Kristján Jón Haraldsson (born 3 June 1998) is an Icelandic strongman from Reykjavík and a 3 x times Iceland's Strongest Man.
Career Kristján entered the national strongman circuit in 2018 and within the next three years managed to emerge runner-up at the 2021 Strongest Man in Iceland and Iceland's Strongest Viking competitions. In the same year he participated in his first international competition, Magnús Ver Magnússon Strongman Classic and secured fourth place out of fourteen athletes.
In 2022, Kristján won Iceland's Strongest Viking, Strongest Man in Iceland and Iceland's most prestigious national title Iceland's Strongest Man, becoming only the second Icelander in history after Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson to win the three major national competitions in the same calendar year. This achievement earned him an invitation to the 2023 World's Strongest Man competition, where he managed a fifth-place finish in the qualifying heat.
In 2023, Kristján won his second Strongest Man in Iceland competition and his second Iceland's Strongest Man competition, becoming only the seventh Icelander to win the title back to back.
Personal records Deadlift (Equipped) – (during training) Deadlift (Raw) – (2018 Thor's Powerlifting Challenge) Squat (Raw w/wraps) – (2018 Thor's Powerlifting Challenge) Bench press (Raw) – (2018 Thor's Powerlifting Challenge) Log press – (during training) Atlas stones – 4 stones in 16.59 seconds (2023 Iceland's Strongest Man) Húsafell Stone carry (around the pen) – for (around 1.7 revolutions) (2022 Magnús Ver Magnússon Classic) Leggstein (tombstone) carry – for 6 revolutions around the plinth (2021 Westfjord's Viking) (World Record) Overhead stone press – (2022 Magnús Ver Magnússon Strongman Classic) Conan's wheel – for 524° (2023 World's Strongest Man, Group 2)
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