Luke Stoltman (Author) LUKE STOLTMAN began weight training at the age of 15. He won his first contest, a local deadlift competition, in 2011. He has won Scotland's Strongest Man five times, was crowned Europe's Strongest Man in 2021 and has also enjoyed success at Britain's Strongest Man and World's Strongest Man. Tom Stoltman (Author) TOM STOLTMAN is ten years younger than Luke. Inspired by Luke's success at Scotland's Strongest Man, he took up weight training at the age of 16. His first competition triumph was at Highlands Strongest Man, aged 18. He has since won World's Strongest Man twice.