Sport and Games Atlas

How The Game Is Played
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Athlete

Derek Boyer

Gymnastics and Strength Sports

Derek Boyer, born on 14 June 1969, is a Fijian-Australian world champion powerlifter, former professional strongman competitor and actor who goes by the nickname The Island Warrior. He competed seven times in the World's Strongest Man contest, reaching the finals in 1997, and won Australia's Strongest Man twelve times, from 2000 to 2011. He has won numerous powerlifting titles in Australia. He holds the Guinness World Record for the heaviest truck pulled, a Kenworth K104 weighing 51,840 kilograms over a 100 foot course in Brisbane, Queensland, on 6 March 2005.

Facts
Birth Year
1969 1
Medals or Titles Band
5+ 1
Connections

Plays

Powerlifting, Sports
Source Derek Boyer (Wikipedia)
Strongman, Sports
Source Derek Boyer (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Nationality

Also in Geography Atlas: the nationality of this subject.

Source Derek Boyer (Wikipedia)Lead, nationality
Quote, Lead, nationality
is a Fijian-Australian world champion powerlifter
Sources
1. Derek Boyer (Wikipedia)
  • Lead, birth
    born 14 June 1969
  • Lead, honours
    He is the reigning 12 time Australia's Strongest Man
  • Lead, nationality
    is a Fijian-Australian world champion powerlifter
  • Plays: Powerlifting, Lead, sport
    is a Fijian-Australian world champion powerlifter
  • Plays: Strongman, Lead
    former professional strongman competitor and actor
View the Source

Take a Related Quiz

Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.