Krzysztof Radzikowski
Krzysztof Edward Radzikowski is a professional strongman competitor from Głowno, Poland. He has competed in 112 International strongman competitions and has won 24 of them, making him the sixth most decorated strongman in history.
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. 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.
Radzikowski won the inaugural 2012 WSF World Strongmen Championships in Dubai, UAE, the WSF World Cup Uzbekistan in Tashkent, Uzbekistan and 2012 Giants Live Poland. This victory qualified him for the 2012 World's Strongest Man contest in Los Angeles, California where he emerged sixth place. In the same year he also won the Elite Strongman Moscow competition.
From 2013 onwards Radzikowski competed across the Strongman Champions League prolifically and started winning and reaching the podium in multiple competitions.
He won 2013 SCL Lapland, 2013 SCL Czech Republic, 2013 SCL Portugal, 2013 & 2014 SCL Poland, 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.
Personal records
During training
- Deadlift ' –
- Deadlift ' – with wrist straps
- Squat ' –
- Squat Raw – x 4 reps
- Bench Press ' –
- Clean and press – x 10 reps
In competitions
- Deadlift –
- Overhead push press –
- Log press –
- Log press –
- Axle press – x 9 reps
- Viking press – x 15 reps
- Block press –
- Circus Dumbbell press – x 5 reps
- Kettlebell press for reps – x 9 reps
- Super Yoke –, 12 metres in 11.28 seconds
- Viking ship mast Super Yoke –, 10 metres long log for 14 meters
- Atlas Stone – x 3 reps over 4 ft bar
- Keg toss – 8 kegs over 5.2 metres bar in 21.04 sec
- Shot put – for 10.07 metres
- Front hold – for 32.44 seconds
- Viking Boat pull – harness only/ no rope for 25 meters 'in ice terrain' - 16.67 seconds
- Excavator pull – for 25 meter course in 35.74 seconds