Gregg Ernst
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Gregg Ernst (born September 30, 1961), is a former strongman competitor and powerlifter from Nova Scotia Canada.
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| Birth name | Gregg Ernst | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 30, 1961 Lunenburg, Nova Scotia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Strongman Powerlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6ft (1.83m ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Strongman career
Ernst is best known for competing in the 1991 and 1992 World's Strongest Man competitions, finishing 6th and 7th respectively.[1] Gregg began lifting at age 12 when his father bought him a set of weights for Christmas.[2] By age 21, Ernst was a powerlifting world champion, winning the Atlantic Powerlifting Championships in 1982 and 1983.[2] Gregg also won Canada's Strongest Man in 1990 & 1991, and the Nova Scotia Farmer's Walk in 1988 and 1989.[2]
Gregg once backlifted 2,422 kg (5,340 lb) of two cars on a platform to set a world record for live weight backlifting in July 1993. This record still stands today.[2][3][4] At the 1992 World's Strongest Man contest in Iceland, Ernst set a world record in the Husafell Stone carry, carrying the 186 kg (410 lb) stone 70.01 metres (229 ft 8 in), narrowly edging Andrés Guðmundsson's near two full revolutions around the original pen.[4] The record stood for 25 years until the emergence of Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson.
Ernst is also a blacksmith and a beef farmer, plays several instruments,[3] and sang professionally with his four oldest sons.[5]
Personal records
- Back lift – 2,422 kg (5,340 lb) (1993 Nova Scotia exhibition) (World Record)[6]
- Deadlift – 363 kg (800 lb)
- Squat – 340 kg (750 lb)
- Bench Press – 231.5 kg (510 lb)
- Húsafell Stone carry – 186 kg (410 lb) for 70.01 metres (229 ft 8 in) (1992 World's Strongest Man) (former world record)
References
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