Oleksiy Novikov

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Oleksii Novikov
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2020 World's Strongest Man win
Personal information
Born (1996-02-11) February 11, 1996 (age 26)
Kyiv, Ukraine
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)[1]
Weight135 kg (298 lb)[1]
Sport
SportStrongman
Medal record
Strongman
Representing  Ukraine
World's Strongest Man
Qualified 2019 World's Strongest Man
1st 2020 World's Strongest Man
Qualified 2021 World's Strongest Man
Arnold Strongman Classic
7th 2019 Arnold Strongman Classic
5th 2020 Arnold Strongman Classic
Europe's Strongest Man
2nd 2021 Europe's Strongest Man
Giants Live
3rd 2019 Giants Live World Tour Finals
1st 2021 Giants Live Strongman Classic
3rd 2021 World Open
2nd 2021 Arnold UK
World's Ultimate Strongman
5th 2019 World's Ultimate Strongman
1st 2021 Bahrain
1st 2021 Dubai
Ukraine's Strongest Man
1st 2016
1st 2017
1st 2018
1st 2019
2nd 2020
Arnold Pro Strongman World Series
8th 2018 Africa
1st 2019 South America
1st 2019 Africa
2nd 2019 Europe
11th 2020 USA
Shaw Classic
3rd 2020
Rogue Invitational
3rd 2021

Oleksii Novikov (Ukrainian: Олексій Новіков, Russian: Алексей Новиков, born 11 February 1996) is a strongman competitor from Ukraine. He won the 2020 World's Strongest Man competition, becoming the second Ukrainian World's Strongest Man winner after Vasyl Virastyuk who won in 2004.

Biography[]

He was born and raised in Kyiv. He is currently a student of Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics.[2]

Career[]

2016–2019[]

Novikov has been the winner of Ukraine's Strongest Man every year from 2016 to 2019. He burst onto the international stage in 2019, finishing in 38th place in the Strongman Champions League.[3]

In 2018, he won the Arnold Amateur Strongman World Championships, which was his next big breakthrough performance. Through this, he qualified for the 2019 Arnold Strongman Classic, where he would place 7th overall.

Following this in April 2019, he won the Arnold Strongman Classic South America, where he would qualify for the 2020 Arnold Strongman Classic. He beat Mateusz Kieliszkowski by just 0.5 points, making it one of the tightest finishes in a strongman competition since the 2014 World's Strongest Man, where Zydrunas Savickas beat Hafthor Bjornsson by the same amount. Novikov even won the Arnold Strongman Classic Africa, which took place in May that same year.

In June of 2019, Novikov competed at his first World's Strongest Man contest. He went head-to-head against the 4-times World's Strongest Man, Brian Shaw. However, Brian came out on top by two points, while Novikov had to enter the stone-off, where he would miss out on his qualifying chances against Charles Mitchell III (Trey Mitchell). However, this would not be the last time we see Oleksii at W.S.M.

He would also compete in the 2019 Arnold Strongman Classic Europe, where he would place 2nd overall, and he would also compete at World's Ultimate Strongman for the first time later in September that same year, where he would place 5th overall.

2020[]

Starting in 2020, he placed 5th overall in the Arnold Strongman Classic, which was an improvement over his performance the year prior.

Later that year in May, Novikov took part in the first season of the World's Ultimate Strongman Feats of Strength series to set a world record for the Giant Dumbbell for Reps. Novikov set the world record at 11 repetitions.[4]

In November, taking full advantage of the absence of perennial favourite Mateusz Kieliszkowski and defending champion Martins Licis, both of whom did not compete due to injury, Novikov won his first ever World's Strongest Man title in Bradenton, Florida, becoming only the second man to win the competition at just 24 years of age after Jón Páll Sigmarsson in 1984 who was a few months younger.[5][6] In the Max 18-inch Deadlift event, Novikov set a new world record by lifting 537.5 kg (1,185 lb).[7]

Later in December 2020, Oleksii participated in the first ever annual Shaw Classic, where he placed 3rd overall.

2021[]

Novikov won the two World's Ultimate Strongman shows that occurred this year the first in Bahrain (13th of March) and the second in Dubai (18th of September). Novikov also won Giants Live (Strongman Classic) in Royal Albert Hall, London on the 24th July. However, at the 2021 World's Strongest Man, he ended up finishing a disappointing fourth in his heat and failed to qualify for the final. In so doing, he became the first World's Strongest Man reigning champion to compete at the following year's event and fail to qualify for the final since Magnús Ver Magnússon in the 1997 competition, nearly a quarter of a century prior. Novikov ended the 2021 strongman season by placing third at the first Strongman Rogue Invitational.

2022[]

Novikov is set to compete in the 2022 Arnold Strongman Classic.

Personal records[]

  • Giant Dumbbell for Reps – 100 kg (220 lb) × 11 (World Record)[4]
  • Squat (with wraps) – 350 kg (770 lb)[8]
  • 18-Inch Deadlift – 537.5 kg (1,185 lb) (World Record)[7]
  • Equipped Deadlift – 453.5 kg (1,000 lb)[9]
  • Elephant Bar Deadlift – 391 kg (862 lb)[10]
  • Hummer Tire Deadlift – 472 kg (1,041 lb)[11]
  • Log Press for Reps – 180 kg (400 lb) × 4[12][13]
  • Atlas Stone for Reps – 220 kg (490 lb) × 5[14]
  • Axle Press – 190 kg (420 lb)[15]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Oleksii Novikov". World's Strongest Man. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  2. ^ Студент КНТЕУ Олексій Новіков переміг на міжнародному фестивалі стронгменів у США «Arnold sports Festival-2018»
  3. ^ "Results and Rankings 2019". Strongman Champions League. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  4. ^ a b Blechman, Phil (June 1, 2020). "Strongman Oleksii Novikov Sets World Record In Giant Dumbbell For Reps". BarBend. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  5. ^ Gutman, Andrew (November 15, 2020). "Novikov Secures 2020 World's Strongest Man Victory". BarBend. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  6. ^ Schad, Tom. "Ukraine's Oleksii Novikov wins 2020 World's Strongest Man after 1,185-pound partial deadlift". USA Today. Retrieved December 22, 2020.
  7. ^ a b Blechman, Phil (November 15, 2020). "Oleksii Novikov Leads 2020 World's Strongest Man Finals After Day One". BarBend. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  8. ^ Приседаем 240х8 // Закаляемся в Днепре, retrieved 2022-01-13
  9. ^ "2021 World Deadlift Championships". strongmanarchives. 2021-08-14. Retrieved 2021-08-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. ^ "2021 Rogue Invitational". YouTube. March 1, 2019. Retrieved November 1, 2021. See from 16:21 to 17:50
  11. ^ "2020 Shaw Classic". YouTube. December 18, 2020. Retrieved December 18, 2020. See from 22:16 to 22:37
  12. ^ "2021 World's Ultimate Strongman Dubai". strongmanarchives. 2021-09-17. Retrieved 2021-09-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. ^ "2021 World's Ultimate Strongman Dubai". barbend. 2021-09-17. Retrieved 2021-09-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. ^ "Arnold Classic Strongman Africa 2019 Full Events - Mateusz Kieliszkowski". YouTube. June 4, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2021. See from 1:04:42 to 1:06:15
  15. ^ "2021 Giants Live Strong Man Classic". Strongman Archives. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 25 July 2021.

External links[]

Oleksiy Novikov at IMDb

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