Council

UNITED STRONGMEN® Competition and event rules are desinged and approved by the Council, which is formed from athletes and organizers etc. from different countries. The Council includes former and present athletes along with some well known organizers, who have proven their reliability during the years. The Council contains 5-10 members at the time including some of the World´s Strongest People.


The Council for 2013 is introduced below and if any changes for the competition/event rules is done - it will be approved by the Council.

CHAIRMAN:
JR 
Photo © United Strongmen®
Jyrki Rantanen, Founder of United Strongmen®, runner-up in 105kg World Championships 2004.

MEMBERS:

GT 
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Gary Taylor, Wales, World´s Strongest Man 1993, Runner-up in LA Olympics for Snatch.

JV 
Photo © United Strongmen®/Strongest Man Finland Association
Janne Virtanen, Finland, World´s Strongest Man 2000, 4-time Finland´s Strongest Man.

Tarmo 
 Photo © United Strongmen®
Tarmo Mitt, Estonia, World Strongest Man finalist, World Cup winner.

JH 
Photo © United Strongmen®
Janne Hartikainen, 3-time 105 kg World Champion, Multitime Finland´s Champion for 105kg.

bryndis
Photo © United Strongmen®/Piia Aaltokoski.
Bryndis Olafsdottir, Iceland 6-time Iceland´s Strongest Woman, 5th in World Championships

TECHNICAL ADVICER:

MVM 
Photo © Courtesy of Magnus Ver Magnusson
Magnus Ver Magnusson, Iceland, 4-time World Strongest Man







UNITED STRONGMEN® supports charity events - as an example the Strongbow Challenge 2003 was a charity event for Non Fighting generation in Finland: http://www.nfg.fi.

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