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Strongman Hafthor ‘Thor’ Björnsson, 33, has been making headlines recently ahead of his upcoming fight with partner Eddie Hall.
Björnsson made a name for himself through a variety of high-profile activities, all generally centered around his monumental size.
The puncher began to gain international attention on the World’s Strongest Man circuit, where he broke a great record as the first person to win the Arnold Strongman Classic, Europe’s Strongest Man and World’s Strongest Man competitions in one event. single year.
But Thor’s success in the strongman world has paved the way for a variety of other big-bodied pursuits.
Between 2014 and 2019 he played the terrifying Gregor ‘The Mountain’ Clegane, henchman of the evil Cersei Lannister whose most notable moment on screen came from the heartbreaking, shocking and downright disgusting headbutt of Oberyn Martell, played by Pedro Pascal.
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In addition to his time as a now world-famous actor, Björnsson also played professional basketball, kick-starting his career playing in some of Iceland’s top divisions.
He made his debut in 2004, a full 10 years before his first Europe’s Strongest Man title in 2014, a title he also held in 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
He earned the title of World’s Strongest Man in 2018.
Hafthor Björnsson’s net worth Björnsson has held a wide variety of strongman titles, including the Arnold Strongman Classic (Picture: Getty Images)
According to WealthyPersons, Björnsson has amassed a massive fortune of around £1.5m, which is hardly surprising given the massive amount of high-profile work he has done in a wide range of areas.
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Björnsson stands at a monumental six feet nine inches, which means his stint on the courts comes as no surprise.
In August 2021, The Mirror reported that Björnsson turned the scales weighing 205kg. However, that was before he embarked on his journey to become a boxer, and the newspaper revealed that he lost 50kg as part of his training.
The same newspaper also reported that, according to his Instagram, he used to eat more than 10,000 calories a day as part of his training for strongman events, a massive total now reduced to 4,000 by his boxing regimen.
In 2020, Björnsson lifted a Strongman record deadlift of 501 kg, about the same as an adult horse.
Hafthor Björnsson’s fight record Björnsson is believed to have lost 50kg as part of his preparation for his fight with Eddie Hall (Image: instagram.com/thorbjornsson)
Björnsson’s fight against Eddie Hall will be his first professional fight, which means he has a record of zero fights, zero wins, zero losses and zero draws.
The fight between Thor and 34-year-old Eddie is known as the heaviest boxing match in history.
Hafthor Björnsson wife and family
The heavyweight is married to Kelsey Henson, and the couple welcomed their first child into the world in 2018, the same year they married.
Compared to his massive height, his wife Kelsey is only five feet two inches tall.
The Sun reports that the two met through a chance encounter when he showed up at the restaurant she worked at in America while he was in town for a weightlifting competition; the pair have been together ever since.
Kelsey herself has become quite a celebrity in her own right, having amassed almost 450,000 followers on Instagram at the time of this writing, and the couple often share cute photos together.
When is Hafthor Björnsson vs Eddie Hall? Björnsson achieved celebrity status when he played Gregor Clegane in Game of Thrones (Image: Daily Record)
The fight between the two strong men has been confirmed for March 19, 2022.
It is scheduled to take place at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Stadium, with details on tickets for the fight expected soon.
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