1. John Richard Brzenk was born on July 15,1964 and is a professional armwrestler from the United States, who is universally acknowledged as 'the greatest armwrestler of all time'.
10 Facts About John Brzenk
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John Brzenk started his amateur career in the classroom, where he arm wrestled students across tables for five years.
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John Brzenk started his professional career in 1982, at the age of 18, where he won his first world title on ABC's 1983 Wide World of Sports.
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From 1982 to 2015, John Brzenk only lost a single supermatch, and only a handful of people had beaten him in tournaments.
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John Brzenk says the job is non-physical so his arms get plenty of rest.
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John Brzenk won championships in a number of different weight classes, including four world championships in the heavyweight division, and the middleweight world championship.
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John Brzenk had an uncredited cameo in the 1987 Sylvester Stallone film Over the Top, and was the subject of the feature documentary "Pulling John", directed by Vassiliki Khonsari and Sevan Matossian.
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The documentary chronicles Brzenk's legendary arm wrestling career by following him intimately for 4 years, in which John competes in global tournaments and ponders retiring from the sport he loves.
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On February 10,2022, John Brzenk would make his debut at the international arm wrestling tournament East vs West by defeating Khadzimurat Zoloev.
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On September 23,2023, John Brzenk would go against Alexey Voyevoda at King Of The Table 8.