Mitchell Hooper

About

Mitchell Hooper (born 29 September 1995) is a Canadian strongman and kinesiologist.
He is a two time World’s Strongest Man champion winning the 2023 and 2026 competitions both held in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, where he also became the first Canadian to win the title. He has also won the Arnold Strongman Classic events four consecutive times from 2023 to 2026. In 2023, he became the fourth person to win both the World’s Strongest Man and Arnold Strongman Classic competitions in the same year. He repeated this feat in 2026. Hooper is the only athlete to have won the World’s Strongest Man, Arnold Strongman Classic, Rogue Invitational, and Strongest Man on Earth competitions.

Hooper has a degree in human kinetics from the University of Guelph and a masters in clinical exercise physiology from the University of Sydney. He worked as a coach for the KW Titans and now runs his own kinesiology clinic in Barrie.
Prior to his strongman career, Hooper competed in sports including marathon running, bodybuilding, and powerlifting. He initially planned to train for strongman simply as a way to understand his clients who intended to pursue strength training; he considered…