Derek Poundstone
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Derek Poundstone September 28, 1980  United States
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| Residence | Waterbury, Connecticut |
| Occupation | Police officer/Strongman |
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) |
| Weight | 341 lb (155 kg)(2013) |
| Title | 3 times "America's Strongest Man" |
| Spouse(s) | Kristin Poundstone |
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| Strongman | ||
| Representing United States
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| World's Strongest Man | ||
| 2nd | 2008 World's Strongest Man | |
| 4th | 2009 World's Strongest Man | |
| 9th | 2010 World's Strongest Man | |
| 5th | 2011 World's Strongest Man | |
| Qualified | 2012 World's Strongest Man | |
| IFSA 2-Man Team World Championships | ||
| 3rd | 2007 Team USAw/Tom McClure | |
| World Strongman Challenge | ||
| 2nd | 2006 | |
| Fortissimus | ||
| 1st | 2008 | |
| 2nd | 2009 | |
| Arnold Strongman Classic | ||
| 2nd | 2008 | |
| 1st | 2009 | |
| 1st | 2010 | |
| 2nd | 2012 | |
| 9th | 2013(injured) | |
| IFSA Strongman World Championships | ||
| 4th | 2007 | |
| Strongman Super Series | ||
| 1st | 2008 Mohegan Sun Grand Prix | |
| 2nd | 2008 Madison Square Garden | |
| 4th | 2008 Sweden Grand Prix | |
| 1st | 2008 Overall Champion | |
| 1st | 2010 Mohegan Sun Grand Prix | |
| America's Strongest Man | ||
| 5th | 2006 | |
| 1st | 2007 | |
| 1st | 2009 | |
| 1st | 2010 | |
| Giants Live | ||
| 1st | 2009 Mohegan Sun Grand Prix | |
| 1st | 2010 Ukraine | |
| 1st | 2013 Australia | |
Derek Poundstone (born September 28, 1981) is an American former professional strongman athlete from Waterbury, Connecticut. Derek Poundstone is also a police officer for the Naugatuck, Connecticut Police Department and is the owner and landlord of an apartment complex.
Poundstone began by competing in powerlifting and progressed to become the Connecticut State Champion. He started competing in strongman after finding an advertisement for a contest on the back of a powerlifting flyer. After earning his Professional Strongman card from the ASC (American Strongman Corporation), Poundstone took two years off competing to enter the Police Academy and become a police officer. He returned to compete in strongman, and placed fifth in the 2006 St. Patrick's Strongman National Qualifier. Poundstone then went on to place 2nd to the current IFSA World Champion Žydrūnas Savickas in the 2006 World Strongman Challenge contest in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Next, Poundstone placed 5th in the 2006 America's Strongest Man contest. This earned him an invitation to the 2006 IFSA World Championships. On October 26, 2006, two weeks before the IFSA World Championships, Poundstone severely injured his lumbar spine during training while attempting a maximum effort deadlift of 366 kg (805 lb). Poundstone had a lumbar disc herniation (L4/5) and a massive spinal cord hemorrhage. Doctors told him that he would never lift again due to the severity of the injury.
Poundstone's return to the strongman competition circuit was the 2007 St. Patrick's Strongman contest in Columbia, South Carolina. Poundstone won by 13.5 points and overcame his deadlifting injury fear by completing a 364 kg (800 lb) deadlift during the competition. This victory qualified Poundstone to compete in the 2007 America's Strongest Man contest, which Poundstone won by a record 30 points. Poundstone also qualified to compete in the 2007 IFSA World Championships in Geumsan, South Korea. Additionally, Poundstone received an invitation from Dr. Terry Todd to compete at the 2008 Arnold Strongman Classic, in Columbus, Ohio.
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