Who is Tom Stoltman and when did he become the World’s Strongest Man?
TOM STOLTMAN made history when he became the first Scot to win the World’s Strongest Man title.
The professional strongman competitor won the coveted title two years in a row, and has competed against his brother Luke who is also a famous powerlifter.
Who is Tom Stoltman?
Tom ”The Albatross” Stoltman is a professional strongman competitor and former World’s Strongest Man.
He was born in 1994, in Invergordon in the Scottish Highlands.
Stoltman has won the World’s Strongest Man competition two consecutive 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.
He told 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.
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 – 396pounds) and in lifting the heaviest Atlas Stone to date at 630pounds, as per Giants Live.
Stoltman is a football fan and supports Rangers FC.
He is married to wife Sinead – who he met when they were just 17 at a local music festival.
Stoltman has opened up about his struggles with autism, which he was diagnosed with when he was five.
He has called the condition “just a hurdle”, explaining to The National: “I still struggle with it sometimes, I take a lot more time than other people to get some things processed and I’m still kind of nervous about new things”.
When did Tom Stoltman become the World’s Strongest Man?
Stoltman is only the tenth man in the competition’s history to win the title of World’s Strongest Man twice.
He was crowned the World’s Strongest Man for the first time in 2021, and repeated this success in 2022.
Tom was aiming to become the seventh man in history to win the World’s Strongest Man title at least three times in 2023.
Unfortunately, he had to settle for the runners-up position, after Mitchell Hooper claimed the title for the first time in his career.
Who is Tom Stoltman’s brother Luke?
Luke ”The Highland Oak” Stoltman is the older brother of Tom Stoltman.
He was born in Invergordon in 1984 and is also a professional strongman competitor.
At 6’3″, and 353 pounds, Luke is the smaller of the two power lifting siblings but, like Tom, he has enjoyed a hugely successful career.
Luke initially trained as a bodybuilder but later became more interested in strength.
He entered and won his first contest – a local deadlift competition in 2011 – aged 27.
This led to Luke participating in the Highlands Strongest Man in 2012 – where he again placed first.
Luke has since won Europe‘s Strongest Man, the Giants Live World Tour Finals, and Scotland’s Strongest Man.
He has also competed at the World’s Strongest Man eight times – reaching the final on four occasions.
Luke and Tom have a YouTube channel, @StoltmanBrothers, in which they refer to themselves as “The World’s Strongest Brothers” to their subscribers.
They also run an online coaching service called Stoltman Strength Academy and and sell merchandise, according to their website.