The World’s Strongest Man Classics: Jón Páll Sigmarsson 1985: “I’m not an Eskimo, I’m a Viking!”

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  • Jón Páll Sigmarsson replies to hecklers in the crowd right before he deadlifts 495kg in 1985
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  • @prestondunn1991
    @prestondunn1991 8 ปีที่แล้ว +260

    And the Viking he was. Rest easy

  • @abradolfhonkler9287
    @abradolfhonkler9287 5 ปีที่แล้ว +322

    Deadlifting in Valhallah now.

  • @haeleth7218
    @haeleth7218 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    An absolute legend. I remember him doing the truck pull once and his rope snapped and he fell forward, got up and roared, "Too much POWER!!".

  • @sadsackkvisling9694
    @sadsackkvisling9694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    That's Icelandic for "If I slapped you, you'd be dead."

  • @brettmitchell8014
    @brettmitchell8014 8 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    One word to describe him, legend.

    • @sadsackkvisling9694
      @sadsackkvisling9694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      A Chad among Chads

    • @brettmitchell8014
      @brettmitchell8014 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@sadsackkvisling9694 I see what you DID THERE, SNL reference. Oookay! 😏

    • @SupaFighta
      @SupaFighta 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      One word to describe him, eskimo.

    • @TheRealTomahawk
      @TheRealTomahawk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Viking

    • @brettmitchell8014
      @brettmitchell8014 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheRealTomahawk I stand corrected, sir.

  • @silvershelbygt500
    @silvershelbygt500 5 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    Jon Pall always made the events more enjoyable to watch.

  • @swtluligirl
    @swtluligirl 6 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    of....ICELAND!.....May you rest in peace VIKING WARRIOR!!!!

  • @Sygg-uj3ze
    @Sygg-uj3ze ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Magnificent fkkn' beast.
    He wasn't wrong either.

  • @Bucklund
    @Bucklund 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

    Used to love watching this show as a kid. Sigmarsson's constant battles with Geoff Capes were the Golden years of strongman. Was a sad day when he passed away too young.

  • @LJ2000Phen1
    @LJ2000Phen1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Jon Pall Sigmarsson is hands down my favorite strongman of all time, specially since he had so much charisma and was the first in the competition to win 4 titles. I consider him the GOAT of strongmen

  • @internetandinteresting9379
    @internetandinteresting9379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Love his attitude being the strongest man and being humble that’s the sign of a great human

  • @suzukirm125ify
    @suzukirm125ify 5 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Man i love this guy!! Icelandic viking power!!!! Rest in peace warrior...

  • @g-man2507
    @g-man2507 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Most memorable quote in WSM history.

    • @OriginalPuro
      @OriginalPuro 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      "Dette er ekkert mal, fyr Jon Pall"
      This is no haul, for Jon Pall.
      It's a phrase still used in Iceland today.
      PS: I wrote it in Icelandic with Norwegian letters, so excuse me for that but Icelanders will understand.

    • @yoyobase4638
      @yoyobase4638 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ⁠@@OriginalPuro þetta er ekkert mál fyrir Jón Pál

  • @normlord9320
    @normlord9320 9 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    awesome viking and a funny man to boot.

  • @MrKek-cj9jc
    @MrKek-cj9jc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I like how he says "OF ICELAND!" and gives a not of his head, like "this is all you need to know".

  • @realtawk6978
    @realtawk6978 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Such a great strongman and funny to! He is the GOAT! Iceland will never again have a guy like Jon

  • @TheRealTomahawk
    @TheRealTomahawk 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That’s such an amazing statement. I can see or imagine a scenario where Vikings arrive on shore and they’re pulling their boats up and someone yells Eskimo!? and then Voice replies “I’m not an Eskimo I’m a Viking” back. That would be very scary. It also puts into perspective how strong they are. Think of the difference between an Eskimo and a Viking. The differences are huge. Vikings are Warriors there, maritime traders, Raiders, and they were extremely strong. You have to be strong to live in south of the north pole. and although they lived in the snow, they were nothing like the Eskimo, who were simply nomads who lived out in there kind of like the arctic desert, and they don’t war they don’t build ships to go to war into other countries. But the Vikings do and they did for a long time.

  • @Ve-suvius
    @Ve-suvius ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Classic 😁.
    Great guy. Lots of fun.
    Sadly gone too soon.

  • @wariox
    @wariox 4 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    My personal "Of Icealnd!" button : 00:08

  • @joemartin3254
    @joemartin3254 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    What a legend

  • @danielholta5721
    @danielholta5721 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    1988 Jon Pall is amongst the strongest to ever walk this earth

  • @benflavellbusiness
    @benflavellbusiness 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi guys, Ben here. Just wanted to say that I loved this video!!! I was a big fan of the part where he lifted the old timey cart and the old man in the hat clapped - riveting stuff! I will certainly be showing this to my three beautiful golden retrievers 🐕 See you next Tuesday!

  • @kenny187ful
    @kenny187ful 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    An absolute legend

  • @flappospammo
    @flappospammo 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    no , he was a legend

  • @famishedpaladin2231
    @famishedpaladin2231 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    legendary

  • @goonersquadpyongyang
    @goonersquadpyongyang 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Strongman is a criminally underrated sport

  • @JacobiteBhoy
    @JacobiteBhoy 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Legend

  • @inveteratecrusader4882
    @inveteratecrusader4882 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    His voice is more powerful and masculine than the sound of a nascar engine starting up.

  • @Linnas79
    @Linnas79 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "...the man with the built in megaphone..."
    😁

  • @George_Bland
    @George_Bland ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Built in megaphone!

