Jón Valgeir Williams

Jón Valgeir Williams is a competitive strongman and powerlifter from Iceland. Born in England to an English father and an Icelandic mother, he moved to Iceland at the age of three after his father died in a diving accident. He played basketball and began strength training young, and through the 2000s he was the main training partner of Magnús Ver Magnússon at Jón Páll Sigmarsson's Gym 80. He finished second twice and third three times at Iceland's Strongest Viking and won the 2002 Eastfjord Strongman Championships. He entered the World's Strongest Man twice, placing third in his group in 2002 and fifth in his group in 2003. He also founded Valgeirs Strengthtrips, a travel company offering guided tours of Icelandic Viking culture and stone lifting heritage.