The 'Game of Thrones' star who plays The Mountain finally gets crowned as World's Strongest Man

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• "Game of Thrones" star Hafþór Björnsson‬ plays Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane.
• He's also a record-holding weightlifter and competitor.
• Now he's finally been crowned as the official World's Strongest Man.
• Björnsson, 29, came in second place for the last two years.

Hafþór "Thor"Júlíus Björnsson may be best known as The Mountain on HBO's "Game of Thrones," but now he's also the official World's Strongest Man. 

Björnsson has been a record-breaking competitive weightlifter for several years. On Sunday, the 29-year-old Icelandic star won the title he'd come painfully close to for the last two years.

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