Stefán Sölvi Pétursson

Stefán Sölvi Pétursson, born on 20 March 1986, is an Icelandic strongman who finished fourth in the 2010 World's Strongest Man in Sun City and ninth in the 2011 final in Wingate, North Carolina. Inspired as a child by seeing Jón Páll Sigmarsson, he began powerlifting in 2004 and switched to strongman in 2006, the year he won Iceland's Strongest Viking. He won Iceland's Strongest Man in 2009 and 2010 and became the third Icelander to win both national titles. His career was interrupted by a torn biceps, a torn pectoral, a heart rhythm condition diagnosed in 2012 and a serious injury at Europe's Strongest Man in 2016, and a second biceps tear at the 2020 Iceland's Strongest Man ended his competitive career. He co-produced and starred in the 2018 documentary Fullsterkur about Icelandic stone lifting and holds world records in natural stone lifting and the farmer's walk.