Tony Farrugia
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 Tony "The Strongman" Farrugia | |
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Tony "The Strongman" Farrugia, is a performing oldtime strongman from the isle of Malta who performed feats of strength shows during the 2010s and 2020s. Farrugia is known as "The Strongman" and is also known as the strongest man in Malta.[1][2]
Training
[edit]During his younger years Farrugia was interested in stone lifting and strongman.[3] Farrugia started stone lifting at an early age after being inspired by stories of his grandfather who was a renowned stone lifter in Malta.[4] In later years Farrugia trained himself as an oldtime performing strongman for him to be able to perform feats of strength shows.[5]
Career
[edit]Farrugia started his performing strongman career during the 2010s. At the beginning of his career Farrugia began performing at a number of outdoor venues around Malta and Gozo, usually at truck shows and car shows. From the beginning of his strongman career Farrugia dedicated his shows to charitable causes.[6] During his performances Farrugia performs a variety of feats,[7] which mainly involve feats of strength.[8] Some of Farrugia's feats involve him lifting cars and pulling heavy vehicles including trucks and buses and lifting large iron skips.[9] Other feats performed by Farrugia involve him bending steel objects, ripping telephone directories and decks of cards in half and lifting gas cylinders with his pinky fingers.[10] In 2016 Farrugia teamed up with a veteran performing strongman called Paul "Mr. Cool" Grima, together they created the strongman team called 'Tony & Cool'.[11][12] In 2022 Farrugia performed on episode 2 of the second season of Malta's Got Talent where he received four yeses from the judges. Farrugia then appeared on episode 7, the judges deliberation phase, where he then qualified for the live semi-final phase. Farrugia performed in the semi-final but failed to reach the final after being eliminated during the televoting phase.[13][14]
References
[edit]- ^ "Is This Malta's Strongest Man?". 22 August 2016.
- ^ "Buġibba Bar Raises Almost €5,000 for Harvey, Three-Year-Old Boy Fighting Leukaemia". 3 March 2023.
- ^ Mouser, John (27 September 2019). "Get Strong or Die! – S3/Ep10 – Tony Farugla". Mouser Strength Dynamics.
- ^ "Born with brawn". Unconventional Athletes Magazine. United Kingdom: UnconventionalAthletes.com ltd. 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
- ^ https://malteselivingabroad.gov.mt/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/NEWS347.pdf
- ^ "WATCH: OMG! This Maltese dude pulled TWO TRUCKS just by using his body strength". www.guidememalta.com.
- ^ "Muscle man makes short shrift of heavy fridge as tourists stare". 15 September 2016.
- ^ "Holy smokes! Local strongman carries these heavy items with his PINKY FINGERS". www.guidememalta.com.
- ^ Cilia, Johnathan (16 April 2018). "WATCH: Maltese Strongman Takes On Unsuspecting Skip To Battle Cancer".
- ^ "Watch: Little finger enough to lift full gas cylinder". Times of Malta. 4 January 2018.
- ^ Attard, Ruth (June 2018). "Real Life Supermen". Vida Magazine. Malta: Focused Knowledge Limited. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
- ^ Attard, Charmaine (15 December 2016). "Agħti qalbek lill-Qalb it-Tfal". Newsbook.
- ^ Marks, Kira Borg (14 November 2022). "Watch: Maltese Strongman Tony Farrugia Lifts Two Gas Cylinders Using Just His Two Pinky Fingers".
- ^ "Malta's Got Talent S2 E2". 14 November 2022.