Canadian Hercules: Louis Cyr, considered the strongest man on the planet (9 photos)

At home, this man is a hero. And in other countries this unique person is well known and respected.





Louis' real name is Cyprian Noe Sir. The boy appeared on light in the Canadian village of Saint-Cyprian-de-Napieville in October 1863 of the year. He showed remarkable strength for his age already in childhood. What expected, since on the paternal side all relatives were famous for their power. By the way, the weight of the baby, if you can call it that, at birth was as much as 7 kg.



The family was big, so the boy had a childhood ended early. Already at the age of 12, Louis worked on a par with adults: he dragged logs, bags of grain. Even the bull easily lifted. listening in the evenings stories of relatives, the teenager began to dream of a wrestling career.

And luck smiled at the strong man: he helped a stranger, a horse who got bogged down in the dirt of the road. The boy pulled himself up and pulled out a wagon along with a horse made of viscous slurry. And I would go further stop him, stricken driver.





It turned out that the man was organizing competitions strongmen who were just gaining popularity. And invited the young man to Boston. Where the star of strongman Louis Cyr lit up: tournament after tournament, victory after victory. He had no equal.



Arranged Louis and personal life. Melina Courtois became the chosen one, which, in comparison with the mighty husband, seemed like a reed: a girl weighed no more than 45 kg. After success in the tournament for the title of champion The Quebec couple settled in Montreal. Sir went to work for the police. AND the restless quarter entrusted to him turned into exemplary. Colleagues applauded policeman, when he dragged under his arm two completely crazed bandits, whom he single-handedly caught and disarmed.






The fame of the strongman has reached Europe. Between 1895 and 1900 year, Louis traveled to dozens of countries and set his main records. This just some of them:

weight lift and hold on the back: 4337 pounds (1967 kg);

One-Arm Lift and Right Angle Hold: 131 1/4 lbs (59.5 kg);

kettlebell lifting vertically, one arm: 162 1/2 pounds (73.7 kg), 36 times in a row.



Among the achievements of the athlete there are both funny - spinning tied to the hair of a 20-kilogram load, and completely unique. For example, in front of a large crowd of people, he was able to lift and hold on the back of the platform, where there were 18 people. General the weight of this structure was almost 2 tons.



Louis had one weakness - gluttony. Very much a man I liked to eat well and eat a lot. Addiction eventually accelerated his departure. Louis did not live to be 50 for only a year. The death of an athlete was a tragedy for fans around the world. Legendary man, recognized as the strongest on planet, is buried in the cemetery in Saint-Jean-de-Mata. Later in Montreal erected a monument dedicated to the legendary strongman.



Still from the 2013 film "Louis Cyr" starring Antoine Bertrand