Matjaz Belsak

Matjaz Belsak, written Matjaž Belšak in Slovenian, was born on 23 September 1992 in the village of Senicica near Ljubljana and is a Slovenian professional strongman and powerlifter. He started working out at 15, entered his first powerlifting meet in 2010 at 17, set several Slovenian national records and won the overall gold at the GPC Slovenian Powerlifting nationals that year. In 2012 he won his first and only international powerlifting meet, totaling 875 kilograms, and then focused on strongman. He competed in 80 international strongman competitions and won 21 of them, which makes him the eighth most decorated strongman in history, and he was Slovenia's Strongest Man in 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019.