Kristinn Óskar Haraldsson

Kristinn Óskar Haraldsson, also known as Boris Haraldsson, was born in Reykjavík on 16 March 1980 and is an Icelandic strongman and powerlifter. He is a four-time Iceland's Strongest Man champion and has competed three times at the World's Strongest Man. At 21 he placed third in Iceland's Strongest Man, and after missing the podium from 2002 to 2004 he won the title four times in a row from 2005 to 2008, defending it against several foreign competitors including Adrian Rollinson, Don Pope and Terry Hollands. In 2008 he was out for most of the season after a serious food poisoning incident and knee surgery. His powerlifting bests in single-ply equipment include a 380 kilogram squat.