Emanuel Mendoza has competed professionally in strongman since 2016. He finished 10th at World’s Strongest Man 2018 and improved to 7th place in 2020. Mendoza set a personal best deadlift of 430kg at the 2019 Arnold Classic South America and won the 2021 South American Strongest Man title. He is particularly known for his speed and consistency in the atlas stones, setting a 5-stone run record of 18.2 seconds at the 2020 Brazil Strength Challenge.