{"id":14895,"date":"2025-08-15T00:19:01","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=14895"},"modified":"2025-08-15T00:19:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T17:19:01","slug":"hafthor-bjornsson-wins-12th-icelands-strongest-man-after-historic-505kg-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=14895","title":{"rendered":"Haf\u00fe\u00f3r Bj\u00f6rnsson Wins 12th Iceland\u2019s Strongest Man After Historic 505kg World Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Any soreness lingering after Haf\u00feo\u0301r Bjo\u0308rnsson\u2019s record-breaking deadlift just a few weeks ago must have been shaken off quickly, because the man they call Thor just won <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Haf%C3%BE%C3%B3r_J%C3%BAl%C3%ADus_Bj%C3%B6rnsson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">his twelfth Iceland\u2019s Strongest Man event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>36-year-old Bjo\u0308rnsson is having an incredible year. In late July he created a new all-time world deadlift record by raising 1,113 pounds (505 kilograms), and on August 9 was crowned 2025 Iceland\u2019s Strongest Man. Incredibly, this marks the twelfth time that Thor has earned the title of strongest man in his homeland. Born in Reykjav\u00edk, Bjo\u0308rnsson\u2019s boasts include 10 consecutive wins from 2011 to 2020 before taking a break to concentrate on his health and family.<\/p>\n<p>While Bjo\u0308rnsson, who won the World\u2019s Strongest Man trophy in 2018, did use his hiatus from strongman to engage in events like \u201cThe Heaviest Boxing Match in History,\u201d defeating Hall by unanimous decision after six-rounds, he also concentrated on powerlifting and earned the deadlift world record before returning to the 2025 Iceland\u2019s Strongest Man event, where he would be required to tackle events like the log lift, max farmers walk distance, deadlift for reps, and the sand bag medley. In the end, Thor prevailed with 49 points, well clear of the <a href=\"https:\/\/strongmanarchives.com\/viewContest.php?id=1871\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UK\u2019s Paddy Haynes<\/a> who came second with 44.5 points and Ghana\u2019s Evans Aryee who took third with 39 points.<\/p>\n<h2>Haf\u00feo\u0301r \u2018Thor\u2019 Bjo\u0308rnsson Comments on his 2025 Iceland\u2019s Strongest Man victory<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cHuge respect to every single competitor at this year\u2019s Iceland\u2019s Strongest Man,\u201d wrote the man-mountain in a celebratory Instagram post for his 4.3 million followers. \u201cThe grit, the heart, and the fight on display made this one of the toughest ISM battles we\u2019ve ever seen. What a weekend! Massive thanks to everyone involved and to all of ours sponsors who helped make this show possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haf\u00feo\u0301r Bjo\u0308rnsson\u2019s next challenge will see his travel to Birmingham, England, for the World Deadlift Championships on September 6, 2025. Can anyone stop him? To follow Thor on Instagram,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thorbjornsson\/?hl=en\"> click here.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/athletes-celebrities\/news\/hafthor-bjornsson-wins-12th-icelands-strongest-man-after-historic-505kg-world-record\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Any soreness lingering after Haf\u00feo\u0301r Bjo\u0308rnsson\u2019s record-breaking deadlift just a few weeks ago must have been shaken off quickly, because the man they call Thor just won his twelfth Iceland\u2019s Strongest Man event. 36-year-old Bjo\u0308rnsson is having an incredible year. In late July he created a new all-time world deadlift record by raising 1,113 pounds &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fitness"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14895\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}