Lars Hedlund Explained

Lars Hedlund
Birth Date:	January 24, 1949
Birth Place:	Sweden
Death Date:	June 4, 2016 ^[1]
Occupation:	Strongman, powerlifting
Medaltemplates:	^[2]

Lars Hedlund (January 24, 1949 – June 4, 2016), was a former strongman and powerlifter from Sweden.

Strongman

Lars competed in three World's Strongest Man contests, finishing second at the 1979 and 1980 World's Strongest Man, and third in 1978.^{[3] [4]} Lars also won Europe's Strongest Man in 1981.

Powerlifting

Lars was a European Powerlifting champion in 1980, and the Scandinavian Powerlifting champion in 1979.^[2] He competed twice at the IPF World Powerlifting Championships in 1977 finishing 6th, and in 1979 finishing third.^[2] Lars set numerous bench press world records throughout his powerlifting career, his best lift was 628lb raw in 1980 in Copenhagen, Denmark.^[2]

Honours

• 3rd place 1978 World's Strongest Man
• 2nd place 1979 World's Strongest Man
• 2nd place 1980 World's Strongest Man
• 1st place 1981 Europe's Strongest Man

See also

• List of strongmen

External links

• Strongestman.billhenderson.org

Notes and References

1. Web site: Minnessida för Lars Hedlund.
2. Web site: Hedlund Lars - results in powerlifting and benchpress, records, personal data, photos and video.
3. Web site: theworldsstrongestman.com 1970s . 2010-01-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100329010311/http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/1970s_results.php . 2010-03-29 .
4. Web site: theworldsstrongestman.com 1980s . 2010-01-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100104032240/http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/1980s_results.php . 2010-01-04 .