Kati Luoto

Kati Luoto is a Finnish strength athlete best known as the winner of the 2013 World's Strongest Woman contest, held in Helsinki, and as a seven-time winner of Finland's Strongest Woman. She trained in various sports from an early age and began serious gym training in 1999, after the birth of her three children. Trained by the former strongman Harri Simonen, she placed second at her first Finland's Strongest Woman contest in 2003. She is particularly known for her log lift, which reached 110 kilograms in training. Her competition record also includes a third place at the 2008 World's Strongest Woman and first places at the Real Power Games Strong Woman in 2009 and 2011.