Mike Jenkins

Mike Jenkins was an American professional strongman from Westminster, Maryland, born on 3 November 1982 and died on 28 November 2013 at the age of 31. A precocious athlete, he played college football as an offensive lineman at Kent State and then James Madison University, where he was part of the 2004 FCS national championship team, and briefly played arena football. He took up strongman in 2007, won the inaugural Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships in 2010 to earn a professional card, and finished second at the 2011 Arnold Strongman Classic. In 2012 he won the Arnold Strongman Classic ahead of several former champions, and he reached the World's Strongest Man finals in 2011, 2012 and 2013, finishing fourth in his last event. He shared a world record in the hip lift at 1,150 kilograms.