Eddie Hall was born in Stoke-on-Trent in 1988. His athletic career started as a NationalChampionship swimmer and then he turned his attention to the gym at 15. On leaving school, heworked as a truck mechanic until he was 26, when he became a professional Strongman. Eddie thendedicated his life to becoming the world's strongest man, which he achieved in 2017. In 2022 Eddietook on his nemesis Thor in what was billed as 'The Heaviest BoxingMatch in History'.