22 Facts About Mark Felix

Mark Felix was born on 17 April 1966 and is a Grenadian-English retired strongman competitor.

Mark Felix has competed at a record 18 World's Strongest Man contests, reaching the finals three times.

Mark Felix is the winner of the 2015 Ultimate Strongman Masters World Championships, 2016 WSF World Cup India and has won several international grip contests, including the Rolling Thunder World Championships in 2008 and 2009, as well as the Vice Grip Viking Challenge in 2011 and 2012.

Mark Felix has been affectionately called "The Miracle Man" due to his immense grip strength, deadlift ability, and continued impressive performance in strongman competition despite his relatively older age, competing at the high-level international competitions until age 57.

Mark Felix was a dedicated bodybuilder and turned his attention to strongman competitions in 2003 at the age of 37, comparatively late in relation to other strength athletes.

Mark Felix turned pro as a strongman within a year when the IFSA Strongman Federation was launched in 2004.

Mark Felix came third in England's Strongest Man in 2004, and in 2005 went on to come second to Eddy Elwood in the IFSA version of England's Strongest Man.

In 2005, Mark Felix was invited to compete in the IFSA World Open in Sao Paulo, Brazil which was a qualifier for the 2005 IFSA Strongman World Championships later in the year, but he failed to finish in the top four and did not qualify for the IFSA World Championships.

Mark Felix competed in the IFSA World Team Championships in 2005 as a part of 'Team World' representing Grenada, where the team placed third overall.

In 2006, Mark Felix placed second in the Britain's Strongest Man competition and this led to a place in the 2006 World's Strongest Man, where he placed fourth in the finals.

Mark Felix was a perennial contender in Britain's Strongest Man competition, coming in 3rd place two times and 2nd place four times.

However, unlike Shaw, Shahlaei and Hollands who performed their lifts without a suit, Mark Felix wore a multi-ply deadlift suit for all of his attempts.

In 2011 and 2013, Mark Felix was selected for the Arnold Strongman Classic, which is widely regarded as the heaviest and the most difficult strongman competition in the world.

In 2016, Mark Felix won World Strongman Federation World Cup held in Varanasi, India, which his first and only international competition win to-date.

In 2023, Mark Felix became the oldest competitor ever in the 2023 World's Strongest Man at 57 years old, in what would be his final World's Strongest Man appearance.

Mark Felix remains active in the masters class in strongman, having won three consecutive Masters World's Strongest Man titles from 2022 to 2024.

Mark Felix won the inaugural 2008 Rolling Thunder World Championships which took place at 2008 Fortissimus contest in Canada.

In 2009, Mark Felix successfully defended his Rolling Thunder World Championships title.

In 2011, Mark Felix won the inaugural Vice Grip Viking Challenge which took place in January at the LA Fit Expo.

Mark Felix retained his Vice Grip title by winning the 2012 Vice Grip Viking Challenge.

In 2019, Mark Felix set a new world record in the Hercules Hold event with 160kg in each hand at Giants Live World Tour Finals with a time of 87.52 seconds.

In 2020, Mark Felix set a new world record in the Rogue replica Dinnie Stones hold during 2020 Rogue record breakers at Arnold Strongman Classic with a time of 31.40 seconds.