Mike Burke (born 14 June 1974) is an American strongman and grip strength specialist from Aurora, Colorado, who worked in construction before taking up strength sports. He won the 2012 All-American Strongman Challenge, placed fifth at the 2012 Arnold Strongman Classic and won America's Strongest Man that year. He reached the World's Strongest Man finals in 2013, 2014 and 2015, finishing fifth, fourth and fifth, his fourth place in Los Angeles being his best. In grip contests he won the 2013 Visegrip Viking, closed the Captains of Crush No. 3.5 gripper and set world records with the Thomas Inch Dumbbell and the double overhand Apollon's Axle deadlift. He also shared a keg toss record at the 2014 Strongman Champions League event in China and set a Thomas Inch Dumbbell farmers walk record in 2016.
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is an American strongman and a grip strength specialist from Aurora, Colorado
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Burke competed in the 2013 World's Strongest Man in Sanya, China and qualified for the finals
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