Forbes Cowan

Forbes Cowan

Personal information
Birth name	Forbes Cowan
Born	(1964-10-16) 16 October 1964 (age 59) Strongman
Height	6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m)
Medal record Strongman Representing  United Kingdom World's Strongest Man 5th 1994 5th 1996 World Muscle Power 4th 1993 4th 1994 2nd 1995 1st 1996 Representing  Scotland Europe's Strongest Man 1st 1991 5th 1993 6th 1994 European Muscle Power 1st 1995 Britain's Muscle Power 1st 1993 Britain's Strongest Man 1st 1993 1st 1994 Scotland's Strongest Man 1st 1990 1st 1992 1st 1993 1st 1995 1st 1996 2nd 2002 1st 2003

Forbes Cowan (born 16 October 1964) is a

Forbes Cowan began his strongman career in 1990 with a win in his inaugural competition as Cunninghame's Strongest Man in May 1990. Having repeated this feat in 1991 he quickly moved into the professional circuit and won Scotland's Strongest Man, the first of six such titles. In 1991, the meteoric career led him to become Europe's Strongest Man, a title he held with World's Strongest Man winner Gary Taylor. In 1993 he won the British Muscle Power Championship and Britain's Strongest Man and was selected as the competition tester and British reserve for the 1993 World's Strongest Man competition in Orange, France.^[1]

Forbes Cowan came fourth in the

Four years into his professional career he was invited to his first

In 2000, Forbes worked on the film Gladiator as a stuntman.^[3]

Statistics

• Height: 6' 4½"
• Weight: 287 lbs
• Chest: 56"
• Biceps: 20"

Competition record

• 1991
  • 1. – Europe's Strongest Man
• 1993
  • 1. – Britain's Strongest Man
  • 5. – Europe's Strongest Man
  • 4. –
    World Muscle Power
• 1994
  • 6. – Europe's Strongest Man
  • 5. – World's Strongest Man
  • 4. –
    World Muscle Power
• 1995
  • 1. – Britain's Strongest Man
  • 11. – Europe's Strongest Man
  • 1. – European Muscle Power
  • 2. –
    World Muscle Power
• 1996
  • 1. –
    World Muscle Power
  • 12. – Europe's Strongest Man (injured)
  • 5. – World's Strongest Man

References