Marshall White
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Marshall White (born April 30, 1982) is an American Professional Strongman
athlete from Pagosa Springs, Colorado
. Marshall was born in Houston, Texas
and now lives in Pagosa Springs, Colorado
with his wife Rachel, whom he married in 2005. Marshall is a Mortician in addition to being a professional athlete.
headed by longtime friend and Strongman Travis Ortmayer
.
After training with "The Unit" for a year, Marshall applied for a job which would place him in Port Angeles, Washington.
He initially trained at "Marunde Muscle" with World's Strongest Man
competitor, the late Jesse Marunde
.
Marshall earned his pro card in 2006, and competed in the 2006 ASC Nationals, finishing in 7th place overall.
Marshall was training with Jacob Miskimens in their own facility in Washington when he purchased a funeral home in Pagosa Springs, Co. He made the move to Colorado on March, 2009 and is currently training on his own.
For 2008, Marshall was invited to compete in the World's Strongest Man Super Series, which is a qualifying tour for the World's Strongest Man Competition.
In January 2009, Marshall competed in the Fit Expo in Pasadena, California finishing in 4th place overall.
On July 4, 2009 Marshall recorded his biggest win to date, a victory at the Strongman Super Series
Bucharest
contest, defeating Nick Best
, Brian Shaw and Johannes Arsjo
.
This victory qualified Marshall for the 2009 World's Strongest Man
contest in Valetta, Malta
. Marshall competed in the qualifying heats but failed to qualify for the finals.
Marshall recently competed in the 2011 World Log Lift Championships in Vilnius
, Lithuania
finishing in 9th place with a lift of 170 kg.
Deadlift: 364 kg raw {800 lb}
Bench Press: 218 kg {480 lb}
Performance Metric - .891 [American - .862 International - .963]
FUTURE CONTESTS
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COMPLETED CONTESTS
America's Strongest Man(USA National Championship) - San Diego, California, USA - 5th place (6/21-22/2008) Strongman Bash for the Troops (USA National Qualifier) - Minneola, Florida, USA - 4th place (5/17/2008) Sequim Irrigation Festival Jesse Marunde Invitational - Sequim, Washington, USA - winner (5/3/2008) All American Challenge Fit Expo (World's Strongest Man Super Series Qualifier) - Los Angeles, California, USA - 6th place (2/15-17/2008) Mohegan Sun Super Series (World's Strongest Man Qualifier) - Uncasville, Connecticut, USA - 8th place (1/19/2008) Utah's Strongest Man - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - winner (8/18/2007) Big Tony's Strongman - New London, Wisconsin, USA - 3rd place (8/18/2007) Ladysmith Days Can-Am Strongman - Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada - winner (8/04/2007) Saanich Sunfest Strongman - Saanich, British Columbia, Canada - winner (7/21/2007) Kamloops Strongman - Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada - winner (6/16/2007) Sequim Irrigation Festival - Sequim, Washington, USA - 2nd place (5/5/2007) Mohegan Sun Super Series (World's Strongest Man Qualifier) - Uncasville, Connecticut, USA - 7th place (4/22/2007) Fit Expo - Pasadena, California, USA - 9th place (2/16-18/2007) Oregon's Strongest Beaver - Portland, Oregon, USA - 2nd place (10/28/2006) World Strongman Cup - Vienna, Austria - 11th place (10/212006) America's Strongest Man(USA National Championship) - Columbia, South Carolina, USA - 7th place (7/21-22/2006) BCEAA Strongman - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - winner (7/9/2006) Saanich Sunfest Strongman - Saanich, British Columbia, Canada - winner (7/81/2006) Utah's Strongest Man - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - 5th place (6/10/2006) World Strongman Challenge - Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - 8th place (5/19/2006) Sequim Irrigation Festival - Sequim, Washington, USA - 2nd place (5/6/2006)
Amateur Competitive Record - [1st (1), 2nd (1), 3rd (1) - Out of Total(6)]
Performance Metric - .883
Hawaii's Strongest Man (NAS) (Amateur Platinum Plus Level Competition) - Hawaii, USA - winner (4/30/2006) earned ASC Professional Strongman Card Maxi-Flex Strongman Showdown - Clearwater, Florida, USA - 4th place (12/29/2005) Washington's Strongest Man - Clearwater, Florida, USA - 4th place (11/29/2005) Iron Bear Strongman - Port Townsend, Washington, USA - 3rd place (4/23/2005) Texas's Strongest Man - Texas, USA - 2nd place (5/29/2004) Texas's Strongest Man - Texas, USA - 8th place (5/29/2002)
Strongman (strength athlete)
In the 19th century, the term strongman referred to an exhibitor of strength or circus performers of similar ilk who displayed feats of strength such as the bent press , supporting large amounts of...
