Rob Kearney

Rob Kearney is a retired American professional strongman who came to the sport from cheerleading and CrossFit before finding he was best at heavy lifting and joining his college powerlifting team. At 21 he won the 2013 North American Strongman National Championship and turned professional. He won the 2017 Giants Live North American Open and the 2019 Arnold Australia, qualified for the World's Strongest Man four times, and was invited three times to the Arnold Strongman Classic, where he placed fifth in 2022. He twice held the American log lift record, reaching 476 pounds in 2020. He is the first openly gay professional strongman, wrote a children's picture book titled Strong in 2022, and was awarded the title Pound for Pound Strongest Man in the World by Official Strongman Games in 2020.