{{short description|American professional Strongman athlete (born 1985)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Kevin Nee | other_names = | image = Kevin Nee1.JPG | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|8|21}} | birth_place = Framingham, Massachusetts | known = | occupation = | title = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | religion = | spouse = Karli Nee (formerly, Karli Kaufman) | partner = | children = Ava and Aiden | relations = | website = | footnotes = | alma_mater = Arizona State University | employer = | height = {{height|ft=6|in=2}} | medaltemplates = {{CompetitionRecordSport | Strongman}} {{CompetitionRecordCountry | {{USA}} }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|World's Strongest Man}} {{CompetitionRecordQualifier | 2005 World's Strongest Man | }} {{CompetitionRecordQualifier | 2006 World's Strongest Man | }} {{CompetitionRecord|8th| 2007 World's Strongest Man | }} {{CompetitionRecordQualifier | 2008 World's Strongest Man | }} {{CompetitionRecordQualifier | 2009 World's Strongest Man | }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|Strongman Super Series}} {{CompetitionRecord|7th| 2005 Mohegan Sun Grand Prix | }} {{CompetitionRecord|5th| 2006 Mohegan Sun Grand Prix | }} {{CompetitionRecord|2nd| 2007 Mohegan Sun Grand Prix | }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|WSF World Strongmen Championships }} {{CompetitionRecord|6th| 2012 | }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|WSF World Cup }} {{CompetitionRecord|3rd| 2011 '''WSF Asian World Cup'''| }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|Strongman Champions League }} {{CompetitionRecord|10th| 2010 Ireland | }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|All-American Strongman Challenge}} {{CompetitionRecord|2nd| 2007 | }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|America's Strongest Man }} {{CompetitionRecord|4th| 2006 | }} }}
'''Kevin Nee''' (born August 21, 1985) is an American professional Strongman athlete.
==Biography== Born in Framingham, Massachusetts, Nee began his strength training at the age of 14. As a high school student at Hopedale High School in Hopedale, Massachusetts, he began competing in the teenage level Strongman competitions. He won the teenage heavyweight division of 2002 USA Teenage Strongman.<ref>“Faces in the Crowd,” ''Sports Illustrated'', February 3, 2003</ref> Nee has competed in five of the World's Strongest Man championships. In 2005, he competed in the tournament held in Chengdu, China; at the age of 20 years and 46 days, and made history as the youngest competitor ever to have qualified to the World's Strongest Man.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://cmassinsider.com/index.php?op=story&sid=138 |title=Local Star Makes it Big as Strong Man |work=Central Massachusetts Sports Insider |date=February 10, 2006 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701145936/http://cmassinsider.com/index.php?op=story&sid=138 |archivedate=July 1, 2007}}</ref>
Nee also competed in the 2006 World's Strongest Man championship in Sanya, China, but did not make it to the final round of competition. In 2007, at the World's Strongest Man championship held in Long Beach, California, Nee finished in eighth place. He has also competed in the annual World's Strongest Man Super Series Competition at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, where he finished fifth in 2006 and second in 2007.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070630230806/http://www.boston.com/ae/sidekick/insidekick/2007/05/worlds_stronges.html “World’s Strongest Man Competitors,” ''Boston Globe'', May 18, 2007]</ref>
While he was still competing as an amateur strongman, Nee was featured in a 2005 episode of the MTV reality show ''True Life: I Want the Perfect Body 2''.<ref>[https://archive.today/20120904031323/http://www.mtv.com/ontv/#/ontv/dyn/truelife/episode/episode.jhtml?episodeId=90405 MTV “True Life”]</ref> It was in the same episode that it was mentioned he was named the Strongest Teen in the United States. In 2007, ''Men's Fitness'' magazine named him among the world's “25 Fittest Men”.<ref>[http://www.strengthworksgym.com/Articles/AZ_republic_Kevin_Nee.htm “1 Mighty Goal: World’s Strongest Man,” ''Arizona Republic'', September 16, 2007]</ref>
The 6'2, 295-pound Nee, who has a degree in supply chain management from Arizona State University, resides in the Boston, MA area.
==Competition record== * 2005 ** 7. - Super Series 2005: Mohegan Sun ** 9. - Pan-American Strongman 2005 * 2006 ** 7. - FitExpo Strongman 2006 ** 7. - Ironman Strongman 2006 ** 5. - Super Series 2006: Mohegan Sun ** 4. - America's Strongest Man 2006 ** 7. - World Strongman Cup Federation 2006: Grodzisk Mazowiecki thumb|240px|Kevin Nee at Giants Live 2009: Poland * 2007 ** 5. - Polish Grand Prix ** 2. - All-American Strongman Challenge 2007 ** 2. - Super Series 2007: Mohegan Sun ** 6. - Super Series 2007: Venice Beach ** 4. - World Strongman Cup Federation 2007: Dartford ** 8. - World's Strongest Man 2007, United States * 2008 ** 7. - Super Series 2008: New York ** 5. - Super Series 2008: Viking Power Challenge * 2009 ** 5. - All-American Strongman Challenge 2009 ** 5. - Giants Live 2009: Stavanger ** 11. - Super Series 2009: Bucharest ** 4. - Giants Live 2009: Malbork *2010 **10. - Strongman Champions League 2010 Ireland *2011 **3. - Asian World Cup
thumb|left|250px|Kevin Nee in 2010
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