Jerry Pritchett

Jerry Pritchett, born on 18 December 1980, is an American strongman who has retired from the sport. A metal fabricator by trade, he began as a powerlifter, competing between 1996 and 2012, and entered his first local strongman contest in Phoenix, Arizona in 2008, finishing second. He was a regular at the World's Strongest Man, reaching the final for the first time in 2014 (ninth) and finishing fourth in 2020, and he placed third in the Masters category in 2021. He won America's Strongest Man in 2017 and the All-American Strongman Challenge in both 2013 and 2014, and finished third at the 2017 Arnold Strongman Classic. He is widely regarded as one of the best deadlifters in strongman history, having pulled 465 kg at the 2016 Europe's Strongest Man to equal the then world record and 467.5 kg on the elephant bar at the 2017 Arnold Strongman Classic. He has not competed professionally since 2022.