Jón Páll Sigmarsson

Icelandic strongman, powerlifter and bodybuilder (1960–1993)

Jón Páll Sigmarsson (April 28, 1960January 16, 1993) was a strongman and powerlifter from Iceland who won the World's Strongest Man contest 4 times.

Jón Páll Sigmarsson in 1988

Quotes

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  • There is no point to be alive if you can't do deadlift.
    • As quoted in Dhani Jones, Jonathan Grotenstein, The Sportsman (2011), p. 169
    • Jones & Grotenstein comment that this quote refers to Sigmarsson's "ability to lift enormous weights off the ground. Jón Páll was only 32 when he died of a heart attack brought on by - you guessed it - a deadlift."
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