Doug Hepburn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Doug Hepburn

Canadian strongman and weightlifter

Date of Birth: 16-Sep-1926

Place of Birth: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Date of Death: 22-Nov-2000

Profession: weightlifter, professional wrestler

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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).