Jean-François Caron (strongman)

Jean-François Caron, known as JF, was born on 29 June 1982 and is a French-Canadian strongman and powerlifter from Les Hauteurs, Quebec, Canada. He has competed in 73 international strongman competitions and won 10 of them, including the World's Strongest Viking twice, which puts him among the most decorated strongmen of all time. He held the WPA powerlifting world record in the deadlift, pulling 385.5 kilograms raw on 14 March 2010 at the CPA Provincial Championships in Sherbrooke in the 140 kilogram class. He has competed eleven times in the World's Strongest Man contest, reaching the final nine times, with a best finish of third in 2020, and he won Canada's Strongest Man a record nine consecutive times from 2011 to 2019.