{{Short description|American strength athlete}} {{Infobox person | name = Van Hatfield | other_names = | image = | birth_name = Van Hatfield | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1971|9|13}} | birth_place = {{flagicon|USA}} Mapleton, Utah United States | known = | occupation = Strongman | title = America's Strongest Man | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = | boards = | spouse = | partner = | children = | relations = | website = | footnotes = | employer = | height = {{height|ft=6|in=2|}} }} {{CompetitionRecordTableTop}} {{CompetitionRecordSport | Strongman}} {{CompetitionRecordCountry | {{USA}} }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|Arnold Strongman Classic }} {{CompetitionRecord|7th| 2005 | }} {{CompetitionRecord|9th| 2008 | }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|IFSA Strongman World Championships}} {{CompetitionRecord|8th| 2007 | }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|IFSA Pan-American Championships}} {{CompetitionRecord|8th| 2005 | }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|IFSA Strongman World Team Championships}} {{CompetitionRecord|2nd| 2005 '''Team Pan-America''' | }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|IFSA}} {{CompetitionRecord|2nd| 2005 Holland Grand Prix | }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|America's Strongest Man }} {{CompetitionRecord|1st| 2004 | }} {{CompetitionRecord|2nd| 2007 | }} {{CompetitionRecord|3rd| 2008 | }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|World's Strongest Nation}} {{CompetitionRecord|3rd| 2005 | }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|Hawaii's Strongest Man}} {{CompetitionRecord|3rd| 2004 | }} {{CompetitionRecordSport | Powerlifting}} {{CompetitionRecordCountry | {{USA}} }} {{CompetitionRecordCompetition|USAPL National Powerlifting Championships}} {{CompetitionRecord|3rd| 1999 |+125kg }} {{CompetitionRecord|4th| 2001 |+125kg }} {{CompetitionRecordBottom}}
'''Van Hatfield''' (born September 13, 1971) is an American professional strongman competitor and powerlifter from Mapleton, Utah.<ref name="americanstrongman1">{{Cite web | url=http://www.americanstrongman.com/athletes/detail.asp?AthleteID=45 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707133555/http://www.americanstrongman.com/athletes/detail.asp?AthleteID=45 |website=www.americanstrongman.com | archive-date=2011-07-07| title=Van Hatfield}}</ref> Van won America's Strongest Man in 2004, his career best win.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.davidhorne-gripmaster.com/strongmanresults.html|title = David Horne's World of Grip}}</ref> Van came in 2nd at the IFSA Strongman World Team Championships in 2005 with team Pan-America with teammates Travis Ortmayer, Geoff Dolan and Jon Andersen.<ref name="americanstrongman1"/> Van competed in the 2007 IFSA Strongman World Championships, finishing in eighth place.<ref name="americanstrongman1"/>
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{{s-start}} | colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"| '''America's Strongest Man''' |- | style="width:30%; text-align:center;"| Preceded by:<br />'''Steve Kirit''' | style="width:40%; text-align:center;"| First (2004) | style="width:30%; text-align:center;"| Succeeded by:<br />'''Steve MacDonald''' {{s-end}} {{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hatfield, Van}} Category:1971 births Category:Living people Category:American powerlifters Category:American strength athletes Category:People from Mapleton, Utah Category:Sportspeople from Utah County, Utah