Forbes Cowan
| Forbes Cowan | |
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| Born |
Forbes Cowan 16 October 1964 Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Residence | Kilwinning, Scotland |
| Occupation | Strongman |
| Height | 6 ft 4.5 in (1.94 m) |
| Weight | 130 kg (290 lb; 20 st) |
| Competition record | ||
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| Strongman | ||
Representing  United Kingdom
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| World's Strongest Man | ||
| 5th | 1994 | |
| 5th | 1996 | |
| World Muscle Power | ||
| 4th | 1993 | |
| 4th | 1994 | |
| 2nd | 1995 | |
| 1st | 1996 | |
Representing  Scotland
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| Europe's Strongest Man | ||
| 1st | 1991 | |
| 5th | 1993 | |
| 6th | 1994 | |
| European Muscle Power | ||
| 1st | 1995 | |
| Britain's Muscle Power | ||
| 1st | 1993 | |
| Britain's Strongest Man | ||
| 1st | 1993 | |
| 1st | 1994 | |
| Scotland's Strongest Man | ||
| 1st | 1990 | |
| 1st | 1992 | |
| 1st | 1993 | |
| 1st | 1995 | |
| 1st | 1996 | |
| 2nd | 2002 | |
| 1st | 2003 | |
Forbes Cowan (born 16 October 1964) is a Scottish former strongman competitor and multiple entrant to the World's Strongest Man. Although he never captured the World's Strongest Man title, during the 1990s he was the World Muscle Power champion, Europe's Strongest Man and Britain's Strongest Man, as well as being consistently in the top five in major international competitions.
Forbes Cowan began his strongman career in 1990 with a win in his inaugural competition as Cunninghame's Strongest Man in May 1990. Having repeated this feat in 1991 he quickly moved into the professional circuit and won Scotland's Strongest Man, the first of six such titles. In 1991, the meteoric career led him to become Europe's Strongest Man, a title he held with World's Strongest Man winner Gary Taylor. In 1993 he won the British Muscle Power Championship and Britain's Strongest Man and was selected as the competition tester and British reserve for the 1993 World's Strongest Man competition in Orange, France.
Forbes Cowan came fourth in the World Muscle Power championship of 1993 and 1994, and in 1995 progressed to second spot, winning this prestigious title in 1996. He took the European Muscle Power title in 1995 in a field that included the great Magnus Ver Magnusson.
Four years into his professional career he was invited to his first World's Strongest Man in 1994 in South Africa where he created a sensation when he won his heat against tough opposition, including the then current title holder Gary Taylor. In the final, he beat the eventual champion Magnus Ver Magnusson in the pole push but sustained a rib injury. He continued through the pain to finish fifth overall. He repeated this finish in 1995, again after sustaining an injury, this time to his back.
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