Vytautas Lalas
Vytautas Lalas | |
|---|---|
| Born | Vytautas Lalas July 21, 1982 |
| Occupation(s) | Strongman, Highland Games |
| Known for | Lithuania's Strongest Man Arnold Strongman Classic 2013 champion |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] |
Vytautas Lalas (born July 21, 1982) is a professional strongman competitor from Mažeikiai, Lithuania, currently residing in Kilkenny, Ireland.[1]
Strongman
Lalas won the junior Lithuanian championships in 2005,[1] and Lithuania's Strongest Man in 2010.[2]
Lalas won the Giants Live Poland event on August 8, 2010.[2] This victory qualified Lalas for the 2010 World's Strongest Man competition in Sun City, South Africa, but he was unable to qualify for the finals.
Lalas placed third in the 2011 Giants Live London event in March 2011, this placing qualified him for the 2011 World's Strongest Man contest later that year in Wingate, North Carolina. Lalas eventually made the finals and finished in 6th place overall in that contest.
Lalas won the Strongman Champions League Finland event on June 12, 2011, and placed second at the 2011 SCL Bulgaria event.[3]
Lalas placed second at the 2012 Europe's Strongest Man contest which qualified him for the 2012 World's Strongest Man contest later in the year where he eventually placed second in the finals behind fellow Lithuanian Žydrūnas Savickas.[4]
Lalas set a new world record in the giant barbell squat event in the qualifying heats at the 2012 WSM by squatting 700 lb (320 kg) for 11 repetitions.[5]
Lalas has a younger brother, Marius Lalas, who is also a professional strongman competitor who achieved a 3rd-place finish at the 2012 Strongman Champions League Russia contest.[6]
Lalas finished third at the inaugural 2012 SCL Savickas Classic and third at the 2012 World Log Lift Championships in Vilnius, Lithuania on Oct. 7, 2012.[7]
Lalas finished first at the 2013 Arnold Strongman Classic in Columbus, Ohio on March 2, 2013. Lalas also won the Strongman Champions League FIBO event in Germany on April 13, 2013.
References
- ^ a b c d http://www.galiunai.lt/sportininkai/sportininkas/pos-154-vytautas_lalas.html?page=1
- ^ a b http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2010/Aug/Vitautas_Lalas_Wins_Giant_Live-Poland-Qualifies_for_Worldxs_Strongest_Man.html
- ^ http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2011/Jun/Vitautas_Lalas_Wins_SCL-Finland.html
- ^ http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2012/Oct/Zydrunas_Savickas-Worldxs_Strongest_Man_Winner.html
- ^ http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2012/Sep/Worldxs_Strongest_Man-Another_World_Record_Today.html
- ^ http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2012/Aug/Misha_Koklyaev_Wins_SCL-Russia.html
- ^ http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2012/Oct/Zydrunas_Savickas_Double_Victory_in_Lithuania.html