Regin Vágadal

Regin Vágadal is a former strongman from the Faroe Islands, born on 22 March 1970. He was Faroe Islands Strongest Man seven times in a row from 1994 to 2000 and took part in the World's Strongest Man finals between 1996 and 2000, reaching the final in 1996 and 2000 and finishing eighth both times. Before he began training in 1995 he worked on a shrimp trawler, aboard a cargo liner and as a carpenter, and he later qualified as a ship-master at the Navigation School. He finished second in Europe's Strongest Man in 1999, won Iceland's Strongest Man in 1998 and won the Atlantic Giant in 2000 and 2001. His run of five natural stones loaded onto distant platforms in 37.24 seconds at the 1999 Atlantic Giant is listed as a world record.