Vasyl Virastyuk
Vasyl Virastyuk (Ukrainian: Василь Вірастюк; born 22 April 1974), is a Ukrainian former strongman competitor. He is a brother of Roman Virastyuk. Winner of world's strongest man 2004.
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| Birth name | Василь Вірастюк | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 April 1974 Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 145 kg (320 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Strongman competitions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Vasyl Virastyuk competed in the finals of the World's Strongest Man contest in 2003 and 2004. He finished third in 2003 behind then-defending champion Mariusz Pudzianowski and runner-up Žydrūnas Savickas.[2] The following year Virastyuk won the 2004 World's Strongest Man title, placing ahead of Savickas and Pudzianowski (Pudzianowski would later be disqualified for testing positive for a banned substance).[2]
After this victory there was a split in the world of Strongman competition. While some of the competitors such as Virastyuk and Žydrūnas Savickas started competing for the IFSA Strongman title (with Savickas winning the title in 2005 and 2006), others such as Pudzianowski remained and competed for the Met-Rx World's Strongest Man title (with Pudzianowski winning in 2005, 2007, and 2008 Phil Pfister in 2006).
After finishing 2nd in 2005 and third in 2006, at the 2007 IFSA World Championship in Geumsan, South Korea, Virastyuk defeated the two-time IFSA World Champion Žydrūnas Savickas. With this victory he became the first athlete in the history of strongman to win both a World's Strongest Man title and an IFSA World title. Savickas would be the second to accomplish this feat after winning the 2009 World's Strongest Man title in Malta.[3]
Virastyuk has also achieved a podium finish on three occasions in three consecutive years (2005, 2006 and 2007) at the Arnold Strongman Classic coming second on each occasion to Žydrūnas Savickas. At the 2008 Arnold Strongman Classic, Virastyuk was forced to withdraw due to injuries, and finished in tenth place with only 8.5 points.[4]
Honours
- 3rd place World's Strongest Man (2003)
- 1st place World's Strongest Man (2004)
- 2nd place World Championship (IFSA) (2005)
- 3rd place World Championship (IFSA) (2006)
- 1st place World Championship (IFSA) (2007)
Filmography
- 2018 – The Adventures of S Nicholas
Watching More
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References
- "Vasyl Virastyuk at theworldsstrongestman.com". Archived from the original on 16 September 2007. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- "theworldsstrongestman.com WSM history". Archived from the original on 22 January 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
- IFSA World Championships 2006 – Reykjavik, Iceland – Page 3 – Physical Advancement Archived 29 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Marunde-muscle.com. Retrieved on 19 March 2011.
- 2011 Final Results, The Arnold Strongman Classic
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| Preceded by: Mariusz Pudzianowski |
First (2004) | Succeeded by: Mariusz Pudzianowski |