Aivars Šmaukstelis
Aivars Šmaukstelis (born 20 September 1987) is a Latvian strongman. Having competed in 61 International strongman competitions, he has won 21 of them, making him the sixth most decorated strongman in history behind Žydrūnas Savickas, Mariusz Pudzianowski, Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson, Brian Shaw and Krzysztof Radzikowski. Career Šmaukstelis began his career at the age of 16 as a powerlifter. After training for a couple of years, he achieved a personal best of 800 kg (1,764 lb) total (equipped/ multi ply category) at the age of 18. Following advice from his coach, he tried strongman and progressively excelled, winning Latvia's Strongest Man and entering the Strongman Champions League hailing from its IFSA roots. It gave Šmaukstelis the opportunity for international exposure, competing against the best strongmen in the world. Having competed prolifically in the Strongman Champions League since 2014 throughout many Grand Prix competitions in Latvia, Germany, Netherlands, Finland, Norway, Serbia, Russia, Poland, Romania, Gibraltar and England, Šmaukstelis won 12 international titles, 9 silver and 4 bronze medals. His other international titles include World Strongman Championships, Marijampolė International, Pasaulio Taurė and Savickas Classic. He is also a World's Strongest Man 8th-place winner (2020), two time World's Ultimate Strongman bronze medalist (2020 &