# Martin Wildauer

Martin Wildauer (born 27 November 1987) is an Austrian strongman competitor and entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition. He is a competitor of the well-known Strongman Champions League and the Giants Live competitions. Martin is the current world record holder in the Bavarian stonelift and was known for his deadlifting.

## Biography

Martin was born in Kufstein, Tirol in Austria on 27 November 1987. He was a sports enthusiast even as a child and at the age of 10 started kickboxing. After winning some national competitions in Austria after two years he began boxing but due to school commitments he found he did not have the time to commit to boxing. With the time he did have he began weight training and although his parents tried to encourage this further by buying him weights at home he found that the best environment for his progress was the gym.
A meeting with a powerlifter introduced him to deadlifting and squatting and by the age of 15 he was deadlifting 200 kg. He began to compete at the age of 16 years and soon began to set records, thus far having set over 40 new national records. He moved into strength athletics at nineteen, winning his first competition, a qualifier for the Austrian nationals. He then placed 5th at the Austrian nationals, improving this to third the following year. In the same year he won the Austrian Winter Giants competition. In 2009 a second place at the Strongman Fibo classic, behind Travis Ortmayer, qualified him for the Strongman Champions League. At his inaugural outing in the league in Serbia, he won the car deadlift and came 5th overall. He went on to compete at the next Champions league meeting in Finland, where he set a new official world record in the car deadlift and came 3rd overall. This in turn got him an invite to the pinnacle of strongman, World's Strongest Man. In what was deemed the "group of death" which also contained Žydrūnas Savickas and Brian Shaw, he did not manage to qualify for the final. In 2009 he won the Austria's Strongest Man title.
Martin won the 2010 Austrian Giants competition and 2014 MHP Strongman Champions League. In 2015, returning from an Achilles tendon injury, Martin won the Löwenbraukeller Starkbierfest traditional stone lifting competition in Munich, Germany and broke a twenty-five year old Bavarian stonelifting world record.
He was trained by the renowned German strongman Heinz Ollesch.

## Personal Records

* Deadlift – 435 kg (959 lb)
* Deadlift for reps – 340 kg (750 lb) x 10 reps
* Squat – 380 kg (838 lb)
* Bench press – 210 kg (463 lb) (Raw)
* Log press – 170 kg (375 lb)
* Axle press (for reps) – 150 kg (331 lb) x 7 reps (2014 SCL Poland)
* Bavarian Stonelift – 350 kg for 94 cm and 325 kg for 100 cm (World Record)
* Arm Over Arm Truck pull – 16,000 kg (35,274 lb) for 20 meters - 49.13 seconds (World Record)
* Max Atlas stone – 200 kg (441 lb) x 4 times over a 4 ft bar
* Weight over bar – 25.5 kg (56 lb) over 5.60 metres (18 ft 4 in) (2013 SCL Serbia)

