Magnús Ver Magnússon
We will ship you information about this and future occasions and hold you updated about probably the most exciting breakthroughs in science. Now you can add occasions to your personal schedule and participate in our stay chat on selected events. In addition to his four World’s Strongest Man titles, Magnús was additionally runner-up in 1992 and 1993. He has additionally gained the Iceland’s strongest man competitors many times and the West coast Viking (Vestfjarðavíkingurinn) of Iceland nine occasions.
He came to prominence as a BBC tv journalist, and was greatest known as the presenter of the BBC tv quiz programme Mastermind, which he hosted for 25 years. He competed in a one-off occasion at the Giants Live Strongman Championship 2019 held in Wembley in opposition to fellow strongman legend Bill Kazmaier in the Hercules Hold, with the burden being decreased by 20 kg on both sides from what the skilled athletes were working with. Despite having not competed in a strongman event since 2004, Magnusson surprised the capacity crowd with a time of one hundred and one.2 seconds (1m forty one.2s), while Kazmaier could solely handle simply over 18 seconds. Magnús competed in his first strongman contest in 1985, ending third in the Iceland’s Strongest Man competitors received by Jón Páll Sigmarsson.
Magnús Magnússon (strongman)
He got here to prominence as a BBC television journalist and was greatest often known as the presenter of the BBC television quiz programme Mastermind, which he hosted for 25 years. He is also identified for his famous catchphrase “I’ve began so I’ll finish”, which he stated every time the time ran out while he was reading a query on Mastermind.
- He competed in a one-off occasion on the Giants Live Strongman Championship 2019 held in Wembley against fellow strongman legend Bill Kazmaier within the Hercules Hold, with the load being lowered by 20 kg on both sides from what the professional athletes were working with.
- He has additionally won the Iceland’s strongest man competitors many times and the West coast Viking (Vestfjarðavíkingurinn) of Iceland nine occasions.
- Magnusson made cameo appearances as himself, hosting Mastermind in Morecambe and Wise in addition to the children’s series Dizzy Heights and as Magnus Magnesium in The Goodies episode “Frankenfido”.
- He carried Jón Páll’s method of being athletic for the dynamic exams of energy and having large static energy to outlift a number of the finest Powerlifters.
- Their daughter Sally is a journalist, author and TV presenter, and youngest son Jon a TV producer, author and director.
His catchphrase, which the present presenter John Humphrys has continued to make use of, was “I’ve began so I’ll finish”. Magnusson made cameo appearances as himself, hosting Mastermind in Morecambe and Wise as well as the kids’s series Dizzy Heights and as Magnus Magnesium in The Goodies episode “Frankenfido”. ; born Magnús Sigursteinsson; 12 October 1929 – 7 January 2007) was an Icelandic-born British-primarily based journalist, translator, writer, and tv presenter. Born in Reykjavík, he lived in Scotland for almost all his life, though he never took British citizenship.