Olga Liashchuk


Olga Liashchuk is a Ukrainian strongwoman from Donetsk. The winner of two World's Strongest Woman titles, two Arnold Strongwoman Classic titles, Strongest Woman in the World title, and the Shaw Classic Women's Open title, she's the most decorated professional strongwoman of all-time.

Early life

Liashchuk's father was the inspiration behind her love for sports, gifting her a bicycle at a very young age.
She first competed in athletics. As a teenager, she competed as a hurdler and pole vaulter, achieving personal best jumps of outdoors and indoors. At Kyiv graduate school, she met her coach Mikhail Geraskevych who trained her for tug of war world games in Taiwan. Liashchuk was invited to the Ukrainian national rugby team but a knee injury stopped her from pursuing the sport. Geraskevych suggested Olga should try strength sports.

Career

Just prior to entering major competitions, Liashchuk made a name for herself by attempting several world records. In 2014, Olga broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest time to crush 3 watermelons between the thighs, with a time of 14.65 seconds and with her friend Lidiia Hunko, broke the double Deadlift women's world record with.
With the new found fame, she entered mainstream strongwoman competitions and won 2014 World's Strongest Woman competition held in Pyhtää, Finland. The following year she emerged second at 2015 Europe's Strongest Woman competition. With the onset of Jan Todd extending the Arnold Strongman Classic to female participants, Liashchuk entered the 2016 Arnold Amateur Strongwoman World Championships in Columbus, Ohio and emerged third.
Taking part in more mainstream strongwoman competitions in ensuing years, Liashchuk won the 2017 Strongest Woman in the World competition in Las Vegas, Nevada and became the first athlete to win the Arnold Strongwoman Classic in Columbus, Ohio two consecutive times in 2019 and 2020. In 2018, Liashchuk also managed to renew her watermelon crushing world record with a time of 7.59 seconds.
In 2021 Liashchuk broke another Guinness World Record by carrying 3 people weighing a total of across the stage during 2021 Ukraine's Got Talent. The following year she won her second World's Strongest Woman title in Daytona Beach, Florida.
In 2023 she won the Shaw Classic Women's Open title and in 2024 and 2025, won America's Strongest Woman title back to back.
In 22 international strongwoman competitions, Liashchuk has won eight titles, making her the most decorated professional strongwoman of all-time.

Personal life

Liashchuk currently lives in the United States and trains at Southside Strength in Brentwood, Tennessee. An avid hiker, she enjoys her free time exploring the nature and going for walks in the parks. She also has a passion for fashion designing.

Personal records

  • Deadlift –, and x 3 reps, equipped and with straps
  • Rogue Elephant Bar Deadlift – raw with straps
  • Hummer tire Deadlift – raw with straps, 15" from floor
  • Deadlift – x 10 reps, x 15 reps
  • Squat – raw with wraps
  • Sandbag over bar (Max weight) – over
  • Sandbag to shoulder – 4 bags in 40.61 seconds
  • Max Atlas Stone – over 4 ft bar
  • Atlas Stones – 6 Stones weighing in 37.16 seconds
  • Jeck Stones carry – & for
  • Natural Stone medley – stone overhead press, stone over 4 ft bar, and stone to shoulder x 2 reps in 100.34 seconds
  • Barbell split jerk –
  • Log press/ American Oak – x 4 reps
  • Circus Dumbbell press – x 2 reps, x 5 reps
  • Car Walk – in 8.87 seconds
  • Tire flip – x 9 reps
  • Thor's Hammer one arm grip lift –
  • Conan's Wheel of Pain – 18.19 meters

Competitive record

Winning percentage: 36.4%
Podium percentage: 81.8%
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