Bobby Thompson is an American strongman competitor, born in 1994 and now retired. Born in Germany to a military family, he grew up in Stafford County, Virginia, and turned from team sports to powerlifting after chronic foot injuries, then to strongman, beginning in 2015. He turned professional at the 2019 Giants Live North American Open and won the Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships the same year. He reached the final of the World's Strongest Man in 2021, placed third at the Arnold Strongman Classic in 2022 and 2023, and held the American log lift record of 217 kilograms from 2021 to 2025. He retired after the 2025 Strongest Man on Earth.
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is a retired American strongman competitor
Plays: Strongman, Strongman career
Thompson's strongman journey began in 2015.
Competed In: World's Strongest Man, Strongman career
Thompson debuted at the 2020 World's Strongest Man
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