even in a fictitious world full of violence Gregor ‘The Mountain’ Clegane is notorious for his brutality, as shown in last season’s infamous scene ‘The Mountain and The Viper’.
Bjornsson is (hopefully) not given to the same violence as his character but the strongman is just as impressively powerful. Check out his performance during the competition.
To put it in perspective, that story we brought you yesterday, about the capture of the 1000lb alligator? Bjornsson can deadlift just short of that, 994lbs.
Hat tip: uproxx.com