Gary Taylor (strongman)

Gary Taylor, born on 14 October 1961, is a British former strongman, weightlifter, powerlifter and bodybuilder who won the World's Strongest Man competition in 1993. Inspired by a bodybuilding magazine, he joined a local sports club and after three months of training won the Welsh Junior Championships in weightlifting. At 21 he represented Wales at the 1982 Commonwealth Games and placed sixth, and at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles he snatched 170 kilograms in the 110 kilogram class but failed all three clean and jerk attempts. He placed fifth at the 1987 Mr. Universe contest, won the 1989 Welsh Powerlifting Championships and won the Wales' Strongest Man title eight times.