Gregg Ernst

Gregg Ernst (born 30 September 1961) is a former strongman competitor and powerlifter from Nova Scotia, Canada. He began lifting at age 12 and by 21 was winning the Atlantic Powerlifting Championships, in 1982 and 1983. He won Canada's Strongest Man in 1990 and 1991 and the Nova Scotia Farmer's Walk in 1988 and 1989, and finished sixth and seventh at the 1991 and 1992 World's Strongest Man. In July 1993 he backlifted 2,422 kg, the weight of two cars on a platform, a live weight backlift record that the article says still stands. At the 1992 World's Strongest Man in Iceland he set a record in the Husafell Stone carry, taking the 186 kg stone 70.01 metres, a mark that lasted 25 years. He is also a blacksmith and beef farmer who sang professionally with his sons.