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| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1986|09|30|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Chatham, Kent]], England
| occupation  = [[Strongman (strength athlete)|Strongman]]
| height      = {{height|ft=6|in=2}}
| weight      = {{convert|25|stone}}<ref name="viking"/>
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{{CompetitionRecordSport | [[Strongman (strength athlete)|Strongman]]}}
{{CompetitionRecordCountry | {{GBR}} }}
{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|[[World's Strongest Man]] }}
{{CompetitionRecordQualifier |  [[2012 World's Strongest Man]]| }}
{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|[[Britain's Strongest Man]]}}
{{CompetitionRecordThird | 2012 | }}
{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|[[UK's Strongest Man]]}}
{{CompetitionRecordThird | 2012 | }}
{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|[[Britain's Most Powerful Man]]}}
{{CompetitionRecordSecond | 2009 | }}
{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|[[England's Strongest Man]]}}
{{CompetitionRecordFirst | [[England's Strongest Man|England's Strongest Man 2012 (UKSC)]] | }}
{{CompetitionRecordThird | [[England's Strongest Man|England's Strongest Man 2014 (UKSC)]] | }}
{{CompetitionRecordCompetition|UK Team Championships}}
{{CompetitionRecordSecond | 2009 (with Jay Hughes) | }}
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'''Chris Gearing''' (born 11 December 1986) is a British [[strongman (strength athlete)|strongman]] competitor, notable for having won the [[England's Strongest Man]] title and having competed at the [[World's Strongest Man]].

== Biography ==
Chris Gearing was born in [[Chatham, Kent|Chatham]], [[Kent]]. He was athletic as a child and at the age of 13 started training in [[Shot Put]] going on to compete in the World Under 18s, World Juniors, European Juniors, and winning a silver and a bronze at the [[Commonwealth Games]] under 19's in Australia. When he was 23 he began powerlifting and won British titles and came second in the World Junior 140&nbsp;kg+ category. The next year he began training specifically for Strongman. He was also guided in his training by Steve Winters and Paul Woods (the ex UK 105&nbsp;kg champion).

In 2009 he placed second in [[Britain's Most Powerful Man]], and also came second in the UK Team Championships with Jay Hughes. However, it was not until 2012 that he began to make impression in the blue ribbon events of British strength athletics. In 2012 he secured a 3rd place finish behind [[World's Strongest Man]] competitors [[Laurence Shahlaei]] and [[Terry Hollands]] at [[Britain's Strongest Man]] and he went on to win the UKSC sponsored [[England's Strongest Man]] title. He then emulated his BSM performance at the [[UK's Strongest Man]] by finishing third once more. His placing at Britain's Strongest Man qualified him for the [[World's Strongest Man]] finals in 2012. He competed at WSM, though did not make it past the qualifying rounds.

As a weightlifter his best lifts are 400&nbsp;kg in the Deadlift, he has Log Pressed 170&nbsp;kg and he also completed a 385&nbsp;kg Squat in competition.<ref name="viking">[http://vikingstrength.com/2012/06/29/the-new-kid-on-the-british-block-strongman-chris-gearing/   Viking Strength - ''THE NEW KID ON THE BRITISH BLOCK..STRONGMAN CHRIS GEARING'']</ref>

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