# Krzysztof Radzikowski

Krzysztof Edward Radzikowski (born August 18, 1981) is a professional strongman competitor from Głowno, Poland. He has competed in 112 International strongman competitions (2nd highest in history) and has won 24 of them, making him the sixth most decorated strongman in history following Žydrūnas Savickas, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Brian Shaw and Aivars Šmaukstelis.

## Strongman career

Radzikowski started his strongman career in 2005 when he entered the Poland's Strongest Man competition. In 2008 he qualified to the Europe's Strongest Man competition and in the following year, won second place behind Mariusz Pudzianowski. His career took to the next level when he started to complete prolifically at Strongman Super Series, World Strongman Federation and Strongman Champions League.
Radzikowski's first international win came in 2011 when he won 2011 Giants Live Poland competition. This victory qualified him for the 2011 World's Strongest Man contest, his first time in WSM, but he failed to qualify for the finals.
Radzikowski won the inaugural 2012 WSF World Strongmen Championships in Dubai, UAE, the WSF World Cup Uzbekistan in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and 2012 Giants Live Poland. This victory qualified him for the 2012 World's Strongest Man contest in Los Angeles, California where he emerged sixth place. In the same year he also won the Elite Strongman Moscow competition.
From 2013 onwards Radzikowski competed across the Strongman Champions League prolifically and started winning and reaching the podium in multiple competitions.
He won 2013 SCL Lapland, 2013 SCL Czech Republic, 2013 SCL Portugal, 2013 & 2014 SCL Poland, 2014 SCL Hungary, 2014 SCL Zambia, 2014 SCL Romania, 2015 SCL FIBO, 2015 SCL Finland, 2015 Festival des Hommes Forts de Warwick, 2015 SCL World Finals, 2016 SCL FIBO, 2018 SCL Norway, 2018 SCL FIBO, 2019 SCL Norway and 2019 SCL FIBO.

## Personal records

* Squat Raw – 400 kg (882 lb)
* Squat (for reps) Raw – 360 kg (794 lb) x 4 reps
* Bench Press Raw – 300 kg (661 lb)
* Deadlift Raw – 430 kg (948 lb) with wrist straps
* Deadlift Raw – 410 kg (904 lb) without wrist straps
* Overhead press – 240 kg (529 lb) (Europe's Strongest Man 2009 Qualifier) (Joint-World Record)
* Log press – 217.5 kg (480 lb) (2016 Arnold Australia) (Polish Record)
* Log press (with SCL giant log) – 206 kg (454 lb) (2015 SCL FIBO, Germany) (Former World Record)
* Axle press (for reps) – 150 kg (331 lb) x 9 reps (2014 SCL Poland) (World Record)
* Clean and press – 175 kg (386 lb) for 10 "easy" reps
* Viking press – 160 kg (353 lb) x 15 reps (2016 World's Strongest Viking / SCL Norway)
* Block press – 140 kg (309 lb) (2014 Savickas Classic)
* Circus Dumbbell press – 120 kg (265 lb) x 5 reps (2013 SCL Russia)
* Viking ship mast Super Yoke – 410 kg (904 lb), 10 metres (33 ft) long log for 14 meters (2015 World's Strongest Viking / SCL Norway) (Joint-World Record)
* Atlas Stone (for reps) – 205 kg (452 lb) x 3 reps over 4 ft bar (2013 Arnold Strongman Classic)
* Keg toss – 8 kegs 18–24 kg (40–53 lb) over 5.2 metres (17 ft 1 in) bar in 21.04 sec (2013 SCL Poland) (World Record)
* Shot put – 14 kg (31 lb) for 10.07 metres (33 ft 1 in) (2016 SCL Curacao) (World Record)
* Front hold – 40 kg (88 lb) for 32.44 seconds (2015 SCL Poland)
* Viking Boat pull (without the sails): 3,000 kg (6,614 lb) harness only/ no rope for 25 meters 'in ice terrain' - 16.67 seconds (2017 World's Strongest Viking / SCL Norway) (World Record)