Education
Hafþór finished in second place at the inaugural Jón Páll Sigmarsson Classic, behind Brian Shaw.
Hafþór finished in second place at the inaugural Jón Páll Sigmarsson Classic, behind Brian Shaw.
Basketball career
Hafþór began his sports career as a basketball player. At 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in), he played first in the Iceland-Dominos league"s K.R. Basket Reykjavík basketball team as a starting center of the team Simultaneously, he was picked for the D2 Icelandic National Basketball Team.
Foreign the 2007–2008 season, he moved to play professionally as center for the Icelandic Division 1 basketball team FSu Selfoss Basketball team
Hafþór"s basketball career ended after he suffered a severe knee injury at age 20. Strongman career
Hafþór met Icelandic strongman Magnús Ver Magnússon at his gym "Jakaból" in 2008, and Magnús said that Hafthór seemed a good prospect as a strongman.
Hafþór came fourth in the Giants Live Poland 2011 event on August 6, 2011. On 31 January 2015, Björnsson beat a 1000-year-old record set by Orm Storolfsson at the World’s Strongest Viking competition in Norway, where he carried a 32 feet (98 m) long 1,433 pounds (650 kg) log for five steps.
World"s Strongest Manitoba
Hafþór took part in World"s Strongest Manitoba after earning a wild card invitation to the 2011 contest. coming sixth overall in that year"s competition.
Taking part again in ensuing years, he placed third in the 2012 and the 2013 World"s Strongest Manitoba competitions. Hafþór was cast as Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane for the fourth season of the Home Box Office series Game of Thrones in August 2013. This was his first main acting role, and the third person to depict the character after Conan Stevens played the role in season 1 and Ian Whyte in season 2.
He became the first actor to portray Clegane in more than one season with his appearances in season 5.
Squat – 380 kg (795 lbs) raw
Bench press – 230 kg (510 lbs) raw
Tire deadlift – 450 kg (994 lbs) raw with wrist straps
Deadlift – 450 kg (990 lbs) 4.625 cronans raw with straps
Log Press – 192.5 kg (424 lbs)
Log carry- 650kg (1433lbs)
Training lifts
Deadlift 450 kg (990 lbs) raw with wrist straps
Log Press 190 kg (4188 lbs)
Squat 300 kg (660 lbs) for 10 reps, raw without knee wraps
Bench Press 220 kg (485 lbs) for 6 reps, raw.