11/2/2022 0 Comments Hafpor julius bjornsson![]() ![]() Talking about Hafthor Bjornsson’s relationship status, he is a married man. He also appeared as “King Thor”, the leader of a Viking raiding party intent on capturing the city of Amman. Moreover, he was cast for the role of Mongkut in the 2017 film Kickboxer: Retaliation. Additionally, he also played the lead role in the Philadelphia Renaissance Faire during its debut season in 2015. He played the character in seasons four through eight. ![]() He became the first actor to portray Clegane in more than one continuous season. Additionally, he is the third person to depict the character after Conan Stevens played the role in season 1 and Ian Whyte in season 2. #HAFPOR JULIUS BJORNSSON SERIES#He played the role of Ser Gregor “The Mountain” Clegane for the fourth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones in August 2013. He also tried for 501 kg (1,105 lb) in his third attempt but was sadly unsuccessful.Īfter successfully defending his crown, he became only the second person to win 3 Arnold Strongman Classics in a row (2018, 2019, and 2020) after Zydrunas Savickas. He also improved on his elephant bar world record by increasing it to 474 kg (1,045 lb) with his second attempt. He finished on 45 points, which is 4.5 points ahead of runner-up Martins Licis. Similarly, he defended his title at the Arnold Strongman Classic 2019. Jerry Pritchett set the previous Elephant Bar deadlift world record of 468 kg (1,032 lb) at the Arnold Strongman Classic 2017. On the 3rd of March 2018, He broke the Elephant Bar deadlift world record with his successful 472 kg (1,041 lb) third attempt, and also became the champion of the “Arnold Strongman Classic” 2018. Source: Instagram Arnold Strongman Classic He won the 2018 World’s Strongest Man, and hence became the first Icelander to win the title since Magnús Ver Magnússon in the year 1996.Ĭaption: Hafthor Bjornsson participating in the deadlift at World Strongman Classic 2020. Later, in 2017, he once again was runner-up. Later in the 2016 event, he came second place and the one in the first place was Brian Shaw. He also finished runner-up in the 2014 event and the title-holder was Žydrūnas Savickas. Hence, he placed third in 2012, 2013, and 2015 consecutively. He took part in the contest again in the next few years. He took part in “World’s Strongest Man” after earning a wild card invitation to the 2011 contest. This helped him break the 1,000-years-old record set by Orm Storolfsson. In January 2015, he carried a 10-meter-long (33 ft), 650-kilogram (1,430 lb) log for five steps at the “World’s Strongest Viking” competition held in Norway. Moreover, he placed fourth in the Giants Live Poland 2011 event on 6 August 2011. He also won the 2011 “Strongest Man in Iceland” contest on the 4th of June 2011, and the 2011 “Iceland’s Strongest Man” contest on 18 June 2011. The first one at this event was Brian Shaw. He then won several strongman contests in Iceland in 2010 including “Strongest Man in Iceland”, “Iceland’s Strongest Viking”, “Westfjords Viking”, and five of six events at the “OK Badur Strongman Championships”.Īdditionally, he finished in second place at the inaugural “Jón Páll Sigmarsson Classic” in November 2010. It was Magnús who said that he seemed a good prospect as a strongman. He met Icelandic strongman Magnús Ver Magnússon at his gym Jakaból in the year 2008. ![]() In the year 2006, he played 8 games with Iceland’s U-18 national team in Division A of the U18 European Championship. Between 20 Hafþór played 32 games for the Icelandic junior national basketball teams. However, his troublesome ankle forced him to retire from basketball after the season, at the very young age of 20. He averaged 6.7 points per game and helped the team achieve promotion to the Úrvalsdeild. For the 2007–2008 season, he moved back to play for team FSu Selfoss. He missed most of the 2006–2007 season after he underwent another surgery to fix the shattered screw in his ankle. After 10 games, he discovered that he had been playing with a broken bone in his ankle and hence he would require surgery.Īfter recovering from surgery, Hafþór moved to Úrvalsdeild powerhouse KR in the year 2006. In the year 2005, he joined team FSu Selfoss, also in the Icelandic Division I. He was 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) when he started his senior team career with Division I club Breiðablik in 2004. He began his athletic career as a basketball player. #HAFPOR JULIUS BJORNSSON PROFESSIONAL#Source: Instagram Professional Life, Career, and Achievements Basketball career Caption: Hafthor Bjornsson posted this past and present photo. ![]()
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