{{Short description|English strongman}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Adam Bishop | nickname = Bish | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|01|07|df=y}} | birth_place = | residence = | education = | height = {{height|ft=6|in=3}} | weight = {{convert|155|kg|}}<ref name="theworldsstrongestman-profile">{{Cite web |url=http://theworldsstrongestman.com/athletes/adam-bishop/ |title=Adam Bishop |website=The World's Strongest Man |access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref> | medaltemplates = {{CompetitionRecordSport | Strongman}} {{CompetitionRecordCountry | {{GBR}} }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition | World's Strongest Man}} {{CompetitionRecordQualifier|2015 World's Strongest Man}} {{CompetitionRecordQualifier|2016 World's Strongest Man}} {{CompetitionRecordQualifier|2018 World's Strongest Man}} {{CompetitionRecord|9th|2019 World's Strongest Man}} {{CompetitionRecord|6th|2020 World's Strongest Man}} {{CompetitionRecord|8th|2021 World's Strongest Man}} {{CompetitionRecordQualifier|2022 World's Strongest Man}} {{CompetitionRecordQualifier|2023 World's Strongest Man}} {{CompetitionRecordQualifier|2024 World's Strongest Man}} {{CompetitionRecordQualifier|2026 World's Strongest Man}} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|Europe's Strongest Man| }} {{CompetitionRecord|8th| 2016 Europe's Strongest Man| }} {{CompetitionRecord|11th| 2017 Europe's Strongest Man| }} {{CompetitionRecord|8th| 2019 Europe's Strongest Man| }} {{CompetitionRecord|2nd| 2020 Europe's Strongest Man| }} {{CompetitionRecord|10th| 2021 Europe's Strongest Man| }} {{CompetitionRecord|5th| 2023 Europe's Strongest Man | }} {{CompetitionRecord|3rd| 2026 Europe's Strongest Man | }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|Shaw Classic}} {{CompetitionRecord|6th| 2020 Shaw Classic}} {{CompetitionRecord|7th| 2021 Shaw Classic}} {{CompetitionRecord|14th|2023 Strongest Man on Earth|}} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition | World's Ultimate Strongman }} {{CompetitionRecord|10th|2021 Worlds Ultimate Strongman}} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|Giants Live }} {{CompetitionRecord|4th|2014 Scandinavian Open}} {{CompetitionRecord|10th|2015 Scandinavian Open}} {{CompetitionRecord|6th|2017 Scandinavian Open}} {{CompetitionRecord|3rd|2018 World Tour Finals}} {{CompetitionRecord|7th|2019 Wembley}} {{CompetitionRecord|7th|2019 World Tour Finals}} {{CompetitionRecord|4th| 2021 Strongman Classic}} {{CompetitionRecord|2nd|2021 World Open}} {{CompetitionRecord|5th|2021 World Tour Finals}} {{CompetitionRecord|10th|2025 World Open}} {{CompetitionRecordCountry | {{ENG}} }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition | Britain's Strongest Man}} {{CompetitionRecord|5th| 2015 Britain's Strongest Man | }} {{CompetitionRecord|4th| 2016 Britain's Strongest Man | }} {{CompetitionRecord|9th| 2017 Britain's Strongest Man | }} {{CompetitionRecord|4th| 2018 Britain's Strongest Man | }} {{CompetitionRecord|2nd| 2019 Britain's Strongest Man | }} {{CompetitionRecord|1st| 2020 Britain's Strongest Man | }} {{CompetitionRecord|2nd| 2021 Britain's Strongest Man | }} {{CompetitionRecord|3rd| 2022 Britain's Strongest Man | }} {{CompetitionRecord|1st| 2023 Britain's Strongest Man | }} {{CompetitionRecord|6th| 2024 Britain's Strongest Man | }} {{CompetitionRecord|8th| 2025 Britain's Strongest Man | }} {{CompetitionRecord|2nd| 2026 Britain's Strongest Man}} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition | UK's Strongest Man}} {{CompetitionRecordQualifier | 2013 UK's Strongest Man | }} {{CompetitionRecord|2nd| 2014 UK's Strongest Man | }} }}
'''Adam Bishop''' is an English professional strongman. He is a two-time winner of the Britain's Strongest Man competition (2020, 2023)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Sunderland |first1=Tom |title=Britain's Strongest Man 2020 Results: Adam Bishop Wins Title over Tom Stoltman |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2872009-britains-strongest-man-2020-results-adam-bishop-wins-title-over-tom-stoltman |website=Bleacher Report |date=18 January 2020 |access-date=25 December 2020 |language=en}}</ref> and one of the best deadlifters in strongman.
