Martin Wildauer (born 27 November 1987)
Early life
Martin was born in Kufstein, Tirol in Austria on 27 November 1987. He was a sports enthusiast even as a child and at the age of 10 started kickboxing. After winning some national competitions in Austria after two years he began boxing but due to school commitments he found he did not have the time to commit to boxing. With the time he did have he began weight training and although his parents tried to encourage this further by buying him weights at home he found that the best environment for his progress was the gym.
Strength sports
A meeting with a powerlifter introduced Wildauer to deadlifting and squatting and by the age of 15 he was deadlifting . He began to compete at the age of 16 years and soon began to set records, thus far having set over 40 national records. He moved into strength athletics at nineteen, winning his first competition, a qualifier for the Austrian nationals. He then placed 5th at the Austrian nationals, improving to third the following year. In the same year he won the Austrian Winter Giants competition.
In 2009 a second place at the Strongman Fibo classic, behind Travis Ortmayer, qualified him for the Strongman Champions League. At his inaugural outing in the league in Serbia, he won the car deadlift and came 5th overall. He went on to compete at the next Strongman Champions League competition in Finland, where he set a new world record in the car deadlift and came 3rd overall. This in turn got him an invite to the pinnacle of strongman, World's Strongest Man. In what was deemed the "group of death" which also contained Žydrūnas Savickas and Brian Shaw, he did not manage to qualify for the final. In 2009 he won the Austria's Strongest Man title.
Wildauer won the 2010 Austrian Giants competition
He was trained by the German strongman Heinz Ollesch.
Personal records
During competitions
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Equipped Deadlift (with suit and straps) – (2014 Europe's Strongest Man)
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Raw Deadlift (no suit or straps) – (2014 Eisenhart Black Deadlift Championships)
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Deadlift for reps (with suit and straps) – x 10 reps (2014 SCL Romania)
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Log press – (2014 SCL FIBO)
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Axle press (for reps) – x 7 reps (2014 SCL Poland)
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Bavarian Stonelift – for 100 cm (2010 FIBO Strongman ClassX) (World Record)
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Frame carry (with straps) – 40m course in 14.91 seconds (2014 SCL Hungary) (World Record)
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Power stairs (3 x duck walks / total of 15 steps) – 39.44 seconds (2014 SCL Estonia) (World Record)
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Weight over bar – over (2013 SCL Serbia)
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Arm Over Arm Truck pull – for 20 meters - 49.13 seconds (World Record)
During training
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Squat –
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Bench press – (Raw)
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Max Atlas stone – x 4 times over a 4 ft bar
Competition record
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2004
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1. – Austrian Nationals Powerlifting
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3. – Tyrol Competition Powerlifting Open
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3. – Bavaria Cup – Deadlift
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2005
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1. – Austrian Nationals Powerlifting Juniors
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2. – Bavaria Cup – Deadlift
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2. – Austrian Nationals Powerlifting Open
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3. – Tyrol Competition Powerlifting Open
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2. – Tyrol Competition Powerlifting – Bench Press Open
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2006
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3. – Tyrol Competition Powerlifting Open
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1. – Golden Barbell Classic in Austria
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2. – Bavarian Stonelift in Bonbruck, Germany
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2. – International Bavarian Stonelift in Feldkirchen, Germany
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2. – Bavarian Stonelift in Bonbruck, Germany
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2007
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1. – MoosBummerl-Cup Bavarian Stonelift, Germany
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1. – Bavaria Cup – Deadlift
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1. – CWA 4-Country Competition in Graz, Austria
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8. – IFSA Team WM, Ukraine
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1. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants – Qualification)
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5. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants)
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1. – International Bavarian Stonelift in Feldkirchen, Germany
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2008
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1. – Austrian Winter Giants
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1. – Austrian Records Day in Obertrum
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4. – IFSA Team WM, Ukraine
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2. – International Competition in Serbia
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2. – CWA 4-Country Competition in Graz, Austria
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1. – International Bavarian Stonelift in Feldkirchen, Germany
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1. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants – Qualification)
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3. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants)
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2. – Day of Power in Fohnsdorf in Austria
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2. – Tyrol Competition Powerlifting Open
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2. – Team Competition Austria vs. Poland
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2009
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2. – Strongman Fibo classic
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5. –
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3. –
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1. – Bavarian Stonelift HebAuf, Germany
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1. – Bavarian Stonelift Klosterlechfeld, Germany
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8. –
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1. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants)
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1. – International Competition in Salzburg, Austria
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1. – Eisenstrassen Giants, Austria
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Q. – 2009 World's Strongest Man
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4. –
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9. –
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2010
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1. – Bavarian Stonelift – Löwenbräukeller in Munich
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5. –
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6. –
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1. – Austrian Winter Giants
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2011
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10. –
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2. – Austria's King of Overhead
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3. –
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4. –
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10. –
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1. – Bavarian Stonelift in Grafing, Germany
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1. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants)
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1. –
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Q. – 2011 World's Strongest Man
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1. – Austrian Winter Giants
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2012
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6. –
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7. –
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1. – Bavarian Stonelift – Löwenbräukeller in Munich
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4. –
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6. –
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1. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants)
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injured –
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injured –
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7. –
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1. – International Competition in Salzburg, Austria
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Q. – 2012 World's Strongest Man
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2013
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1. – Bavarian Stonelift – Löwenbräukeller in Munich
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7. –
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2. –
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9. –
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8. –
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1. – Austria's Strongest Man (Austrian Summer Giants)
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1. – International Germany-Cup – Weko-Cup in Germany
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1. – Bavarian Stonelift – Garmisch-Partenkirchen
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6. – Giants Live
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Q. – 2013 World's Strongest Man
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1. – Eisenstrassen Giants Team Competition, Austria
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3. –
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5. –
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2014
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12. – 2014 World's Strongest Man
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2. –
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1. – Bavarian Stonelift – Löwenbräukeller in Munich
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2. – International King of Overhead
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1. – Eisenhart 2014 – Best Deadlifter 400 kg raw
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3. –
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4. –
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9. –
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3. –
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1. –
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2. –
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2. –
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3. – Giants Live
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6. – Giants Live
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1. – Austria's Strongest Man in Obertrum, Austria
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4. –
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1. – Eisenstrassen Giants Team Competition, Austria
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6. –
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3 –
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4 –
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2 –
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1. – WORLDCHAMPION SCL 2014
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