{"id":12888,"date":"2023-06-09T18:59:49","date_gmt":"2023-06-09T18:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/?p=12888"},"modified":"2023-06-09T19:05:11","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T19:05:11","slug":"2023-strongest-man-in-iceland-results-kristjan-jon-haraldsson-repeats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bestratefinders.com\/blog\/everything-else\/2023-strongest-man-in-iceland-results-kristjan-jon-haraldsson-repeats\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Strongest Man in Iceland Results \u2014 Kristj\u00e1n J\u00f3n Haraldsson Repeats"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kristj\u00e1n J\u00f3n Haraldsson<\/a> is the champion of the 2023 Strongest Man in Iceland (SMI) contest<\/strong>. The athlete came out victorious in the strength<\/a> competition that took place in Hafnarfj\u00f6rdur, Iceland on June 3, 2023. It’s a repeat performance for Haraldsson, who successfully defended his SMI title from 2022. According to his personal page on Strongman Archives<\/a><\/em>, Haraldsson can now boast two victories in five appearances (2022-2023) at the annual SMI. The athlete previously finished as the runner-up in 2021, in third place in 2019, and in eighth place in 2018. <\/p>\n

Joining Haraldsson on the 2023 SMI podium were Vilius Joku\u017eys (second place) and P\u00e1lmi Gudfinnsson (third place). This is Joku\u017eys’s second consecutive runner-up placing to Haraldsson in the SMI competition. To date, the athlete has yet to score a victory in his strongman career, per Strongman Archives<\/em>, but has only competed in his native Iceland. Meanwhile, this SMI result is the first time Gudfinsson has finished on a podium in a budding career featuring just three competitive appearances. <\/p>\n

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