Kevin Nee

Kevin Nee (born August 21, 1985) is an American professional Strongman athlete, who in 2007, at age 21, was the youngest person ever to reach the finals in the World's Strongest Man.[1]

Kevin Nee
Born (1985-08-21) August 21, 1985
Framingham, Massachusetts
Alma materArizona State University
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Spouse(s)Karli Nee (formerly, Karli Kaufman)
ChildrenOne daughter with wife, Karli Nee
Competition record
Strongman
Representing  United States
World's Strongest Man
Qualified 2005 World's Strongest Man
Qualified 2006 World's Strongest Man
8th 2007 World's Strongest Man
Qualified 2008 World's Strongest Man
Qualified 2009 World's Strongest Man
Strongman Super Series
7th 2005 Mohegan Sun Grand Prix
5th 2006 Mohegan Sun Grand Prix
2nd 2007 Mohegan Sun Grand Prix
WSF World Strongmen Championships
6th 2012
WSF World Cup
3rd 2011 WSF Asian World Cup
Strongman Champions League
10th 2010 Ireland
All-American Strongman Challenge
2nd 2007
America's Strongest Man
4th 2006

Biography

Born in Framingham, Massachusetts, Nee began his strength training at the age of 14. As a high school student at Hopedale High School in Hopedale, Massachusetts, he began competing in the teenage level Strongman competitions. He won the teenage heavyweight division of 2002 USA Teenage Strongman.[2] Nee has competed in five of the World's Strongest Man championships. In 2005, he competed in the tournament held in Chengdu, China; at the age of 20, he made history as the youngest competitor ever to compete in this annual sports event.[3]

Nee also competed in the 2006 World's Strongest Man championship in Sanya, China, but did not make it to the final round of competition. In 2007, at the World's Strongest Man championship held in Long Beach, California, Nee finished in eighth place. He has also competed in the annual World's Strongest Man Super Series Competition at Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut, where he finished fifth in 2006 and second in 2007.[4]

While he was still competing as an amateur strongman, Nee was featured in a 2005 episode of the MTV reality show True Life: I Want the Perfect Body 2.[5] It was in the same episode that it was mentioned he was named the Strongest Teen in the United States. In 2007, Men's Fitness magazine named him among the world's “25 Fittest Men”.[6]

The 6'2, 295-pound Nee, who has a degree in supply chain management from Arizona State University, resides in the Boston, MA area.

Competition record
Kevin Nee at Giants Live 2009: Poland
Kevin Nee in 2010
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References
  1. ""Year in Review - Weird Stories of 2006," Milford Daily News, December 25, 2006". Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2008.
  2. “Faces in the Crowd,” Sports Illustrated, February 3, 2003
  3. "Local Star Makes it Big as Strong Man". Central Massachusetts Sports Insider. February 10, 2006. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007.
  4. “World’s Strongest Man Competitors,” Boston Globe, May 18, 2007
  5. MTV “True Life”
  6. “1 Mighty Goal: World’s Strongest Man,” Arizona Republic, September 16, 2007
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