Vasyl Virastiuk

Biography

Vasyl Virastyuk is a Ukrainian politician and former strongman competitor born on April 22, 1974. He won the World's Strongest Man title in 2004, ending the reign of Mariusz Pudzianowski and placing him ahead of Žydrūnas Savickas. A year later, Virastyuk became a candidate for Servant of the People in a parliamentary by-election, eventually being sworn in as a member of the Ukrainian parliament on June 15, 2021.