Mark Higgins

Mark Higgins is a former British strongman, born on 16 May 1963, who won the World Strongman Challenge twice, in 1989 and 1990, and was British Muscle Power Champion four times. He came to strongman competition from a varied sporting background: he threw the discus internationally for Great Britain, with a best of 50.80 metres in Solihull in 1990, and he also played basketball and powerlifted. He was selected to travel with the British sailing team to Australia for the America's Cup. At 6 feet 9 inches and 364 pounds he was the biggest international strongman Britain produced. His career ran alongside that of Jamie Reeves, so he was usually thought of as the second British strongman. He won the World's Strongest Team in 1987 with Geoff Capes and was runner up in 1988.