Competition record | ||
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Strongman | ||
Representing ![]() |
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World's Strongest Man | ||
Qualified | 2009 World's Strongest Man | |
America's Strongest Man | ||
7th | 2006 | |
5th | 2008 | |
3rd | 2010 | |
World Log Lift Championships | ||
9th | 2011 | |
Strongman Super Series | ||
7th | 2007 Mohegan Sun Super Series | |
8th | 2008 Mohegan Sun Super Series | |
1st | 2009 Romania Grand Prix | |
All-American Strongman Challenge | ||
4th | 2009 |
Marshall White (born April 30, 1982) is an American professional strongman athlete born in Houston, Texas. Marshall lived for a time Port Angeles, Washington, and in Pagosa Springs, Colorado with his then wife Rachel, whom he married in 2005, and divorced in 2013. Marshall was a Mortician who owned his own funeral home in Colorado- in addition to being an active professional athlete, and dad. He now resides in the Houston Metro area.
Marshall played football for his junior high and high school in Texas. After graduating, Marshall joined "The Unit", a Strongman group in Cypress, Texas headed by longtime friend and Strongman Travis Ortmayer.
After training with "The Unit" for a year, Marshall applied for a job which would place him in Port Angeles, Washington.
He initially trained at "Marunde Muscle" with World's Strongest Man competitor, the late Jesse Marunde.
Marshall earned his pro card in 2006, and competed in the 2006 ASC Nationals, finishing in 7th place overall.
Marshall was training with Jacob Miskimens in their own facility in Washington when he purchased a funeral home in Pagosa Springs, Co. He made the move to Colorado on March, 2009.
For 2008, Marshall was invited to compete in the World's Strongest Man Super Series, which is a qualifying tour for the World's Strongest Man Competition.
In January 2009, Marshall competed in the Fit Expo in Pasadena, California finishing in 4th place overall.
On July 4, 2009 Marshall recorded his biggest win to date, a victory at the Strongman Super Series Bucharest contest, defeating Nick Best, Brian Shaw and Johannes Arsjo.