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 & 2021), Europe's Strongest Man bronze medalist (2023) and Giants Live strongman classic silver medalist (2022).

Šmaukstelis is a well rounded strongman with several strong events. With 12 career stone event wins out of 22, he is the sixth greatest stone lifter in history. Together with a noteworthy grip strength, he is also noted for his prowess in distance and endurance based events. He also holds the Guinness World Record for the fastest 10 x kegs keg toss (18–25 kg) over a 15-foot bar in 21.02 seconds.

Personal records
Hummer tyre Deadlift (from 15" height) - 
Axle Deadlift (from 10" height) -  x 4 reps
Squat -  x 10 reps
Log press - 
Log press (for reps) -  x 9 reps
Viking press -  x 15 reps
Circus Dumbbell press - 
Circus Dumbbell press (for reps) -  x 10 reps
Atlas Stones - 5 Stones weighing 110–180 kg (242–397 lb) in 17.10 secs
Natural stone lift to platform – 5 Rocks ranging from 160 to 210 kilograms (353–463 lb) in 28.94 seconds 
Keg toss – 10 kegs (18–25 kg (40–55 lb)) over 4.57 metres (15 ft 0 in) in 21.02 seconds (World Record)
Super Yoke –  (25 meter course) in 10.75 seconds
Basque circle (Conan's wheel) - 300 kg (661 lb) for 860° rotation
Power Stairs (200 kg (441 lb), 225 kg (496 lb) & 250 kg (551 lb) Duck walks / total of 15 steps) - 41.67 seconds

References

External links
Aivars Šmaukstelis on Instagram

1987 births
Living people
Latvian strength athletes