He has also competed in rugby, as a winger<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.rugbypass.com/news/remarkable-links-rugby-world-strongest-man-competition/ |title=The remarkable links between rugby and World's Strongest Man competition |website=RugbyPass |first=Ian |last=Cameron |date=1 January 2018 |access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref> and in skeleton bobsleigh.<ref name="quins">{{Cite web |url=https://www.quins.co.uk/news/adam-bishop-the-titan-of-twickenham/ |title=Adam Bishop - The Titan of Twickenham |website=Harlequin F.C. |date=11 March 2015 |access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref>
==Strongman career== Bishop refers to himself in the media as "one of the little guys" in the sport, despite weighing over 300 lbs constantly.<ref name="theworldsstrongestman-profile"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/article/help-you-train-to-be-the-worlds-strongest-man-of-course-ill-be-your-barbell-slr0b7qhj |title=Help you train to be the world’s strongest man? Of course — I’ll be your barbell |first=Martin |last=Hemming |website=The Times |date=15 December 2019 |access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref> He started competing in open strongman competitions in 2012, having progressed from the under-105 kg category.<ref name="quins"/> He secured second place at 2014 UK's Strongest Man and entered the heats for the World's Strongest Man in 2015, establishing himself as an up-and-coming talent.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://theworldsstrongestman.com/the-worlds-strongest-man-2015-roundup/ |title=The World's Strongest Man 2015 Roundup |website=World's Strongest Man |date=3 January 2020 |access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref>
Bishop steadily improved his standings in the competition, narrowly missing a place in the finals of the 2016 World's Strongest Man when he was beaten in the Atlas Stones. In the 2018 World's Strongest Man competition, Bishop failed to get past the qualifying heats after losing against Johan Els again in the Atlas Stones event.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://inews.co.uk/sport/worlds-strongest-man-hafthor-bjornsson-johan-els-adam-bishop-180839 |title=World's Strongest Man: Big boys don't cry but enormous men nearly do |website=inews.co.uk |first=Matt |last=Butler |date=30 December 2018 |access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref> In 2018 World Tour Finals, he emerged second runner-up. In the 2019 World's Strongest Man competition, Bishop reached the finals for the first time, coming in ninth place overall.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.muscleandfitness.com/athletes-celebrities/news/martins-licis-dethrones-thor-bjornsson-worlds-strongest-man-2019/ |title=Martins Licis Dethrones Thor Bjornsson at World's Strongest Man 2019 |website=Muscle & Fitness |first=Andrew |last=Gutman |access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref>
In January 2020, Bishop won his first Britain's Strongest Man competition, after coming in 2nd the previous year.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lockridge |first=Roger |date=2020-01-18 |title=Adam Bishop Wins 2020 Britain’s Strongest Man |url=https://barbend.com/2020-britains-strongest-man-results/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=BarBend |language=en-US}}</ref> In the 2020 World's Strongest Man competition, Bishop reached the final once again and improved on his performance from the previous year, placing sixth overall.<ref name=WSM-2020>{{Cite web |url=https://barbend.com/2020-worlds-strongest-man-finals-day-two-results/ |title=Novikov Secures 2020 World's Strongest Man Victory (Updated) |website=BarBend |first=Andrew |last=Gutman |date=15 November 2020 |access-date=25 December 2020}}</ref> In September, Bishop placed 2nd at Europe's Strongest Man,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Strongman Archives - 2020 Europe's Strongest Man |url=https://strongmanarchives.com/viewContest.php?id=272 |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=strongmanarchives.com}}</ref> while in December, he competed at the 2020 Shaw Classic and placed sixth overall.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://barbend.com/2020-shaw-classic-results/ |title=Brian Shaw Wins 2020 Shaw Classic — Recap And Results |website=BarBend |first=Roger |last=Lockridge |date=15 December 2020 |access-date=7 March 2021}}</ref> In 2021 Giants Live World Open he emerged runner-up to Evan Singleton.
