Who is Tom Stoltman and how many times has he won World’s Strongest Man?
TOM Stoltman was the first ever Scot to win World’s Strongest Man, even defeating his brother Luke along the way.
Having successfully won back his title in 2024, Tom will be hoping to defend it for the second time at the 2025 edition of the event.
Who is Tom Stoltman?
Tom ”The Albatross” Stoltman is a professional strongman competitor and the current World’s Strongest Man.
Born on May 30, 1994, in Invergordon in the Scottish Highlands, he has gone on to be crowned World’s Strongest Man three times.
Tom began weight training in his local gym as a teenager, after being inspired by his brother Luke’s success as Scotland’s Strongest Man.
In 2020, he told the Sunday Post: “I watched World’s Strongest Man on TV a few times when I was young, but I was more interested in football at that point.
Just a bit of fun
“I started going to the gym at 16 with some mates, but it was just a bit of fun, nothing big.”
His older brother Luke decided to mentor Tom and guide him through training for strongman.
Tom said: “At 17, Luke took me under his wing and said we’d do it seriously.
“I’d got a buzz when I saw Luke competing in his first Scotland’s Strongest Man competition, so I thought I’d give it a go.
“There was a gym a half-hour from where we live that had all the kit. I got into it and loved it.”
Tom entered his first competition aged 18, winning Highlands’ Strongest Man.
He went on to become one of the most successful British athletes in the history of the sport
Tom is a multiple world record holder, in both the Giants Live’s light set of Castle Stones (220 to 396lbs) and in lifting the heaviest Atlas Stone to date at 630lbs, as per Giants Live.
He is also a massive football fan who supports Rangers FC.
Tom is married to wife Sinead, whom he met when they were both just 17 at a local music festival.
I take a lot more time than other people to get some things processed and I’m still kind of nervous about new things
Tom Stoltman
Living with Autism
He has opened up about living with autism, which he was diagnosed with when he was five years old.
Tom called the condition “just a hurdle”, explaining to The National: “I still struggle with it sometimes.
“I take a lot more time than other people to get some things processed and I’m still kind of nervous about new things”.
World’s Strongest Man
Tom is one of seven men to have won the title of World’s Strongest Man three times or more.
He took home the title for the first time in 2021, before repeating his success in 2022.
In 2024, he completed his hat-trick.
The Highland Oak
Luke ”The Highland Oak” Stoltman is Tom’s older brother.
He was born in Invergordon on November 22, 1984, and is also a professional strongman.
At 6ft 3in and 353lbs, Luke is the smaller of the two, but just like Tom has enjoyed a hugely successful career.
Luke initially trained as a bodybuilder before becoming more interested in strength training.
He entered and won a local deadlift competition in 2011 at the age of 27 — his first ever contest.
Luke then participated in the 2012 Highlands’ Strongest Man — part of the Inverness Highland Games — where he again placed first.
Luke has since won Europe’s Strongest Man and the Giants Live World Tour Finals, as well as Scotland’s Strongest Man an astonishing five times.
He has also competed at the World’s Strongest Man on eight occasions, reaching the final on four of them.
Luke and Tom have a YouTube channel, @StoltmanBrothers, in which they refer to themselves as “The World’s Strongest Brothers”.
They also run an online coaching service called Stoltman Strength Academy.
On top of Luke and Tom, there are three other Stoltmans siblings — Jodie, Nikki and Harry.