Steve Kirit

Steve Kirit is an American strongman competitor who was born in 1972 and has since retired from professional competition. He twice won America's Strongest Man and was consistently ranked among the top five strongmen in the United States in every year he competed as a professional. He appeared at the World's Strongest Man contest in 2002, 2003 and 2004, narrowly missing the final in 2003, and he entered the Arnold Strongman Classic twice, finishing fifth in 2003 and ninth in 2004. In 2004 he placed seventh at the first IFSA World Cup Championships, making the final eight from a field of more than fifty of the best competitors of the time. His professional record includes nine first place victories and five second place finishes, and he finished in the top five at three of the four United States national championships he entered. He retired from professional competition in 2006.