Milan Jovanović

Milan Jovanović, born on February 5, 1970 in Niš, Serbia, is a former world multi-ply powerlifting champion and strongman competitor, sometimes known by the nickname Ribcracker. He started powerlifting in 1998 and won nine Serbian national championships in a row, then took the 2000 WPA world title in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and the 2003 WPC world title in Vienna, where he finished first overall with a 936 pound squat. In 2003 he entered his first strongman contest, held in his home city, and in 2005 he finished fifth overall in the United Strongman Series. An injury ended his competing in 2006, and he returned in September 2010 at the GPC RAW world championships in Prague. His listed personal bests are a 628 pound bench press, a 1000 pound squat and a 794 pound deadlift. After his injury he moved to the United States and worked as a bodyguard in Miami, and he is also a writer whose blog on b92.net is among the most visited in Serbia.