Vasyl Virastyuk

Who is Vasyl Virastyuk?

Vasyl Virastyuk, is a strongman competitor from Ukraine.

Vasyl Virastyuk competed in the finals of the World's Strongest Man contest in 2003 and 2004. He finished third in 2003 behind then-defending champion Mariusz Pudzianowski and runner-up Zydrunas Savickas. The following year Virastyuk won the 2004 World's Strongest Man title, placing ahead of Savickas and Pudzianowski.

After this victory there was a split in the world of Strongman competition. While some of the competitors such as Virastyuk and Zydrunas Savickas started competing for the IFSA Strongman title, others such as Pudzianowski remained and competed for the Met-Rx World's Strongest Man title.

After finishing 2nd in 2005 and third in 2006, at the 2007 IFSA World Championship in Geumsan, South Korea, Vasyl defeated the 2 time IFSA World Champion Zydrunas Savickas. With this victory Vasyl become the first athlete in the history of strongman to win both a World's Strongest Man title and an IFSA World title. Zydrunas would be the second to accomplish this feat after winning the 2009 World's Strongest Man title in Malta.