Riku Kiri


  • From: Finland
  • Height: 6'4"
  • Weight: 313 lbs.
  • Born: Apr. 5, 1963
  • Chest: 59"
  • Biceps: 21"
  • Personal Info: Riku is one of a number of Finnish competitors to emerge in the WSM competition in recent years. He has come extremely close to winning WSM three times is definitely one of the best strong men competing today. In 1996, he won every competition he entered until the WSM competition when he placed second with an injury. Injuries plagued him again, as he had to drop out of WSM 1998 with a hamstring problem. Once again, a great disappointment for a strongman with so much ability and such a good chance of taking the title. Riku has been training since the age of seven, and he now has a wife named Elisabeth.


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Competition History

Year
# of Competitors
Place

1993
1994
1996
1998
8
8
8
10
3rd
3rd
2nd
          6th (Injured)

Other Pictures of Riku Kiri

In the Cask Cirlce (WSM 1996)
Deadlifting the Flintstone Barbell (WSM 1996)
Winning the Hercules Hold (WSM 1996)
Pulling a Tractor (WSM 1996)
In the Farmer's Walk (WSM 1997)
Autographed photo with Bill Kazmaier (WSM 1997)