Hafthor Bjornsson, several times the world’s strongest man and star of one of the most famous deaths in television history as ‘The Mountain’ (Gregor Clegane) in the series ‘Game of Thrones’, suffered a torn chest muscle while attempting to lift 252.5 kilos to beat his personal bench press record.
The Sun has reported that “the left pectoral muscle was detached from the bone” during a competition at his ‘Thor Power Gym.’
Hafthor Bjornsson, 34, has returned to the world of weightlifting after two years of boxing with the aim of breaking world records in powerlifting.
Throughout his career Hafþor Julius Bjornsson, who was also a professional basketball player (Basket Reykjavík and FSu Selfoss basketball), has won ‘Europe’s Strongest Man’ (5 times), ‘World’s Strongest Man’, Strongman Champions League (3 times), Jón Páll Sigmarsson Classic, Iceland’s Strongest Man (10 times) and the Arnold Strongman Classic (3 times).
In 2020 Hafthor Bjornsson broke the world deadlift record by lifting 501 kilograms.