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| Birth name | Edward Stephen Hall | |||||||||
| Nickname | The Beast | |||||||||
| Born | 15 January 1988 Newcastle-under-Lyme, England | |||||||||
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| Height | 6 ft 2.5 in (189 cm)[1][2][3][4] | |||||||||
| Weight | 142.2–197 kg (313–434 lb)[5][6] | |||||||||
| Spouse | Alexandra Hall | |||||||||
| Children | 3 | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2011–present | |||||||||
| Genre | Strength Training/Strongman | |||||||||
| Subscribers | 3.06 million[7] (3 September 2024) | |||||||||
| Total views | 613.93 million[7] (3 September 2024) | |||||||||
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Last updated: 3 September 2024 | ||||||||||
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Edward Stephen Hall (born 15 January 1988) is a British media personality and retired strongman. He is best known for his world-record setting 500 kg (1,102 lb) deadlift in 2016[8] which is widely regarded as one of the greatest feats in the history of strongmen.[9] He is also known for winning the 2017 World's Strongest Man competition.[10]
Hall has won national competitions such as England's Strongest Man, Britain's Strongest Man, and UK's Strongest Man multiple times. In 2022, he was defeated by fellow World's Strongest Man winner Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson in a boxing match that was taglined "The Heaviest Boxing Match in History". He has presented his own television series called Eddie Eats America (2018) and was featured in the History Channel series The Strongest Man in History (2019). He had his first acting role as an extra in the action film Expend4bles (2023).[11]
- ^ Tao, David (18 October 2018). "Here's How Top Strongman Athletes Stack Up In Height". Barbend.com. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ Sellers, Tyler (9 June 2023). "Eddie Hall's Strongman Shoulder Workout for Strength & Power". Total Shape. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ Fernandes, Dwayne (5 May 2018). "Eddie Hall vs Hafthor Bjornsson Boxing Match Confirmed!". Read Scoops. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
biowas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Smith, Andrew (17 March 2022). "Hafthor Björnsson Attacks Eddie Hall For Mentioning His Mother In A Press Conference". Fitness Volt. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ Fordham, Josh (19 March 2022). "SCALES Eddie Hall and Hafthor Bjornsson weigh combined 295kg". Retrieved 25 March 2022.
- ^ a b "About Eddie Hall The Beast". YouTube.
- ^ FULL SHOW | World Deadlift Championships 2016 - FULL & UNCUT, 30 June 2019, retrieved 4 June 2023
- ^ "Strongman Eddie Hall Shares How He Trained for His 1,100 Pound Deadlift". Men's Health. 1 February 2020. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
- ^ "Britain's Eddie Hall defeats Game of Thrones star The Mountain to be crowned World's Strongest Man". The Daily Telegraph. 28 May 2017. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- ^ Patuto, Greg (9 June 2023). "WATCH: Eddie Hall Tossed Over Bar By Sylvester Stallone In 'Expendables 4' Trailer". Generation Iron Fitness & Strength Sports Network. Retrieved 9 March 2024.