Konstantine Janashia

Konstantine Janashia, born on 30 August 1990, is a professional strongman from Georgia. He is a six-time Georgia's Strongest Man and has finished on the podium at Europe's Strongest Man three times, taking second place behind Hafthor Bjornsson in 2018. In 2016 he became the first Georgian to reach the World's Strongest Man final, where he placed fourth, and he returned to the final in 2017 (eighth), 2018 (ninth) and 2019 (tenth, after a triceps tear forced him out). He began in rugby with a local junior team, took up weightlifting at eighteen and was invited to his first strongman contest by his national federation. His records include a 440 kg deadlift at the 2017 World's Strongest Man and a 202.5 kg log lift, a Georgian record, at the 2019 Europe's Strongest Man.