athlete from Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
. Marshall was born in Houston, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
and now lives in Pagosa Springs, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
with his wife Rachel, whom he married in 2005. Marshall is a Mortician in addition to being a professional athlete.
Strength Sports
Marshall played football for his junior high and high school in Texas. After graduating, Marshall joined "The Unit", a Strongman group in Cypress, TexasCypress, Texas
Cypress is an unincorporated area of Harris County, Texas, United States located completely inside the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the City of Houston. The Cypress area is located along U.S...
headed by longtime friend and Strongman Travis Ortmayer
Travis Ortmayer
Travis Ortmayer is an American Professional Strongman athlete from Cypress, Texas. Travis is the owner of Athletic Nation gym...
.
After training with "The Unit" for a year, Marshall applied for a job which would place him in Port Angeles, Washington.
He initially trained at "Marunde Muscle" with World's Strongest Man
World's Strongest Man
The World's Strongest Man is a well recognised event in strength athletics and has been described by a number of highly respected authorities in the sport as the premier event in strongman. Organized by TWI, an IMG Media company, it is broadcast around the end of December each year...
competitor, the late Jesse Marunde
Jesse Marunde
Jesse Marunde was an American strongman athlete who placed second in the 2005 World's Strongest Man competition....
.
Marshall earned his pro card in 2006, and competed in the 2006 ASC Nationals, finishing in 7th place overall.
Marshall was training with Jacob Miskimens in their own facility in Washington when he purchased a funeral home in Pagosa Springs, Co. He made the move to Colorado on March, 2009 and is currently training on his own.
For 2008, Marshall was invited to compete in the World's Strongest Man Super Series, which is a qualifying tour for the World's Strongest Man Competition.
In January 2009, Marshall competed in the Fit Expo in Pasadena, California finishing in 4th place overall.
On July 4, 2009 Marshall recorded his biggest win to date, a victory at the Strongman Super Series
Strongman Super Series
The Strongman Super Series, known from 2005 to 2008 as the World's Strongest Man Super Series and reverting in 2009 to the World Strongman Super Series, is a sequence of grand prix events in the sport of strength athletics...
Bucharest
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
contest, defeating Nick Best
Nick Best
Nick Best is an American professional strongman competitor and powerlifter.-Powerlifting:Prior to competing in strongman, Best won the USAPL National Powerlifting Championships in the 125kg class in 1996 and 1997, as well as the WDFEF World Powerlifting Championships in 1996.-Strongman:Best holds...
, Brian Shaw and Johannes Arsjo
Johannes Årsjö
Johannes Årsjö is a Swedish strongman competitor.-Biography:Born in Norrköping, Sweden, Årsjö came to international prominence after winning Sweden's Strongest Man in 2009 A series of top 10 finishes in international grand prixs within both the Giants Live and Strongman Super Series circuits led...
.
