Martin Wildauer Explained
| Martin Wildauer |
| Residence: | Langkampfen, Austria |
| Other Names: | The Deadlift Kid |
| Birth Name: | Martin Marco Peter Wildauer |
| Birth Date: | 27 November 1987 |
| Birth Place: |  Kufstein, Austria |
| Sport: | Strongman competitor |
| Weight: | 145kg (320lb) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Martin Wildauer (born 27 November 1987)[1] is an Austrian strongman competitor and entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition. He is a competitor of the well-known Strongman Champions League and the Giants Live competitions. Martin is the current world record holder in the Bavarian stonelift and was known for his deadlifting.
Biography
Martin was born in Kufstein, Tirol in Austria on 27 November 1987. He was a sports enthusiast even as a child and at the age of 10 started kickboxing. After winning some national competitions in Austria after two years he began boxing but due to school commitments he found he did not have the time to commit to boxing. With the time he did have he began weight training and although his parents tried to encourage this further by buying him weights at home he found that the best environment for his progress was the gym.
A meeting with a powerlifter introduced him to deadlifting and squatting and by the age of 15 he was deadlifting 200 kg. He began to compete at the age of 16 years and soon began to set records, thus far having set over 40 new national records. He moved into strength athletics at nineteen, winning his first competition, a qualifier for the Austrian nationals. He then placed 5th at the Austrian nationals, improving this to third the following year. In the same year he won the Austrian Winter Giants competition. In 2009 a second place at the Strongman Fibo classic, behind Travis Ortmayer, qualified him for the Strongman Champions League. At his inaugural outing in the league in Serbia, he won the car deadlift and came 5th overall. He went on to compete at the next Champions league meeting in Finland, where he set a new official world record in the car deadlift and came 3rd overall. This in turn got him an invite to the pinnacle of strongman, World's Strongest Man. In what was deemed the "group of death" which also contained Žydrūnas Savickas and Brian Shaw, he did not manage to qualify for the final. In 2009 he won the Austria's Strongest Man title.
Martin won the 2010 Austrian Giants competition[2] and 2014 MHP Strongman Champions League. In 2015, returning from an Achilles tendon injury, Martin won the Löwenbraukeller Starkbierfest traditional stone lifting competition in Munich, Germany[3] and broke a twenty-five year old Bavarian stonelifting world record.
He was trained by the renowned German strongman Heinz Ollesch.[4]
Personal Records
- Deadlift – 435abbr=onNaNabbr=on
- Deadlift for reps – 340abbr=onNaNabbr=on x 10 reps
- Squat – 380abbr=onNaNabbr=on
- Bench press – 210abbr=onNaNabbr=on (Raw)
- Log press – 170abbr=onNaNabbr=on
- Axle press (for reps) – 150abbr=onNaNabbr=on x 7 reps (2014 SCL Poland)
- Bavarian Stonelift – 350 kg for 94 cm and 325 kg for 100 cm (World Record)
- Arm Over Arm Truck pull – 16000abbr=onNaNabbr=on for 20 meters - 49.13 seconds (World Record)
- Max Atlas stone – 200abbr=onNaNabbr=on x 4 times over a 4 ft bar
- Weight over bar – 25.5abbr=onNaNabbr=on over 5.6m (18.4feet) (2013 SCL Serbia)
Competition Record
- 2004
- 1. – Austrian Nationals Powerlifting
- 3. – Tyrol Competition Powerlifting Open
- 3. – Bavaria Cup – Deadlift
- 2005
- 1. – Austrian Nationals Powerlifting Juniors
- 2. – Bavaria Cup – Deadlift
- 2. – Austrian Nationals Powerlifting Open
- 3. – Tyrol Competition Powerlifting Open
- 2. – Tyrol Competition Powerlifting – Bench Press Open
- 2006
- 3. – Tyrol Competition Powerlifting Open
- 1. – Golden Barbell Classic in Austria
- 2. – Bavarian Stonelift in Bonbruck, Germany
- 2. – International Bavarian Stonelift in Feldkirchen, Germany
- 2. – Bavarian Stonelift in Bonbruck, Germany
- 2007
- 1. – MoosBummerl-Cup Bavarian Stonelift, Germany
- 1. – Bavaria Cup – Deadlift
- 1. – CWA 4-Country Competition in Graz, Austria
- 8. – IFSA Team WM, Ukraine
- 1. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants – Qualification)
- 5. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants)
- 1. – International Bavarian Stonelift in Feldkirchen, Germany
- 2008
- 1. – Austrian Winter Giants
- 1. – Austrian Records Day in Obertrum
- 4. – IFSA Team WM, Ukraine
- 2. – International Competition in Serbia
- 2. – CWA 4-Country Competition in Graz, Austria
- 1. – International Bavarian Stonelift in Feldkirchen, Germany
- 1. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants – Qualification)
- 3. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants)
- 2. – Day of Power in Fohnsdorf in Austria
- 2. – Tyrol Competition Powerlifting Open
- 2. – Team Competition Austria vs. Poland
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Official Home of the World's Strongest Man Competition . 2010-01-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100209063633/http://www.theworldsstrongestman.com/martin_wildauer.php . 9 February 2010 .
- Web site: Martin Wildauer Wins Austrian Giant, Looks Toward WSM.
- Web site: Martin Wildauer win the traditional stonelifting competition in Munich, Germany. Randall J.. Strossen. IronMind Enterprises, Inc.. March 31, 2015.
- Web site: Martin Wildauer: Interview Englisch . 16 January 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090503001552/http://www.moosbummerl.com/allerlei/wildauer_martin_26022009en.php . 3 May 2009 . dead .