## Competition Record

* 2004
** 1. – Austrian Nationals Powerlifting
** 3. – Tyrol Competition Powerlifting Open
** 3. – Bavaria Cup – Deadlift
* 2005
** 1. – Austrian Nationals Powerlifting Juniors
** 2. – Bavaria Cup – Deadlift
** 2. – Austrian Nationals Powerlifting Open
** 3. – Tyrol Competition Powerlifting Open
** 2. – Tyrol Competition Powerlifting – Bench Press Open
* 2006
** 3. – Tyrol Competition Powerlifting Open
** 1. – Golden Barbell Classic in Austria
** 2. – Bavarian Stonelift in Bonbruck, Germany
** 2. – International Bavarian Stonelift in Feldkirchen, Germany
** 2. – Bavarian Stonelift in Bonbruck, Germany
* 2007
** 1. – MoosBummerl-Cup Bavarian Stonelift, Germany
** 1. – Bavaria Cup – Deadlift
** 1. – CWA 4-Country Competition in Graz, Austria
** 8. – IFSA Team WM, Ukraine
** 1. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants – Qualification)
** 5. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants)
** 1. – International Bavarian Stonelift in Feldkirchen, Germany
* 2008
** 1. – Austrian Winter Giants
** 1. – Austrian Records Day in Obertrum
** 4. – IFSA Team WM, Ukraine
** 2. – International Competition in Serbia
** 2. – CWA 4-Country Competition in Graz, Austria
** 1. – International Bavarian Stonelift in Feldkirchen, Germany
** 1. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants – Qualification)
** 3. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants)
** 2. – Day of Power in Fohnsdorf in Austria
** 2. – Tyrol Competition Powerlifting Open
** 2. – Team Competition Austria vs. Poland
* 2009
** 2. – Strongman Fibo classic
** 5. – Strongman Champions League 2009: Subotica
** 3. – Strongman Champions League 2009: Ideapark
** 1. – Bavarian Stonelift HebAuf, Germany
** 1. – Bavarian Stonelift Klosterlechfeld, Germany
** 8. – Strongman Champions League 2009: Slovakia
** 1. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants)
** 1. – International Competition in Salzburg, Austria
** 1. – Eisenstrassen Giants, Austria
** Q. – 2009 World's Strongest Man
** 4. – Strongman Champions League 2009: Spain
** 9. – Strongman Champions League 2009: London
* 2010
** 1. – Bavarian Stonelift – Löwenbräukeller in Munich
** 5. – Strongman Champions League 2010: FIBO Strongman Classic – Germany
** 6. – Strongman Champions League 2010: Slovakia
** 1. – Austrian Winter Giants
* 2011
** 10. – Strongman Champions League 2011: Lapland-Iceman
** 2. – Austria's King of Overhead
** 3. – Strongman Champions League 2011: FIBO Strongman Classic – Germany
** 4. – Strongman Champions League 2011: Serbia
** 10. – Strongman Champions League 2011: Holland
** 1. – Bavarian Stonelift in Grafing, Germany
** 1. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants)
** 1. – Giants Live 2011: Giants Live Finland
** Q. – 2011 World's Strongest Man
** 1. – Austrian Winter Giants
* 2012
** 6. – Strongman Champions League 2011: Sarajevo-Final of 2011
** 7. – Strongman Champions League 2012: ICEMAN in Finland
** 1. – Bavarian Stonelift – Löwenbräukeller in Munich
** 4. – Strongman Champions League 2012: Fibo Germany
** 6. – Strongman Champions League 2012: Serbia
** 1. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants)
** injured – Strongman Champions League 2012: Holland
** injured – Strongman Champions League 2012: Finland
** 7. – Strongman Champions League 2012: Poland
** 1. – International Competition in Salzburg, Austria
** Q. – 2012 World's Strongest Man
* 2013
** 1. – Bavarian Stonelift – Löwenbräukeller in Munich
** 7. – Strongman Champions League 2013: FIBO Germany
** 2. – Strongman Champions League 2013: Serbia
** 9. – Strongman Champions League 2013: Latvia
** 8. – Strongman Champions League 2013: Czech Republic
** 1. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants)
** 1. – International Germany-Cup – Weko-Cup in Germany
** 1. – Bavarian Stonelift – Garmisch-Partenkirchen
** 6. – Giants Live Poland
** Q. – 2013 World's Strongest Man
** 1. – Eisenstrassen Giants Team Competition, Austria
** 3. – Strongman Champions League 2013: Slowakia
** 5. – Strongman Champions League 2013: Poland
* 2014
** 12. – 2014 World's Strongest Man
** 2. – Strongman Champions League 2014: FIBO Germany
** 1. – Bavarian Stonelift – Löwenbräukeller in Munich
** 2. – International King of Overhead
** 1. – Eisenhart 2014 – Best Deadlifter 400 kg raw
** 3. – Strongman Champions League 2014: Serbia
** 4. – Strongman Champions League 2014: Finland
** 9. – Strongman Champions League 2014: Holland
** 3. – Strongman Champions League 2014: Latvia
** 1. – Strongman Champions League 2014: Portugal
** 2. – Strongman Champions League 2014: Croatia
** 2. – Strongman Champions League 2014: Poland
** 3. – World Deadlift Championship in Leeds – 435kg
** 6. – Europe's Strongest Man in Leeds
** 1. – Austria's Strongest Man in Obertrum, Austria
** 4. – Strongman Champions League 2014: Hungary
** 1. – Eisenstrassen Giants Team Competition, Austria
** 6. – Strongman Champions League 2014: Sambia
** 3 – Strongman Champions League 2014: Romania
** 4 – Strongman Champions League 2014: Savickas Classic Lithuania
** 2 – Strongman Champions League 2014: Estonia
** 1. – WORLDCHAMPION SCL 2014