Lars Hedlund (January 24, 1949 – June 4, 2016), was a former strongman and powerlifter from Sweden.
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| Born | January 24, 1949 Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | June 4, 2016 [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Strongman, powerlifting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 191 cm (6 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Strongman
editLars competed in three World's Strongest Man contests, finishing second at the 1979 and 1980 World's Strongest Man, and third in 1978.[3][4] Lars also won Europe's Strongest Man in 1981.
Powerlifting
editLars was a European Powerlifting champion in 1980, and the Scandinavian Powerlifting champion in 1979.[2] He competed twice at the IPF World Powerlifting Championships in 1977 finishing 6th, and in 1979 finishing third.[2] Lars set numerous bench press world records throughout his powerlifting career, his best lift was 628 pounds (285 kg) raw in 1980 in Copenhagen, Denmark.[2]
Honours
edit- 3rd place 1978 World's Strongest Man
- 2nd place 1979 World's Strongest Man
- 2nd place 1980 World's Strongest Man
- 1st place 1981 Europe's Strongest Man
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Minnessida för Lars Hedlund".
- ^ a b c d e f "Hedlund Lars - results in powerlifting and benchpress, records, personal data, photos and video".
- ^ "theworldsstrongestman.com 1970s". Archived from the original on 2010-03-29. Retrieved 2010-01-17.
- ^ "theworldsstrongestman.com 1980s". Archived from the original on 2010-01-04. Retrieved 2010-01-17.