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Cyr lifted a 218-pound (99 kg) barbell with one hand (to Michaud's 158 pounds or 72 kg) and a weight of 2,371 pounds (1,075 kg) on his back, to his opponent's 2,071 pounds (939 kg) to win the title of strongest man in the country.
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James Woycke credited Cyr’s remarkable strength as an adult to his genetic heritage. Born in St. Cyprien, south of Montreal, in 1863,Cyr’s ancestry included farm workers and lumbermen.(1) His mother, Philomène Berger Cyr, was said to have been a strong woman in her own right. Christened Noé-Cyprien Cyr (he later changed his name to Louis) the young...
From 1881 to 1886, Cyr largely lived the life of a vagabond strongman, competing in strength shows and picking up seasonal work where possible. Predating Ronnie Coleman’s claim to the world’s scariest police officer, Cyr was part of the Montreal police force from 1883 to 1885. To put the oddity of Cyr’s employment with the police into context, the ...
The period 1881 to 1886 was very much a testing ground for Cyr. He built his strength and won the admiration of many but it was unlikely that many in the United States or Great Britain knew Cyr’s name at this time. Cyr’s fortunes changed dramatically in 1886 when Cyr teamed up with Richard K. Fox of the National Police Gazette.(9) Impressed with Cy...
Cyr’s story did not, sadly, have a happy ending. Achieving a jaw dropping backlift in 1896, Cyr retired from the lifting game soon after. Plagued by a series of health concerns, which some have linked to overeating and inactivity, Cyr was diagnosed with Bright’s Disease in the early 1900s.(17)In layman’s terms, Cyr had acute kidney inflammation whi...
Oct 17, 2019 · Louis Cyr may well lay claim to having been the strongest man ever and his prodigious feats were accomplished without the benefit of pharmaceutical enhancements. The Cyr Legend Begins. When Cyr was 18 years old he performed his first notable lift.
Apr 20, 2024 · Louis Cyr Strongman. In the annals of strength sports, few names have resonated through history as powerfully as that of Louis Cyr, a French Canadian who is often hailed as the strongest man who ever lived. Born on October 10, 1863, in Saint-Cyprien-de-Napierville, Quebec, Cyr’s feats of strength are legendary, and his life story is a ...
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Regardless, young Cyr was soon recognized for his prodigious strength. Cyr's first professional strongman competition occurred in 1881, after his family returned to Quebec. There, at age 18, he won the unofficial Canada's Strongest Man title by lifting an unwieldy 480-pound (217 ¾ kg) granite boulder off the ground.
According to the scales at Olivier Gaudette’s general store, the stone weighed 517 pounds – an achievement that contributed to establishing Cyr’s strongman reputation. An unscrupulous horse dealer by the name of Mac Sohmer persuaded Cyr to earn money using his gift of strength.
Louis Cyr, 'The Strongest Man Who Ever Lived,' died on November 10th 1912, in Montreal, of chronic nephritis, being interred at St. Jean de Martha. Great homage was paid by all of Canada with immense crowds attending the funeral, floral tributes coming from all over the World.
