Agris Kazelniks

Agris Kazelniks, written Kazeļņiks in Latvian, is a strongman competitor from Ogre in Latvia, born on 24 July 1973. He has won the title of Latvia's Strongest Man three times and was a frequent entrant in the Strongman Champions League, the international series in which he made his name. In the 2008 season of that league he finished third overall, and in the 2009 season he improved to second place overall. His best known single mark is in the viking press, an overhead lift in which the athlete presses a pair of inclined bars; he raised 220 kilograms (485 pounds) at the 2007 IFSA Holland Grand Prix, a performance recorded as a joint world record. His career places him among the leading Baltic strength athletes of the 2000s, in a sport that tests maximum strength through events such as lifts, carries and holds.