Mitchell Hooper

Mitchell Hooper (born 29 September 1995) is a Canadian strongman and kinesiologist. He secured 1st place at the 2023 World's Strongest Man competition in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where he also became the first Canadian to win the title of World's Strongest Man. He is also the winner of both the 2023 and 2024 Arnold Strongman Classic events. In 2023, he became the fourth person to win both the World’s Strongest Man and Arnold Strongman Classic competitions in the same year.

Education and career
Hooper has a degree in human kinetics from the University of Guelph and a masters in clinical exercise physiology from the University of Sydney. He now works as a physical therapist, specialising in strength and conditioning. He worked as a coach for the KW Titans and now runs his own kinesiology clinic in Barrie.

Strongman
Hooper rose to prominence in the 2022 World's Strongest Man contest, where he won his qualifying group, beating veteran strongman Brian Shaw. He finished in 8th place in his first WSM Final, in what was also his first ever full international strongman contest.

Following this success, he was coached by former competitor Laurence Shahlaei and placed third in both the 2022 Shaw Classic and Rogue Invitational. He also won two shows in 2022: the Giants Live World Tour Finals and the Arnold UK.

In 2023, Hooper won the Arnold Strongman Classic and the 2023 World's Strongest Man competition, defeating former champions Brian Shaw, Oleksii Novikov and reigning 2-time World's Strongest Man Tom Stoltman. He is the fourth person to win these two premier events in the same year, following Brian Shaw, Žydrūnas Savickas and Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson.

Hooper continued his podium streak throughout the summer of 2023 and finished 2nd to Brian Shaw in the 2023 Shaw Classic. He followed that up with a 3rd place in the Giants Live Tour Finals and a week later he won the 2023 Rogue Invitational.

In 2024, Hooper won the Arnold Strongman Classic for back to back titles. He scored 52 points from a possible 55 and won 3 events. 2 weeks later, he won the Arnold UK in Birmingham. At the 2024 World's Strongest Man in May, Hooper finished 2nd to Tom Stoltman.

In July, Hooper won the Giants Live Strongman Classic. At the show he broke the axle press world record with a 218kg lift. He also broke the wrecking ball hold world record.

Personal records
Strongman:
 * Deadlift (with deadlift suit and figure 8 straps) – 453.5 kg (2022 Giants Live World Open)
 * Rogue Elephant bar Deadlift (raw with straps) – 431.5 kg (2024 Arnold Strongman Classic)
 * Axle press (using split jerk technique) – 218 kg (2024 Giants Live Strongman Classic) (World Record)
 * Log press – 200 kg x 2 reps (2023 Strongest Man on Earth)
 * Super Yoke – 500 kg for 10 meters in 5.70 secs (2022 Arnold UK) (World Record)
 * Timber carry (raw grip) – 400 kg for 10.7 meters in 7.10 secs (2024 Arnold Strongman Classic)
 * Atlas Stones (heavy set) – 120-200 kg in 25.74 secs (2022 Arnold UK)
 * Inver Stones – 125-191 kg in 27.37 secs (2022 Rogue Invitational)
 * Húsafell Stone replica sandbag – 181.5 kg for 68.58 meters (2022 Rogue Invitational)
 * Dinnie Stones (with Rogue replicas) – 333 kg for 12.60 meters (2024 Arnold Strongman Classic) (World Record)
 * Keg Toss – 15 kg over 7.76 meters (2024 World's Strongest Man) (Joint-World Record)
 * Wrecking ball hold – 267 kg for 118.72 seconds (2024 Giants Live Strongman Classic) (World Record)

Training:
 * Deadlift (with deadlift suit and figure 8 straps) – 475 kg
 * Squat (raw with wraps) – 375 kg x 2 reps
 * Manhood Stone (Max Atlas Stone) – 220 kg over 4 ft (48 in) bar