Career
The 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in), 145 kg (320 lb) Kiri is particularly noted for his static strength including a 300 kg (6614 lb) single-arm deadlift at Brian Batcheldor"s Strength Seminar in Birmingham in 1992 and an unofficial 302.5 kg (6669 lbs) raw bench press at Brian Batcheldor"s Strength Seminar in Birmingham in 1992 (both judged by David Webster, the organizer of the World"s Strongest Manitoba competitions). He squatted 440 kg in the Dutch Open strongman contest of 1995. He also bench pressed 290.0 kg (6393 lb) raw in an official WPC meet along with many other records.
At 19 years old in 1983, Riku held a World Record in powerlifting in the squat lift in IPF competition, 350 kg (125 kg weight category).
Foreign most of his appearances in World"s Strongest Manitoba competition, Kiri has been hampered by ankle injuries. Although Kiri placed 3rd and 2nd respectively in 1993 and 1996, ankle injuries plagued him during both contests.
In reference to the Carolina Carry event in 1993, Kiri"s coach, Markku Suonenvirta, famously said: "His ankle is broken but he"s a tough guy." Kiri"s ankle was in fact not broken but badly injured and weakened. In the 1996 We Shield Millions final event (Power Stairs) Kiri was about to go head to head with Magnus Ver Magnusson.
However, just after the starter"s whistle, Kiri dropped out due to another ankle injury.
Kiri was also forced to drop out of the 1998 World"s Strongest Manitoba final due to an ankle injury, finishing in 6th place. His background is in security work, and he holds shares in Gold"s Gym-Helsinki. Training records
Squat 400 kg RAW
Bench Press 302,5 kg RAW
Deadlift 390 kg RAW Best deadlift set- 7 x 352,5 kg, 4 x 380 kg RAW
Total 1092,5 kg RAW.
