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Biography

 

Dave Ostlund was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on May 7th, 1981.  He grew up in Edina, Minnesota and attended Edina High School.  Dave was a member of the Edina track and field team and competed in the shot put and discus events.  It was his weight training for track that initially sparked his interest in the sport of strongman.

 

Dave began training with rocks and tires in addition to his weight training and in May of 2001, he entered his first strongman contest in Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin.  He placed 1st and has been competing regularly ever since.

 

Dave attended The University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota where he continued his weight and strongman training.  He graduated in 2003 and worked for about a year as a real estate appraiser.  In 2004, Dave won his "pro-card" at The Strongest in the West contest in Eagle, Idaho.  In October of 2005, Dave married Kate Strachota who he met at college.

 

Currently, Dave is a professional strongman with a successful tacky business-Elite Tacky.  He has been traveling all over the world competing in strongman contests and loving every minute of it!  You can see Dave's complete contest history below.

 

 

 

Chendu, China for World's Strongest Man 2005

 

   

 

 

Year

Contest

Placing

2008

Mohegan Sun Super Series

Connecticut

9th place

2008

Team USA vs Team Poland

Poland

2nd place

2008

Fit Expo

Los Angeles, California

3rd place

2008

Hawaii's Strongest Man

Honolulu, Hawaii

1st place

2008

Jesse Marunde

Memorial Expo

N/A

 2008

Madison Square Garden

Super Series

New York 

3rd place 

2008

World's Strongest Man

Charleston, West Virginia

2nd in heat,

3rd place overall

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dave's Complete Contest History

 

YearContest Placing
2001

A&K Strongman Challenge

Wisconsin

1st place
2001South Dakota Strongest Man 3rd place HW
2002

Granite City Strongman

Minnesota

1st place
2002

Stillwater Strongest Man

Stillwater, Minnesota

7th place
2002

Heartland Challenge

Iowa

3rd place
2002

NAS Nationals

St. Louis, Missouri

6th place HW
2002Broadripple Fitness Strongman Challenge, Indianapolis 1st place
2003

 Northeast Strongman Showdown

Boston, Massachusetts

2nd place 
2003

 Azalea Festival Strongman

Virginia

2nd place 
2003

Battle of the Badge

Minnesota

1st place 
2003 North Dakota Strongest Man1st place
 
2003  West Virgina Strongest Man1st place 
2003

Granite City Strongman

Minnesota 

1st place 
2003

Stillwater Strongest Man

Stillwater, Minnesota 

2nd place 
2003

Dino Day Challenge

Ohio 

 1st place
2003

 Heartland Challenge

Iowa

1st place 
2003

 NAS Nationals

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

3rd place 
2003

Monsters of the Midwest

St. Louis, Missouri

4th place 
2004

 Snowman Challenge

Illinois

1st place (amateur)
2004

NAS Team Championship

Illinois 

 1st place (with Jason Adamski)

2004

 Strongest in the West

Idaho

1st place (won pro status) 

2004

Big Tony’s Strongman

Wisconsin 

4th place (pro) 
2004

Morden Strongman

Manitoba, Canada 

1st place 
2004

 World Strongman Cup

Edmonton, Canada

1st place 
2005

 Snowman Challenge

Illinois

2nd place (pro) 
2005

Fit Expo

Pasadena, California 

6th place 
2005

United Strongman Series

Kiev, Ukraine 

7th place  
2005

World Strongman Cup

Minsk, Belarus 

9th place 
2005

 Strongest Man on Grand

St. Paul, Minnesota

2nd place 
2005

 Venice Beach Super Series

Venice Beach, California

5th place 
2005

 United Strongman Series

Moscow, Russia

 7th place
2005

 Poland Super Series

Malbork, Poland

8th place 
2005

Sweden Super Series

Varberg, Sweden 

6th place 
2005

Mohegan Sun Super Series

Connecticut 

10th place 
2005 

 Big Tony’s Strongman

Wisconsin

2nd place (pro) 
2005

World Strongman Cup

Ladysmith, Canada 

4th place 
2005

World’s Strongest Man

Chengdu, China 

2nd in heat,

9th place overall 

2005

World Strongman Cup

Khanty Mansisk, Russian

5th place 
2006

 Fit Expo

Pasadena, California

3rd place 
2006 

World Strongman Cup

Riga, Latvia 

9th place 
2006

Mohegan Sun Super Series

Connecticut 

7th place 
2006 Utah’s Strongest Man7th place (pro) 
2006

Altona Strongman

Manitoba, Canada 

1st place 
2006

World’s Strongest Man

Sanya, China

4th place in heat 
2006

World Strongman Cup

Podolsk, Russia 

6th place 
2007

Fit Expo

Pasadena, California 

4th place 
2007

St. Patrick’s Day Strongman

Columbia, South Carolina 

2nd place 
2007

 Venice Beach Super Series

Venice Beach, California

1st place 
2007World Strongman Cup

Moscow, Russia 

4th place 
2007

Altona Contest

Altona, Manitoba

1st place 
2007

World's Strongest Man

Anaheim, California

2nd in heat,

6th place overall