In 2023, Bishop won Britain's Strongest Man for the second time, after coming in second in 2021 and third in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lockridge |first=Roger |date=2023-01-30 |title=2023 Britain’s Strongest Man Results — Adam Bishop Reclaims The Throne |url=https://barbend.com/2023-britains-strongest-man-results/ |access-date=2023-07-17 |website=BarBend |language=en-US}}</ref> In 2024, Bishop made it 2nd in the qualifiers in 2024's world's strongest man but had to withdraw due to injury. He established a world record in the moving deadlift ladder event. In 2025, he deadlited a personal best {{convert|470|kg|lb|abbr=on|0|}} at the World Deadlift Championships sharing second place with Austin Andrade, behind Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson's legendary {{convert|510|kg|lb|abbr=on|0|}} all-time world record, becoming one of only 11 men in strongman history to reach that number.
==Other work== Bishop worked as an RFC Strength and Conditioning Coach for Harlequin F.C.<ref name="theworldsstrongestman-profile" /> In 2021, Bishop left Harlequin F.C. to focus full-time on his strongman career.<ref>{{cite web |title=ADAM BISHOP DEPARTS TO FOCUS ON BEING WORLD'S STRONGEST MAN |url=https://www.quins.co.uk/news/adam-bishop-departs-to-focus-on-being-worlds-strongest-man/ |website=Harlquins Rugby Union |date=24 February 2021 |access-date=9 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
==Personal records== * Deadlift (with multi-ply suit and straps) – {{convert|470|kg|lb|abbr=on|0|}} (2025 World Deadlift Championships and Strongman Open) * Deadlift for reps (raw with straps) – {{convert|400|kg|lb|abbr=on|0|}} x 5 reps and {{convert|360|kg|lb|abbr=on|0|}} x 1 rep (2024 Britain's Strongest man) * Deadlift ladder ''(moving)'' – {{convert|300-380|kg|lb|abbr=on|0|}} x 5 reps (2024 World's Strongest Man, group 3) (world record)<ref name="srdeadlifts">{{cite web|url=https://strengthrecord.com/strongman-world-records/#S1 |title=STRENGTH RECORD, Section 01 - Deadlifts |website=www.strengthrecord.com |access-date=9 April 2025}}</ref> * Hummer Tire Deadlift ''(15 inches off the floor)'' – {{convert|524|kg|lb|abbr=on|0|}} (2021 Shaw Classic) * Giant Barbell Squat (for reps) – {{convert|340|kg|lb|abbr=on|0|}} × 5 reps (single-ply suit w/ wraps) (2019 World's Strongest Man) * Log press – {{convert|181|kg|lb|abbr=on|0|}} (2021 Shaw Classic) * Axle press – {{convert|180|kg|lb|abbr=on|0|}} (2018 Giants Live World Tour Finals) *5 Atlas Stones run (light set) – {{convert|100-180|kg|lb|abbr=on|0|}} 18.81 seconds (2021 Giants Live World Open) *Frame carry (with straps) – {{convert|400|kg|lb|abbr=on|0|}} 20m course in 8.28 seconds (2019 Britain's Strongest Man) (world record)<ref name="srarm">{{cite web|url=https://strengthrecord.com/strongman-world-records/#S10 |title=STRENGTH RECORD, Section 10 - Arm carries |website=www.strengthrecord.com |access-date=11 April 2025}}</ref>
Training: * Deadlift (with multi-ply suit and straps) – {{convert|460|kg|lb|abbr=on|0|}} * Deadlift (raw with straps) – {{convert|425|kg|lb|abbr=on|0|}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Adam}} Category:English strength athletes Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century English sportsmen