Diese Frage haben sich sicher die meisten Kraftsportler schon gestellt. Deine E-Mail-Adresse wird nicht veröffentlicht. His greatest feat of all occurred on October 12th 1891, in Montreal. Cyr’s most distinguished feat, however, was to stand fast while resisting the pull of four draught horses. In 1882, while working as a logger, Louis married Melina (née Gilbert dit Comtois). The above details were just one set of figures relating to Cyr's size, others being recorded by Willoughby when for example Cyr was 47 years old (in 1910) gave him calf 23", neck 22 3/4", biceps 21 1/2". In 2001 he was inducted into the Panthéon des Sports du Québec (Quebec’s Sporting Hall of Fame) and there is also a museum in his home town of Saint-Jean-de-Matha dedicated to his life and times. plus again, using hand and thigh, 1,897.25 lb (860.58 kg). A year later, when he was 15, Cyr, who now weighed 230 pounds, lifted to safety a local farmer’s overloaded horse and cart which had gotten stuck in the mud. Cyr was a big man in all ways, both heart and size, being a great trencherman, eating more than four normal men. Zeitreise: Die Geburtsstunde des olympischen Gewichthebens - Gannikus.com. Promoted by Fox, Louis went on tour circa 1885–1891 beating, amongst others: Sebastian Miller, Bienkowski, or Cyclops, August Johnson, and Richard Pennell, plus continually challenging, without success, Eugen Sandow, with a genuine diamond studded belt to be awarded to the winner, should such an event ever take place. Um diese Legende des Sportes entsprechend zu würdigen, stellen wi… Henry is the founder and editor of GymTalk. This year professional strongman Mateusz Kieliszkowski will be attempting to break the Cyr dumbbell record. [citation needed], Cyr was born in Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville, Quebec, Canada. In January 1892 Cyr embarked in England with partner Horace Barre, arousing much interest and curiosity at his London debut at the Royal Aquarium, with 5,000 people packing the theater to watch Cyr's act and witness his open challenge to the wide world of strongmen, many celebrities of which were in the audience, with a side wager of £1,000 (Equivalent to about £98,070.00 as of 2015). In 1888 on 1 October at Berthierville, Quebec, he lifted 3,536 lb/1, 604 kg of pig iron for his first record in the back lift. Louis was now ‘officially’ the strongest man in in the world. C’est durant cette période qu’il établit l’ensemble de ses records. Diese Seite wurde zuletzt am 17. The name Louis Cyr has over 42 birth records, 20 death records, 5 criminal/court records, 96 address records, 18 phone records and more. Yeah, 6 pounds of meat every dinner (if indeed that is true!) He patrolled as a police officer between 1883 and 1885 in Sainte-Cunégonde, known now as Petite-Bourgogne (Little Burgundy) in Montreal. Haha, I’m not sure what he’s wearing there. It is the general consensus, however, the Cyr would have wiped the floor with Sandow, and Sandow, ever the astute businessman, and keen to keep his reputation as the world’s strongest man alive, was too shrewd to let this contest happen. Wer war der stärkste Mann, der jemals lebte? In 1886 Cyr met and defeated Richard Pennell, then Pennell being 40, and Louis just 23. Man, you’d have to be the world’s strongest man to get away with that first picture haha! Da ihn das junge Tier eines Tages jedoch trat, habe er ab diesem Zeitpunkt einen Getreidesack getragen und täglich zwei Pfund hinzugefügt. While touring the world Louis once squatted a platform holding 18 men. Louis Cyr pouvait soulever du dos 1967 kg (4337 livres). Cyr won. While his father was of average build, it was his mother who possessed the strength genetics. However, his World’s Fair Odditorium featured real anatomical curiosities and the most spectacular of his…, Copyright © 2007-2018. Sullivan was known as The Boston Strong Boy and was very powerful, but not in Cyr's class. Cyr, happy in his own environment, beat all comers when challenged to perform. According to one of his biographers, his mother decided "he should let his hair grow, like Samson in the Bible". A tour of the Maritimes was organized, and while it may have benefited the organizer, Cyr gained no profit financially. John Grimek later also bent pressed it, half a dozen times or so one afternoon, when the weight was increased to 269.5 lb, by adding, as it happened, the lead type from Mark Berrys' classic tome Physical Training Simplified. Up to 6 lb of meat at one meal ... a genuine gourmand, increasing weight enormously in his later years. Nach Ansicht von Ben Weider, dem ehemaligen Vorsitzenden der IFBB, ist Cyr der stärkste Mann, der je gelebt hat. This impressive accomplishment spread like wildfire through the local villages, and his co-workers, friends and family urged him to compete in the strongman circuit. Cyr's wife, Melina, by contrast, never weighed more than 100 lb. The views expressed on this site may come from individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect the view of BarBend or any other organization. He was unbeaten in his lifetime, and, unlike a few of his contemporaries, never once backed down from a challenge. His competition was ‘World’s Strongest Man’ David Michaud and Louis Cyr bested Michaud easily. Louis was a large child, weighing close to 18 pounds at birth and, from an early age, those around him were impressed with his natural strength.