Stoltman announced that he will miss multiple events with an injury.
Strongman Luke Stoltman will be sidelined after suffering a broken leg recently. Stoltman shared a video explaining how the injury happened and what his timeline might look like. He confirmed that he will miss both the World’s Strongest Man and Europe’s Strongest Man competitions.
“I won’t be competing at Europe’s Strongest Man, I won’t be competing at World’s Strongest Man, which is a huge blow because I’ve been working really hard and I felt really good about my training the last couple of weeks, but these things happen for reasons unbeknown to us.”
Stoltman has competed in the WSM in each of the last 10 years. He has finished seventh three times. He has a great history in the Europe’s Strongest Man event, winning twice with the most recent coming in 2024.
After competing at the biggest event of the year in 2024, Stoltman announced that he suffered a torn biceps tendon. This came after his victory in Europe and continued into the WSM, which is where the injury might have intensified. He was forced to miss time and is in the same boat once again. Stoltman hopes to return at the end of the year during the Giants Live Glasgow in October.
Luke Stoltman Discusses How Injury Happened
Stoltman told the story about how he suffered this injury. He was going for a swim in the sea and jumped but the water was more shallow than anticipated. Stoltman expected the water to be five meters high but instead, it was up to his chest area.
“I ran and I jumped. I was like, this is taking ages, uh-oh, and then boom, crashed into the water and the leg snapped. My right leg snapped when I landed in the water. Then I stood up and the water was up to about my chest height.”
At first, Stoltman thought it was an ankle injury but realized that it was a broken leg instead.
“As I was walking, I was like ‘oh man, I thought my ankle had gone’ like it had popped or something. So I was trying to put it back into place. It was clicking but I was ‘oh, it’s not my ankle. It’s my bone.’ So, its the fibula that’s gone. You can feel the bones like mashing against each other.”
Luke Stoltman will now focus on recovery and attempt to get back to action at the end of 2026.
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