John Brzenk: an example to follow? 16:00 10/01/2013 Can we call John Brzenk an armwrestling legend? Will the “former” champion manage to climb the podium again? Not what you were looking for? Search for other text. A legend, professor, the father of armwrestling. That ’ s how some people describe John Brzenk. The “ professor ” who is a multiple armwrestling world champion and still competes. He ’ s achieved many successes and took part in a number of spectacular matches. John Brzenk began his career as a 13-year old kid and already picked up a serious injury as he broke his arm. Despite that he kept armwrestling and began a champion at the age of 18. He wasn ’ t going to give up. He had a clear goal- to climb the podium. John Brzenk ’ s anthropometric data were not unusual. He did not achieve much in other sports he practiced. It was only armwrestling that he excelled in. Many armwrestling fans consider John to be the greatest armwrestler of all time. And they believe that the legend