Who is Tom Stoltman and when did he become the World’s Strongest Man?
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TOM Stoltman made history when he became the first Scot to win the World's Strongest Man title. The strongman then successfully defended his title, defeating all who stood in his way, including his brother and Europe's Strongest Man — Luke Stoltman.
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Tom ''The Albatross'' Stoltman is a professional strongman competitor and the current World's Strongest Man. He was born in 1994, in Invergordon in the Scottish Highlands. Tom has won the World's Strongest Man competition three times. He first took up weight training in his local gym as a teenager, after being inspired by his brother Luke's success as Scotland’s Strongest Man.
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Tom told the Sunday Post: "I watched World’s Strongest Man on TV a few times when I was young, but I was more interested in football at that point. "I started going to the gym at 16 with some mates, but it was just a bit of fun, nothing big.". Luke then decided to mentor his brother and guide him through training for strongman.
![[The World's Strongest Brothers: Tom (left) and Luke Stoltman]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/meet-worlds-strongest-brothers-tom-818575499.jpg?strip=all&quality=100&w=960)
Tom said: "At 17, Luke took me under his wing and said we’d do it seriously. "I’d got a buzz when I saw Luke competing in his first Scotland’s Strongest Man competition, so I thought I’d give it a go. "There was a gym a half-hour from where we live that had all the kit. I got into it and loved it.".
Tom entered his first competition aged 18 and was crowned Highlands Strongest Man. He went on to become one of the most successful British athletes in the history of the sport. Tom is a multiple world record holder, in both the Giants Live’s light set of Castle Stones (220 to 396pounds) and in lifting the heaviest Atlas Stone to date at 630pounds, as per Giants Live.
