Mikhail Koklyaev

Mikhail Viktorovich Koklyaev, born on 17 December 1978, is a Russian weightlifter, powerlifter, strongman and boxer who is widely regarded as one of the most versatile strength athletes of all time. In strongman he placed third at the Arnold Strongman Classic in 2006, 2008 and 2013 and second in 2009, medalled at all three IFSA World Championships, and finished third at the 2010 World's Strongest Man. He has won seven Strongman Champions League grand prix events and has competed in about fifty international strongman contests, winning eleven. In powerlifting he deadlifted 417.5 kilograms raw at a 2012 regional championship, the heaviest raw deadlift performed with a stiff bar, and in 2009 he became only the second man to clean and jerk the 501 pound barbell used by Vasily Alekseyev in 1970.