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   Is Paul Anderson the strongest man ever?

   • Many people consider Paul Anderson to be the strongest man who ever lived. He had a short but meteoric career in Olympic-style lifting, winning the U.S. Championship in the heavyweight class in 1955 and then, later in the year, taking the world title by a margin of 37.5 kg. – unheard of in world competition.

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   Who is the World's Strongest Man?

   • A short time later, however, not to be outdone by the Russian as the World's Strongest Man, Anderson lifted the same weight as Vlasov three times in quick succession, demonstrating unbelievable strength. This feat solidified his position as the most dominant lifter in the world and cemented his legacy as the strongest of the strong.

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   How much weight did Paul Anderson lift?

   • By 1957, he was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records. The entry stated, “Greatest Lift. The greatest weight ever raised by a human being is 6,270 lbs. in a back lift (weight lifted off trestles) by 364- lb. Paul Anderson (U.S.) (b. 1932), the 1956 Olympic heavyweight champion, at Toccoa, Georgia, on June 12, 1957.”

   How Paul Anderson Became One of History’s Strongest Humans

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   Who was the 'Strongest Man Alive'?

   • Born on October 17, 1932 in Tocca, Georgia, Paul had a relatively unremarkable upbringing. He played football and showed notable speed and agility, but was not immediately recognized as someone who would soon be nicknamed the “Strongest Man Alive.”

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   Paul Edward Anderson (October 17, 1932 – August 15, 1994) was an American weightlifter, strongman, and powerlifter. He was an Olympic gold medalist, a world champion, and a two-time national champion in Olympic weightlifting. [3]

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   Jul 31, 2023 · Defying every assumption of strength and training of his time, Paul Anderson might be the strongest man in history.

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   Mar 22, 2024 · In 1957, American Paul Anderson, who won the super-heavyweight gold medal in weightlifting at the Olympics the year before and who is often ranked as the strongest man ever, set out to break Cyr’s reputed record. He supposedly backlifted 6270 pounds (2844 kg.), which easily supplanted Cyr’s feat as “the greatest weight ever raised by a ...

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6. www.roguefitness.com › theindex › articlePaul Anderson’s June 12 1957 Backlift - Rogue Fitness

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   Paul Anderson says he was motivated to try it to prove he was the strongest man in the world after someone had shown him a copy of the 1956 Guinness Book of Superlatives which listed Louis Cyr as the strongest man in the world: “The greatest weight ever raised by a human being is 4,133 lbs (1.84 tons) by the 350 lb. French-Canadian, Louis Cyr ...

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   This video explains how Anderson, without aid of PEDs, broke virtually all records in the Olympic and power lifts plus a full-body back lift of over 3 tons!

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   Many people consider Paul Anderson to be the strongest man who ever lived. He had a short but meteoric career in Olympic-style lifting, winning the U.S. Championship in the heavyweight class in 1955 and then, later in the year, taking the world title by a margin of 37.5 kg. – unheard of in world competition.

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   Aug 15, 1994 · Many people consider Paul Anderson to be the strongest man who ever lived. He had a short but meteoric career in Olympic-style lifting, winning the U.S. Championship in the heavyweight class in 1955 and then, later in the year, taking the world title by a margin of 37.5 kg. – unheard of in world competition. He won his gold medal at Melbourne ...