Henning Thorsen
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Born | October 20, 1959 (1959-10-20) (age 64)![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Occupation | Strongman | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Henning Thorsen (born October 20, 1959) was a strongman competitor from Denmark. Thorsen was a renowned powerlifter, winning his country's superheavyweight championships 5 times. He also won Denmark's Strongest Man six times from 1984, 1987 to 1989, 1991 and 1992.[1] Thorsen participated in the World's Strongest Man finals of 1990, 1991 and 1992. His best result was a second place in 1991.
Honours
- 6 times winner of Denmark's Strongest Man (1984, 1987–1989, 1991 and 1992)
- 1st place Europe's Strongest Man (1990)
- 4th place World's Strongest Man (1990)
- 2nd place World's Strongest Man (1991)
- 6th place World's Strongest Man (1992)
References
- ^ "davidhorne-gripmaster". Retrieved 2010-02-06.
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Europe's Strongest Man champions
- 1980:
Geoff Capes (ENG)
- 1981:
Lars Hedlund (SWE)
- 1982:
Geoff Capes (ENG)
- 1983:
Simon Wulfse (NED)
- 1984:
Geoff Capes (ENG)
- 1985:
Jón Páll Sigmarsson (ISL)
- 1986:
Jón Páll Sigmarsson (ISL)
- 1987:
Ab Wolders (NED)
- 1988:
Jamie Reeves (ENG)
- 1989:
Jamie Reeves (ENG)
- 1990:
Henning Thorsen (DEN)
- 1991:
Gary Taylor (WAL) &
Forbes Cowan (SCO) (tied)
- 1992:
Ted van der Parre (NED) &
László Fekete (HUN)
- 1993:
Manfred Hoeberl (AUT)
- 1994:
Magnús Ver Magnússon (ISL) &
Manfred Hoeberl (AUT)
- 1995:
Riku Kiri (FIN)
- 1996:
Riku Kiri (FIN)
- 1997:
Riku Kiri (FIN)
- 1998:
Jouko Ahola (FIN)
- 1999:
Jouko Ahola (FIN)
- 2000:
Berend Veneberg (NED)
- 2001:
Svend Karlsen (DEN)
- 2002:
Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2003:
Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2004:
Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2005:
Jarek Dymek (POL)
- 2007:
Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2008:
Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2009:
Mariusz Pudzianowski (POL)
- 2010:
Žydrūnas Savickas (LIT)
- 2012:
Žydrūnas Savickas (LIT)
- 2013:
Žydrūnas Savickas (LIT)
- 2014:
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2015:
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2016:
Laurence Shahlaei (ENG)
- 2017:
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2018:
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2019:
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (ISL)
- 2020:
Luke Richardson (ENG)
- 2021:
Luke Stoltman (SCO)
- 2022:
Oleksii Novikov (UKR)
- 2023:
Pavlo Kordiyaka (UKR)
- 2024:
Luke Stoltman (SCO)