Active in strongman from 2016 to 2023, Niko Vesterinen competed at the highest international level. He finished 10th at World’s Strongest Man 2020 and 7th in 2022. Vesterinen deadlifted 430kg at the 2021 Arnold Classic and set a Finnish log lift record of 202.5kg at the 2019 Nordic Strongman Championships. He won Finland’s Strongest Man in 2018 and 2021, and was known for his speed in the atlas stones event.