This victory qualified Marshall for the 2009 World's Strongest Man
2009 World's Strongest Man
The World's Strongest Man 2009 was the 32nd edition of World's Strongest Man and took place in Valletta, Malta from the 26th September to 3rd October 2009. It was sponsored by PartyPoker.com...
contest in Valetta, Malta
Malta
Malta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
. Marshall competed in the qualifying heats but failed to qualify for the finals.
Marshall recently competed in the 2011 World Log Lift Championships in Vilnius
Vilnius
Vilnius is the capital of Lithuania, and its largest city, with a population of 560,190 as of 2010. It is the seat of the Vilnius city municipality and of the Vilnius district municipality. It is also the capital of Vilnius County...
, Lithuania
Lithuania
Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...
finishing in 9th place with a lift of 170 kg.
Powerlifting
Squat: 322 kg raw{715 lb}Deadlift: 364 kg raw {800 lb}
Bench Press: 218 kg {480 lb}
Achievements
Professional Competitive Record - [1st (7),2nd (3),3rd (1) - Out of Total(21)]Performance Metric - .891 [American - .862 International - .963]
| Professional | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | INJ | DNQ | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | |||
| International | 5 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Combined | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 21 |
FUTURE CONTESTS
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COMPLETED CONTESTS
America's Strongest Man(USA National Championship) - San Diego, California, USA - 5th place (6/21-22/2008) Strongman Bash for the Troops (USA National Qualifier) - Minneola, Florida, USA - 4th place (5/17/2008) Sequim Irrigation Festival Jesse Marunde Invitational - Sequim, Washington, USA - winner (5/3/2008) All American Challenge Fit Expo (World's Strongest Man Super Series Qualifier) - Los Angeles, California, USA - 6th place (2/15-17/2008) Mohegan Sun Super Series (World's Strongest Man Qualifier) - Uncasville, Connecticut, USA - 8th place (1/19/2008) Utah's Strongest Man - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - winner (8/18/2007) Big Tony's Strongman - New London, Wisconsin, USA - 3rd place (8/18/2007) Ladysmith Days Can-Am Strongman - Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada - winner (8/04/2007) Saanich Sunfest Strongman - Saanich, British Columbia, Canada - winner (7/21/2007) Kamloops Strongman - Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada - winner (6/16/2007) Sequim Irrigation Festival - Sequim, Washington, USA - 2nd place (5/5/2007) Mohegan Sun Super Series (World's Strongest Man Qualifier) - Uncasville, Connecticut, USA - 7th place (4/22/2007) Fit Expo - Pasadena, California, USA - 9th place (2/16-18/2007) Oregon's Strongest Beaver - Portland, Oregon, USA - 2nd place (10/28/2006) World Strongman Cup - Vienna, Austria - 11th place (10/212006) America's Strongest Man(USA National Championship) - Columbia, South Carolina, USA - 7th place (7/21-22/2006) BCEAA Strongman - Victoria, British Columbia, Canada - winner (7/9/2006) Saanich Sunfest Strongman - Saanich, British Columbia, Canada - winner (7/81/2006) Utah's Strongest Man - Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - 5th place (6/10/2006) World Strongman Challenge - Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA - 8th place (5/19/2006) Sequim Irrigation Festival - Sequim, Washington, USA - 2nd place (5/6/2006)
Amateur Competitive Record - [1st (1), 2nd (1), 3rd (1) - Out of Total(6)]
Performance Metric - .883
| Amateur | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | |||||||
Hawaii's Strongest Man (NAS) (Amateur Platinum Plus Level Competition) - Hawaii, USA - winner (4/30/2006) earned ASC Professional Strongman Card Maxi-Flex Strongman Showdown - Clearwater, Florida, USA - 4th place (12/29/2005) Washington's Strongest Man - Clearwater, Florida, USA - 4th place (11/29/2005) Iron Bear Strongman - Port Townsend, Washington, USA - 3rd place (4/23/2005) Texas's Strongest Man - Texas, USA - 2nd place (5/29/2004) Texas's Strongest Man - Texas, USA - 8th place (5/29/2002)