Krzysztof Radzikowski Explained

Krzysztof Radzikowski
Birth Date:18 August 1981
Birth Place:Głowno, Poland
Occupation:Strongman
Height:[1]

Krzysztof Radzikowski (born August 18, 1981) is a professional strongman competitor from Głowno, Poland.[2] He has competed in 112 International strongman competitions (2nd highest in history) and has won 24 of them, making him the sixth most decorated strongman in history following Žydrūnas Savickas, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Brian Shaw and Aivars Šmaukstelis.[3]

Strongman career

Radzikowski started his strongman career in 2005 when he entered the Poland's Strongest Man competition. In 2008 he qualified to the Europe's Strongest Man competition and in the following year, won second place behind Mariusz Pudzianowski. His career took to the next level when he started to complete prolifically at Strongman Super Series, World Strongman Federation and Strongman Champions League.

Radzikowski's first international win came in 2011 when he won 2011 Giants Live Poland competition.[4] This victory qualified him for the 2011 World's Strongest Man contest, his first time in WSM, but he failed to qualify for the finals.[4]

Radzikowski won the inaugural 2012 WSF World Strongmen Championships in Dubai, UAE,[5] the WSF World Cup Uzbekistan in Tashkent, Uzbekistan[6] and 2012 Giants Live Poland.[7] This victory qualified him for the 2012 World's Strongest Man contest in Los Angeles, California where he emerged sixth place.[7] In the same year he also won the Elite Strongman Moscow competition.[8]

From 2013 onwards Radzikowski competed regularly and started winning and reaching the podium in multiple competitions. He won 2013 SCL Lapland, 2013 SCL Czech Republic, 2013 SCL Portugal,[9] 2013 & 2014 SCL Poland,[9] 2014 SCL Hungary, 2014 SCL Zambia, 2014 SCL Romania, 2015 SCL FIBO, 2015 SCL Finland, 2015 Festival des Hommes Forts de Warwick, 2015 SCL World Finals, 2016 SCL FIBO, 2018 SCL Norway, 2018 SCL FIBO, 2019 SCL Norway and 2019 SCL FIBO.[10]

Personal records

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Krzysztof Radzikowsky. theworldsstrongestman.com. IMG. 10 June 2014. theworldsstrongestman.com.
  2. Web site: Google Translate . Translate.googleusercontent.com . 2012-03-06.
  3. Web site: Strongman Archives - Athletes. 6 April 2022. Strongman Archives. 5 April 2022.
  4. Web site: Radzikowski Wins Giants Live Poland, Jenkins is Second . Ironmind.com . 2011-08-07 . 2012-03-06.
  5. Web site: Krzysztof Radzikowski Wins WSF World Strongmen Championships . www.ironmind.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120218025425/http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2012/Feb/Krzysztof_Radzikowski_Wins_WSF_World_Strongmen_Championships.html . 2012-02-18.
  6. Web site: Krzysztof Radzikowski Wins WSF–Uzebekstan . www.ironmind.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120513214700/http://ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2012/Mar/Krzysztof_Radzikowski_Wins_WSF-Uzebekstan.html . 2012-05-13.
  7. Web site: Polish Sweep at Giants Live, WSM Update . www.ironmind.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120827185632/http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2012/Jul/Polish_Sweep_at_Giants_Live_WSM_Update.html . 2012-08-27.
  8. Web site: Krzysztof Radzikowski Wins Elite Strongman . www.ironmind.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20121014115606/http://ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2012/Aug/Krzysztof_Radzikowski_Wins_Elite_Strongman.html . 2012-10-14.
  9. Web site: Krzysztof Radzikowski Wins SCL Portugal . www.ironmind.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130805113442/http://ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2013/Jul/Krzysztof_Radzikowski_Wins_SCL_Portugal.html . 2013-08-05.
  10. Web site: Krzysztof Radzikowski - Contests. strongmanarchives.com. 17 November 2019 . 27 April 2024.
  11. Web site: - YouTube. YouTube.

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