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Sep 16, 1926 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Died on 22 Nov 2000 (aged 74)
Canadian strongman and weightlifter
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About Doug Hepburn
- Douglas Ivan Hepburn (September 16, 1926 – November 22, 2000) was a Canadian strongman and weightlifter.
- He won weightlifting gold medals in the 1953 World Weightlifting Championships as well as the 1954 British Empire Games in the heavyweight division.
- He is also known as the first man to bench press 400, 450, and 500 pounds (raw).
- During the 1950s he was publicly known as the "world's strongest man" for his many feats of strength.
- Hepburn has been inducted into the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame (1953), Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (1955), and the B.C.
- Sports Hall of Fame (1966).
