Henning Thorsen
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Born | October 20, 1959 (1959-10-20) (age 64) Denmark | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Strongman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Henning Thorsen (born October 20, 1959) was a strongman competitor from Denmark. Thorsen was a renowned powerlifter, winning his country's superheavyweight championships 5 times. He also won Denmark's Strongest Man six times from 1984, 1987 to 1989, 1991 and 1992.[1] Thorsen participated in the World's Strongest Man finals of 1990, 1991 and 1992. His best result was a second place in 1991.
Honours
- 6 times winner of Denmark's Strongest Man (1984, 1987–1989, 1991 and 1992)
- 1st place Europe's Strongest Man (1990)
- 4th place World's Strongest Man (1990)
- 2nd place World's Strongest Man (1991)
- 6th place World's Strongest Man (1992)
References
- ^ "davidhorne-gripmaster". Retrieved 2010-02-06.
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Europe's Strongest Man champions
- 1980: Geoff Capes (ENG)
- 1981: Lars Hedlund (SWE)
- 1982: Geoff Capes (ENG)
- 1983: Simon Wulfse (NED)
- 1984: Geoff Capes (ENG)
- 1985: Jón Páll Sigmarsson (ISL)
- 1986: Jón Páll Sigmarsson (ISL)
- 1987: Ab Wolders (NED)
- 1988: Jamie Reeves (ENG)
- 1989: Jamie Reeves (ENG)
- 1990: Henning Thorsen (DEN)
- 1991: Gary Taylor (WAL) & Forbes Cowan (SCO) (tied)
- 1992: Ted van der Parre (NED) & László Fekete (HUN)
- 1993: Manfred Hoeberl (AUT)
- 1994: Magnús Ver Magnússon (ISL) & Manfred Hoeberl (AUT)
- 1995: Riku Kiri (FIN)
- 1996: Riku Kiri (FIN)
- 1997: Riku Kiri (FIN)
- 1998: Jouko Ahola (FIN)
- 1999: Jouko Ahola (FIN)
- 2000: Berend Veneberg (NED)
- 2001: Svend Karlsen (DEN)
- 2002: Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2003: Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2004: Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2005: Jarek Dymek (POL)
- 2007: Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2008: Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2009: Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2010: Žydrūnas Savickas (LIT)
- 2012: Žydrūnas Savickas (LIT)
- 2013: Žydrūnas Savickas (LIT)
- 2014: Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2015: Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2016: Laurence Shahlaei (ENG)
- 2017: Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2018: Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2019: Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2020: Luke Richardson (ENG)
- 2021: Luke Stoltman (SCO)
- 2022: Oleksii Novikov (UKR)
- 2023: Pavlo Kordiyaka (UKR)
- 2024: Luke Stoltman (SCO)