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Luke Stoltman
Luke Bernard Stoltman (born 22 November 1984) is a Scottish strongman. He is a two times winner of the Europe's Strongest Man competition in 2021 and 2024, and an entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition, having reached the finals six times with a best placing of seventh place. He has also won the Britain's Strongest Man competition in 2025, and Scotland's Strongest Man competition five times at the national circuit.
Renowned for his static shoulder strength, Luke held the British log lift record at 221 kg (487 lb) from 2020 to 2025. Along with his younger brother, Tom Stoltman, the two are widely regarded as the strongest brothers in history and are the only ones to both qualify for the World's Strongest Man finals; a feat they have managed six times.
Born in Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, Luke was the first of five children for parents Ben and Sheila. Luke attended Newmore Primary School and Invergordon Academy and was an avid footballer in his early years before moving his focus to weight training by the age of 15 inspired by a family photo of his grandfather, a Polish war refugee, carrying a log the same size as his body. Luke left school aged 16 and followed his father's footsteps into the oil industry training as a dimensional surveyor before taking his first offshore based job aged 18. Throughout his early twenties, Luke's training consisted of predominantly bodybuilder type programs, influenced by the likes of Jay Cutler and Ronnie Coleman; although he was often limited by the gym equipment available on the oil rigs he worked on.
Luke later became more interested in the strength aspect of his training, entering, and winning his first contest, a local deadlift competition in 2011 aged 27. This led to him participating in the 'Highlands Strongest Man' in 2012, held in a gym car park in Inverness, where he again placed first.
A relative late comer to the sport, Luke's impressive feats at the local competitions convinced him to pursue strongman training seriously, albeit alongside his '9-5 job' working on oil rigs. In 2013 Luke competed in his first UK's Strongest Man, where he placed 7th. He then went on to secure 5 consecutive Scotland's Strongest Man titles from 2013 – 2017, and consistently improved his Britain's Strongest Man (BSM) placing each year, reaching 4th by 2017.
A debut at World's Strongest Man came in 2016, after a solid performance at Europe's Strongest Man the previous year. Although Luke failed to reach the final, after a 3rd place finish in his heat, he gained invaluable experience and was starting to get noticed on the international stage. The following year (2017) he again improved on his BSM placing (4th) and at WSM he narrowly missed a place in the final, finishing 3rd in his heat behind future WSM champions Hafthor Bjornsson and Martins Licis.
At this stage in Luke's career, although he was steadily improving his strength, it was not reflected in his contest results. In 2018, he again missed out on a World's Strongest Man Final qualification, losing out to four time WSM winner Zydrunas Savickas and Robert Oberst in the heats, and placing a disappointing 6th at BSM. Luke's job, where he would work offshore for two to three weeks at a time on oil rigs without access to the suitable strongman training equipment, was seen to be hampering his preparation for competition.
In 2019 Luke took the leap into full-time training, leaving his job in the oil and gas industry to focus solely on fulfilling his potential as a world level strongman competitor. This decision was helped by placing second the 2019 World's Ultimate Strongman International. This led to a significant breakthrough as he successfully qualified for the WSM final in his first year as a professional, finishing 7th overall alongside younger brother Tom, who placed 5th. The pair were the first brothers to ever reach the final at WSM, and an achievement that gained them the moniker 'The World's Strongest Brothers'.
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Luke Stoltman
Luke Bernard Stoltman (born 22 November 1984) is a Scottish strongman. He is a two times winner of the Europe's Strongest Man competition in 2021 and 2024, and an entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition, having reached the finals six times with a best placing of seventh place. He has also won the Britain's Strongest Man competition in 2025, and Scotland's Strongest Man competition five times at the national circuit.
Renowned for his static shoulder strength, Luke held the British log lift record at 221 kg (487 lb) from 2020 to 2025. Along with his younger brother, Tom Stoltman, the two are widely regarded as the strongest brothers in history and are the only ones to both qualify for the World's Strongest Man finals; a feat they have managed six times.
Born in Invergordon, Ross and Cromarty, Luke was the first of five children for parents Ben and Sheila. Luke attended Newmore Primary School and Invergordon Academy and was an avid footballer in his early years before moving his focus to weight training by the age of 15 inspired by a family photo of his grandfather, a Polish war refugee, carrying a log the same size as his body. Luke left school aged 16 and followed his father's footsteps into the oil industry training as a dimensional surveyor before taking his first offshore based job aged 18. Throughout his early twenties, Luke's training consisted of predominantly bodybuilder type programs, influenced by the likes of Jay Cutler and Ronnie Coleman; although he was often limited by the gym equipment available on the oil rigs he worked on.
Luke later became more interested in the strength aspect of his training, entering, and winning his first contest, a local deadlift competition in 2011 aged 27. This led to him participating in the 'Highlands Strongest Man' in 2012, held in a gym car park in Inverness, where he again placed first.
A relative late comer to the sport, Luke's impressive feats at the local competitions convinced him to pursue strongman training seriously, albeit alongside his '9-5 job' working on oil rigs. In 2013 Luke competed in his first UK's Strongest Man, where he placed 7th. He then went on to secure 5 consecutive Scotland's Strongest Man titles from 2013 – 2017, and consistently improved his Britain's Strongest Man (BSM) placing each year, reaching 4th by 2017.
A debut at World's Strongest Man came in 2016, after a solid performance at Europe's Strongest Man the previous year. Although Luke failed to reach the final, after a 3rd place finish in his heat, he gained invaluable experience and was starting to get noticed on the international stage. The following year (2017) he again improved on his BSM placing (4th) and at WSM he narrowly missed a place in the final, finishing 3rd in his heat behind future WSM champions Hafthor Bjornsson and Martins Licis.
At this stage in Luke's career, although he was steadily improving his strength, it was not reflected in his contest results. In 2018, he again missed out on a World's Strongest Man Final qualification, losing out to four time WSM winner Zydrunas Savickas and Robert Oberst in the heats, and placing a disappointing 6th at BSM. Luke's job, where he would work offshore for two to three weeks at a time on oil rigs without access to the suitable strongman training equipment, was seen to be hampering his preparation for competition.
In 2019 Luke took the leap into full-time training, leaving his job in the oil and gas industry to focus solely on fulfilling his potential as a world level strongman competitor. This decision was helped by placing second the 2019 World's Ultimate Strongman International. This led to a significant breakthrough as he successfully qualified for the WSM final in his first year as a professional, finishing 7th overall alongside younger brother Tom, who placed 5th. The pair were the first brothers to ever reach the final at WSM, and an achievement that gained them the moniker 'The World's Strongest Brothers'.