Johannes Årsjö, born on 21 June 1985 in Västervik, is a Swedish professional strongman. He has won Sweden's Strongest Man nine times and was second at Europe's Strongest Man in 2014 and 2016. He has competed in 39 international strongman competitions and won five of them, which places him among the 50 most decorated strongmen of all time. He rose to international prominence by winning Sweden's Strongest Man in 2009, and strong finishes in Giants Live and Strongman Super Series events earned him invitations to World's Strongest Man from 2008, where he finished ninth in 2012 and eighth in 2013. He held the Swedish national deadlift record of 420 kilograms, set at the 2014 World Deadlift Championships, for eleven years until 2024, and set a world record in the Super Yoke at the 2014 Europe's Strongest Man.
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