Gregg Ernst

Gregg Ernst (born September 30, 1961), is a former strongman competitor and powerlifter from Nova Scotia Canada.

Strongman career Ernst is best known for competing in the 1991 and 1992 World's Strongest Man competitions, finishing 6th and 7th respectively. Gregg began lifting at age 12 when his father bought him a set of weights for Christmas. By age 21, Ernst was a powerlifting world champion, winning the Atlantic Powerlifting Championships in 1982 and 1983. At the 1992 World's Strongest Man contest in Iceland, Ernst set a world record in the Husafell Stone carry, carrying the stone , narrowly edging Andrés Guðmundsson's near two full revolutions around the original pen.

Personal records Back lift – (1993 Nova Scotia exhibition) (World Record) Deadlift – Squat – Bench Press – Húsafell Stone carry – for (1992 World's Strongest Man) (former world record)