Robert Szczepański

Robert Szczepański is a Polish strongman competitor, born on 1 June 1975, who also boxed and competed in powerlifting. He coached boxing and powerlifting before turning to strongman, and in 1993 he won a bronze medal in boxing at the Polish Junior Championships. He began competing in strongman in 2002 and took part in the IFSA Strongman World Championships in 2005, 2006 and 2007, finishing ninth, sixth and seventh. He was fifth at the IFSA European Championships in 2005 and fourth in 2007. In 2010 he placed second at the Giants Live Poland event, which qualified him for his first World's Strongest Man. His best lifts listed in the source are a 360 kilogram squat, a 280 kilogram bench press and a 390 kilogram deadlift, and he won several Polish national strongman cups between 2009 and 2010.