  • @BigE.Celula
    @BigE.Celula 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Epic

  • @moacirferreira9522
    @moacirferreira9522 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    ESSE ERA O ORGULHO DA ISLANDIA!

  • @joaocasqueiropt
    @joaocasqueiropt 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This was in Portugal ❤

  • @ricksteinborn2458
    @ricksteinborn2458 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Legends say that when Ragnarok had begun the Gods chose to invite Paul sooner as planned to their halls so they could actually win.

  • @joshuadelgado1286
    @joshuadelgado1286 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The only man to rival Odin in strength

  • @dinaepps3465
    @dinaepps3465 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Legend! 🔥🔥🔥

  • @jimmyyoung6508
    @jimmyyoung6508 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I'm viking power young your son ❤

  • @yjustin9376
    @yjustin9376 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Incredibles live action adaptation is looking good 👀

  • @user-dd1bb4tw4r
    @user-dd1bb4tw4r ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sad knowing im older than JPS when he died now. Was it worth it to him? Yeah probably.

  • @ilteschio8244
    @ilteschio8244 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    almost half a ton with ease, damn

  • @AlbertakaAl
    @AlbertakaAl ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He would definitely be labeled as a racism for saying that nowadays🤣

  • @thehypest6118
    @thehypest6118 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    God I wish we still had this kind of English pride

  • @erojerisiz1571
    @erojerisiz1571 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    He almost looks like the chad meme
    If only his hair was a mohawk

    • @sadsackkvisling9694
      @sadsackkvisling9694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fool, the genetic basis is the only reason "Chads" exist.

  • @timur1223
    @timur1223 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jean Paul is Muhammed Ali of wsm competition

  • @jaydodd5290
    @jaydodd5290 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The insperation of the current world’s strongest man

  • @princesacaroco8816
    @princesacaroco8816 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    he's a Malmsteen fan.

  • @rhysnichols8608
    @rhysnichols8608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Asha logos Germanic peoples

    • @sadsackkvisling9694
      @sadsackkvisling9694 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You never knew of this before?

    • @inkbomb675
      @inkbomb675 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Brought me here. Never knew Iceland was so prominent in global strength competitions.

  • @arican_playstm5806
    @arican_playstm5806 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    ESSE LOIRIM ERA FORTE HEIM

  • @bayousmackerdixford3389
    @bayousmackerdixford3389 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    RIP Jon Pall@!!!!!!!!!!! Eternal...never an Eskimo a Viking!!!!!!!

  • @VJ-td6oc
    @VJ-td6oc 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    0:22-0:23 is that a slobber coming out of his left nostral >_

    • @SuperJinong
      @SuperJinong 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think he had a nose bleed so he plugged it with a tissue

  • @antoniocenteno1483
    @antoniocenteno1483 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That dude that dear to call him Eskimo while Jon was clearly demostrating fiscial superiority was the bravest man on 1985... also the stupidest

  • @josea.3458
    @josea.3458 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    But he didn't even have a beard

  • @megapower6065
    @megapower6065 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Lol

  • @mariogonzales1981
    @mariogonzales1981 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Una auténtica bestia.. Con una personalidad terrible. Nos dejó muy joven. I am a wiking .

  • @invisiblemaninvisibleman2097
    @invisiblemaninvisibleman2097 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Geoff capes couldn’t match him even

  • @pajeetsingh
    @pajeetsingh ปีที่แล้ว +1

    So this is Hitler's Aryan?

    • @Anon1gh3
      @Anon1gh3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Charles Morris, Isaac Taylor, Joseph Widney, Laurence Waddell, Madison Grant and many others used the term to describe Europeans long before Hitler. The Scythians and Zoroastrians (whom heavily influenced Rome - see Mithras) are also considered part of this group. The language we call "proto-indo-European" includes the "indo" part because its branches share the same root.

    • @Ve-suvius
      @Ve-suvius ปีที่แล้ว

      Arya is the Sanskrit word for noble.
      According to Buddha, the noble people are that because of their thoughts and actions. Not because of where they are born or colour of hair etc..
      And I agree with that, having seen good and bad people in all races.

    • @Anon1gh3
      @Anon1gh3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Ve-suvius That's just one connotation, but yea, that's pretty much where the "honorary aryN" concept came from.

  • @megapower6065
    @megapower6065 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tall eskimo slush puppy

  • @GhostSamaritan
    @GhostSamaritan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    495kg deadlift in 1985? How long did he hold that record? Thor just did 501kg in 2020 and is way bulkier.

    • @brianeefting1775
      @brianeefting1775 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dude thats a different record whag thor did was deadlift with straps suit and deadliftbar stupid

    • @GhostSamaritan
      @GhostSamaritan 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@brianeefting1775 It's functionally the same lift, is it not?

    • @brianeefting1775
      @brianeefting1775 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I know but its an different record

    • @realtawk6978
      @realtawk6978 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wish Thor had the same mindset as his fellow icelandic collegue

    • @inticastro7731
      @inticastro7731 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@GhostSamaritan it's very different, but the main difference is the (very) reduced range of motion of this older lifts

  • @irishnessie
    @irishnessie 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Eskimo 😅

  • @jasonmcmechan2072
    @jasonmcmechan2072 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jesus Christ is Lord God of all! God bless you all! Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, is too difficult for the Lord our God, with Christ, ALL things are possible!

  • @schoob4822
    @schoob4822 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Weakest man in Iceland

  • @killerkendro
    @killerkendro 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Legend . RIP