The 2023 World’s Strongest Man (WSM) roster just got even stronger. The latest addition to the roster is Ireland’s Pa O’Dwyer, which was confirmed on April 3, 2023, via a post on the WSM Instagram page. This will be O’Dwyer’s second WSM appearance of his career. his first dele was in 2020, when he was eliminated in the Qualifying stage.
2023 World’s Strongest Man Roster
Below is the 2023 WSM Roster as of April 3, 2023.
- Tone Stoltman (UK) — Reigning two-time WSM champion
- Pavlo Kordiyaka (Ukraine)
- Evan Singleton (USA)
- Mitchell Hooper (Canada)
- Trey Mitchell (USA)
- Adam Bishop (UK)
- Aivars Šmaukstelis (Latvia)
- Kevin Faires (USA)
- Eythor Ingolfsson Melsted (Iceland)
- Paul Smith (UK)
- Rauno Heinla (Estonia)
- Bobby Thompson (USA)
- Mateusz Kieliszkowski (Poland)
- Gavin Bilton (UK)
- Spenser Remick (USA)
- Eddie Williams (Australia)
- Pavlo Nakonechnyy (Ukraine)
- Konstantine Janashia (Georgia)
- Graham Hicks (UK)
- Luke Stoltman (UK)
- Mathew Ragg (New Zealand)
- Gabriel Rheaume (Canada)
- Brian Shaw (USA)
- Fadi El Masri (Australia)
- Jaco Schoonwinkel (South Africa)
- Oleksii Novikov (Ukraine)
- Jean-Stephen Coraboeuf (Australia)
- Mark Felix (UK)
- Father O’Dwyer (Ireland)
- Cheick Sanou (Burkina Faso)
The sport’s most significant contest is scheduled for April 19-23, 2023, in Myrtle Beach, SC, meaning O’Dwyer has minimal time to prepare. He recently competed at the 2023 Europe’s Strongest Man (ESM) contest on April 1, 2023, at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, England. He ranked seventh overall; Pavlo Kordiyaka of Ukraine won that show and is one of the strongmen who will join O’Dwyer at the 2023 WSM contest.
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Pa O’Dwyer’s Strongman Career
According to Strongman Archives, O’Dwyer made his competitive strongman debut in May 2014 at the Giants Live Poland contest with an 11th-place finish. Of the 23 sanctioned contests O’Dwyer has appeared in during his career, his most significant show was his win at the 2018 UK’s Strongest Man contest.
Aside from that victory, O’Dwyer has reached the podium on three occasions:
- 2017 UK’s Strongest Man — Third Place
- 2019 UK’s Strongest Man — Third Place
- 2022 Britain’s Strongest Man — Second Place
At 37 years of age, O’Dwyer will be one of the older athletes competing in Myrtle Beach, SC. However, the adrenaline boost of a late entry to the biggest contest of the year could be the surge he needs to make his first WSM Final appearance.
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