Gregg Ernst
Gregg Ernst | |
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Born | Gregg Ernst September 30, 1961 |
Occupation | Strongman Powerlifting |
Height | 6ft (1.83m ) |
Competition record | ||
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Strongman | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
World's Strongest Man | ||
6th | 1991 World's Strongest Man | |
7th | 1992 World's Strongest Man | |
Canada's Strongest Man | ||
1st | 1990 | |
1st | 1991 | |
Nova Scotia Farmer's Walk | ||
1st | 1988 | |
1st | 1989 | |
Powerlifting | ||
Representing ![]() | ||
Atlantic Powerlifting Championships | ||
1st | 1982 | +125kg |
1st | 1983 | +125kg |
Gregg Ernst (born September 30, 1961), is a former Strongman competitor and Powerlifter from Nova Scotia Canada.
Strongman career[]
Ernst is best known for competing in the 1991 and 1992 World's Strongest Man competitions, finishing 6th and 7th respectively.[1] Gregg began lifting at age 12 when his father bought him a set of weights for Christmas.[2] By age 21, Ernst was a powerlifting world champion, winning the Atlantic Powerlifting Championships in 1982 and 1983.[2] Gregg also won Canada's Strongest Man in 1990 & 1991, and the Nova Scotia Farmer's Walk in 1988 and 1989.[2] Gregg once backlifted 2422 kg (app. 5,340 lbs.) of two cars on a platform to set a world record for live weight backlifting in July 1993. This record still stands today.[2][3][4] At the 1992 World's Strongest Man contest in Iceland, Ernst set a world record in the Husafell Stone carry, carrying the 418 lb. stone 70 meters.[4]
Ernst is also a blacksmith and a beef farmer, plays several instruments,[3] and sang professionally with his four oldest sons.[5]
Personal Records[]
References[]
- ^ http://www.bodybuildingforyou.com/forums/powerlifting-strongman/40270-strongman-history.html[permanent dead link]
- ^ a b c d David Webster, Sons of Samson – Volume 2, page 78, (Ironmind Enterprises Inc: Nevada City), ISBN 0-926888-06-4
- ^ a b http://strongestman.billhenderson.org/bios/ernst.html
- ^ a b http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=250575.0
- ^ oneblood.ca
- Canadian strength athletes
- Canadian powerlifters
- 1961 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Nova Scotia
- People from Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia