- Source: Andrus Murumets
Andrus Murumets (born 20 July 1978) is an Estonian strongman and entrant to the World's Strongest Man contest. He reached 5th in the World Rankings according to the IFSA rankings in 2008.
Andrus competed in the IFSA World Championships in 2005 finishing 4th, 5th in 2006 and 5th in 2007. Andrus has competed in the Arnold Strongman Classic 3 times, his best finish was 3rd in 2007. In 2009 he became the overall champion of the Strongman Champions League.
He has been described by Svend Karlsen as having the strongest grip in the world. Having competed in 40 International strongman competitions and winning 6 of them, Andrus is among the 50 most decorated strongmen of all time.
Murumets lives near Tallinn in Üksnurme, Saku Parish. Since May 2011 Murumets is working as a police officer.
Personal records
IronMind Rolling Thunder (V1) – 121.1 kg (267 lb) (Former World Record)
→ Broke Magnus Samuelsson's record and was later surpassed by Laine Snook.
Captains of Crush – No.3 gripper (127 kg (280 lb)/ RGC 149 of pressure))
Apollon's Wheels – 166 kg (366 lb) x 5 power cleans and reps (2007 Arnold Strongman Classic) (former joint-world record)
Timber Carry – 392 kg (864 lb) on a 11.4m course in 6.87 seconds (World Record)
Farmer's Walk – 160 kg (353 lb) per hand on a 50m course in 43.60 seconds (Former World Record)
Atlas Stone – 220 kg (485 lb) over 4 ft bar (2007 Arnold Strongman Classic)
Log press – 185 kg (408 lb)
Axle press – 190 kg (419 lb)