George Olesen, whose surname the article spells Oelesen, was a Danish weightlifter born in 1960 who was known by the nickname The World's Strongest Man. He set a large number of marks recognized in the Guinness Book of World Records, as many as 199 according to the article, among them the heaviest boat pulled, a mark he set in Sweden in 2000. He toured the United States giving shows and appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. From 2009 he was a disability pensioner. He died on 23 October 2021 at the age of 60.
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