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Tom Ryan Stoltman (born 30 May 1994) is a British professional strongman competitor, from Invergordon, Scotland. He is a three time winner of the World's Strongest Man in 2021, 2022, and 2024. He also won the national title of Britain's Strongest Man in the same years. Nicknamed "The Albatross" due to his sizeable arm span, Stoltman is known for his prowess with the Atlas Stones. In 2020, Stoltman broke the world record for the 5 Atlas Stones (light set) , completing them in just 16.01 seconds; he also holds the world record for the heaviest Atlas stone ever lifted over a bar at .
On 20 June 2021, Stoltman won the 2021 World's Strongest Man competition, becoming the first man from Scotland to win the World's Strongest Man and the fifth British person to do so. On 29 May 2022, Stoltman won the 2022 World's Strongest Man, becoming only the second Briton to win two titles (37 years after Geoff Capes) and the first to win back-to-back titles. In the 2024 World's Strongest Man he reclaimed his title, becoming the only Briton to have won three World's Strongest Man titles.
Tom Stoltman is the younger brother of the two-time Europe's Strongest Man, 2025 Britain's Strongest Man and five-time Scotland's Strongest Man, Luke Stoltman, with whom he runs their YouTube channel "The Stoltman Brothers".
2017 was seen as Stoltman's breakout year: he finished second in the UK's Strongest Man competition behind reigning Europe's Strongest Man, Laurence Shahlaei, and placed 6th at Britain's Strongest Man (BSM). These performances gained him an invitation to his first World's Strongest Man, but he withdrew from the competition after the first two events in the heats. This was followed up by taking his first SSM win ahead of Luke in 2018, and an 8th-place finish at the World's Ultimate Strongman (WUS) in Dubai the same year.
Stoltman ranked 5th at the 2019 WSM and 3rd at WUS. He also won his second SSM trophy and a podium finish at BSM. In 2020 Stoltman returned to the World's Strongest Man finals in Florida, finishing in second place after a low scoring finish in the Hercules Hold. At BSM in the same year, Stoltman took 2nd place and broke the world record for the Giants Live light set of Castle Stones in 16.01 seconds.
In 2021, Stoltman won the World's Strongest Man title in Sacramento, California. He won two of the first five events, placing him in first ahead of four-time winner Brian Shaw going into the final event. The win was sealed with Stoltman completing the Atlas Stone () run in 20.21 seconds, taking the event win and overall title to Scotland for the first time in the competition's history. Stoltman also won Britain's Strongest Man in 2021, the same year in which his brother Luke won Europe's Strongest Man. Stoltman ended his season coming 2nd place at the Rogue Invitational.
In 2022, Stoltman successfully defended his BSM title at the Utilita Arena in Sheffield. He then competed at the Arnold Strongman Classic for the first time and placed 7th. At World's Strongest Man, Stoltman took first in his heat, winning the first 4 events. In the final, Stoltman faced three former winners: four-time winner Shaw, 2019 winner Martins Licis, and 2020 winner Oleksiy Novikov. Stoltman won by a margin of 10.5 points, becoming only the second Briton to win two titles, 37 years after Geoff Capes and the first ever to win back-to-back titles.
After a brief period away from competing, in 2023, Stoltman came 6th at the Arnold Strongman Classic. He then came in 2nd place at the World's Strongest Man, behind champion Mitchell Hooper. He followed this up by beating Hooper at their next competition, Giants Live Strongman Classic at the Royal Albert Hall though was pipped to first place by 0.5 points. At the Shaw Classic, Stoltman had a slow start, picking up 0 points on the first event, but went on to win 3 of the 4 events on day 2, more event wins than any other competitor, and reach the podium. During the show, Tom won the Hummer Deadlift event where he pulled . Stoltman rounded off his 2023 season winning the World Tour Finals in his native country at Glasgow and finishing 2nd at the Rogue Invitational.
In 2024, Stoltman started his season by winning Britain's Strongest Man for the 3rd time. He then finished 3rd at the Arnold Strongman Classic continuing his podium streak. He also regained the title of Worlds Strongest Man from Mitchell Hooper, making it his 3rd Worlds Strongest Man title and 5th podium appearance. Stoltman finished 2nd at the Strongman Classic at the Royal Albert Hall in July. He then finished 7th at the Strongest Man on Earth in Colorado. Due to injuries Stoltman had to pull out of the US Strongman Championships in Las Vegas mid competition. He finished the year placing 2nd at the Rogue Invitational in Aberdeen.
In 2025, Stoltman began his season finishing 7th at the Arnold Strongman Classic in Ohio. In May, Stoltman finished 2nd at the World's Strongest Man in Sacramento, missing out on the title by half a point.
Stoltman's mother Sheila died aged 56 in 2016. Stoltman and his brother Luke regularly cite their mother's influence as key to inspiring them to succeed in their careers.
In 2021, a permanent tribute to Stoltman and brother Luke was installed by Invergordon Community Council in their hometown, where the signs at the entrances to Invergordon were updated to include their names and achievements. The sign reads "Welcome to Invergordon. Hometown of the Stoltman Brothers. World, European and UK Strongest Men".
Luke and Tom both feature and narrate in Coach Mike Chadwick's The Red On Revolution book, published in 2022.
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| 2017, 2019–2025 | World's Strongest Man | Himself – Competitor | |
| 2025 | The Traitors | Masked Bodyguard | Series 3, Episode 6 |
| 2025 | Blue Peter | Guest |
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