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Swedish powerlifter and strongman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jörgen Ljungberg (born 6 June 1967) is a powerlifter and strongman competitor from Sweden. Jörgen has competed in the World's Strongest Man contest as well as the IPF World Powerlifting Championships on numerous occasions. He has held several European powerlifting records during his career, and has achieved a podium finish at several IPF World Championships.[1]
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Birth name | Jörgen Ljungberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Jämtland, Sweden | 6 June 1967||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation(s) | Strongman, Powerlifting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ljungberg was born in Kälarne locality in Jämtland, Sweden.[2]
Jörgen won the 2005 Battle of the Giants, beating several top powerlifters including 2 time IPF World Champion Brad Gillingham.[3] A year later, however, he was caught for doping. Following a brief suspension of two years, Ljungberg participated in Swedish Championship winning silver in 2010 for bench press and gold in classic powerlifting in 2014. He was caught doping again in 2017, and was suspended for four years.[2]
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