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'''Hafþór Júlíus "Thor" Björnsson''' is an Icelandic strongman and actor. |
'''Hafþór Júlíus "Thor" Björnsson''' is an Icelandic strongman and actor. |
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| − | He took over the role of [[Gregor Clegane|Gregor "The Mountain That Rides" Clegane]] for the [[Season 4|fourth]], [[Season 5|fifth]], [[season 6|sixth]], |
+ | He took over the role of [[Gregor Clegane|Gregor "The Mountain That Rides" Clegane]] for the [[Season 4|fourth]], [[Season 5|fifth]], [[season 6|sixth]], [[Season 7|seventh]] and [[season 8|eighth]] seasons. He stands at 6 feet 9 inches tall (2.06 m), and weighs more than 400 pounds (180 kg).<ref>[http://winteriscoming.net/2013/08/mountain-recast/ Winter Is Coming]</ref> |
Björnsson started a professional basketball career in Iceland but it was cut short when he injured his knee forcing an early retirement from the sport. Soon after in 2008, he met [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_Ver_Magn%C3%BAsson Magnús Ver Magnússon], a four time World's Strongest Man winner who said Hafþór seemed a good prospect to be a strongman. In 2010, he came third in Iceland's Strongest Man competition and has won every year since then. He has also won Europe's Strongest Man competition in 2014 and has appeared in four World's Strongest Man finals through 2011-2014, finishing in sixth, third, third, and second respectively only narrowly missing the title in 2014 to Lithuanian four time World's Strongest Man winner, and friend of Hafþór's, [[Wikipedia:Žydrūnas Savickas|Žydrūnas Savickas]]. Savickas was the previous reigning champion as Europe's Strongest Man since 2010, but did not compete in 2014 (Savickas won in 2010, 2012, and 2013, but the Europe's Strongest Man competition was on hiatus in 2011 and no champion was named that year). |
Björnsson started a professional basketball career in Iceland but it was cut short when he injured his knee forcing an early retirement from the sport. Soon after in 2008, he met [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magn%C3%BAs_Ver_Magn%C3%BAsson Magnús Ver Magnússon], a four time World's Strongest Man winner who said Hafþór seemed a good prospect to be a strongman. In 2010, he came third in Iceland's Strongest Man competition and has won every year since then. He has also won Europe's Strongest Man competition in 2014 and has appeared in four World's Strongest Man finals through 2011-2014, finishing in sixth, third, third, and second respectively only narrowly missing the title in 2014 to Lithuanian four time World's Strongest Man winner, and friend of Hafþór's, [[Wikipedia:Žydrūnas Savickas|Žydrūnas Savickas]]. Savickas was the previous reigning champion as Europe's Strongest Man since 2010, but did not compete in 2014 (Savickas won in 2010, 2012, and 2013, but the Europe's Strongest Man competition was on hiatus in 2011 and no champion was named that year). |
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Hafþór Júlíus "Thor" Björnsson is an Icelandic strongman and actor.
He took over the role of Gregor "The Mountain That Rides" Clegane for the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth seasons. He stands at 6 feet 9 inches tall (2.06 m), and weighs more than 400 pounds (180 kg).[1]
Björnsson started a professional basketball career in Iceland but it was cut short when he injured his knee forcing an early retirement from the sport. Soon after in 2008, he met Magnús Ver Magnússon, a four time World's Strongest Man winner who said Hafþór seemed a good prospect to be a strongman. In 2010, he came third in Iceland's Strongest Man competition and has won every year since then. He has also won Europe's Strongest Man competition in 2014 and has appeared in four World's Strongest Man finals through 2011-2014, finishing in sixth, third, third, and second respectively only narrowly missing the title in 2014 to Lithuanian four time World's Strongest Man winner, and friend of Hafþór's, Žydrūnas Savickas. Savickas was the previous reigning champion as Europe's Strongest Man since 2010, but did not compete in 2014 (Savickas won in 2010, 2012, and 2013, but the Europe's Strongest Man competition was on hiatus in 2011 and no champion was named that year).
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See also
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson on Wikipedia
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson on IMDb
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson on X
Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson on Instagram
