I cut my strongman teeth as a 18 year old watching a lean mean Finnish man named Jouko Ahola win WSM in '97 on ESPN. Jouko was compact and lean before Pudzianowski made it mainstream.
Why I Like Him:
- Seems like a nice guy
- Was known to deadlift until his nose bled.
- Made it look easy, and at least by some of his training videos, really worked to master the events.
- Could dominate crazy heavy atlas stones before it became cool to do so.
Career highlights:'99 WSM
'97 WSM
Other resources:
- 1999 interview done with (I guess, the now defunked) World Strength Legends website
- In that interview it references a Sports Illustrated article on strongman "Titans of Testosterone" - You can read that article here - It is a good read on some of the sports history as it relates to the television production.
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