Pavlo Kordiyaka

Pavlo Kordiyaka, born July 2, 1995, is a Ukrainian strongman competitor from Lviv, Ukraine and the 2023 Europe’s Strongest Man. Standing 6’5″ (1.95m) tall and weighing around 132kg (291lb), Kordiyaka began his strongman journey at just 18 years of age after being introduced to the sport by former World’s Strongest Man winner Vasyl Virastyuk. With an athletic background in multiple sports including football, acrobatics, boxing, wrestling, and mixed martial arts, Kordiyaka has risen to become one of the top strongmen globally, often training with fellow Ukrainian champions Oleksii Novikov and Olga Liashchuk while continuing to compete despite the challenges of the ongoing war in Ukraine.