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    Jón Páll Sigmarsson (28 April 1960 – 16 January 1993) was an Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder who was the first man to win the World's...
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  • Jón Páll Sigmarsson Classic was an annual strongman competition consisted of international athletes from various countries. The event was established...
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  • the Icelandic powerlifter Jón Páll Sigmarsson, with Capes winning in 1983 and 1985, and Sigmarsson in 1984 and 1986. Sigmarsson raised the popularity and...
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    Kieliszkowski. Hafþór was the third Icelander to win the title, after Jón Páll Sigmarsson and Magnús Ver Magnússon. In his attempt to defend the title in 2019...
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    Kazmaier's closest rival Jón Páll Sigmarsson winning the event with a throw over 15 feet 7 inches, Kazmaier came in overall second to Jón Páll. Kazmaier had defeated...
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  • international circuit. In 1983, the young powerlifter and bodybuilder, Jón Páll Sigmarsson entered the 1983 World's Strongest Man competition and was only beaten...
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  • WMPC) Geoff Capes (WSM & WMPC) Dave Waddington Tom Magee John Gamble Jón Páll Sigmarsson (WSM & WMPC) Simon Wulfse Ab Wolders Cees de Vreugd Mark Higgins...
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    held off the challenge of a world class field including the young Jón Páll Sigmarsson and to take the first of two World's Strongest Man titles. The Christchurch...
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    Shaw again finished second behind Savickas. Shaw won the inaugural Jón Páll Sigmarsson Classic on November 21, 2010. Shaw won the Strongman Super Series...
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    finishing third in the Iceland's Strongest Man competition won by Jón Páll Sigmarsson. He decided to focus solely on strongman competition after he won...
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