His discus career resulted in him being in fourteenth place on the Icelandic all-time list with a throw of 53.02 metres (173 ft 11 in) performed for Ármann sports club, Reykjavík in 1991.

[5] It didn't take Andrés long to realize his natural gift of strength where he started training Strongman events and won 1991 Icelandic Power Trial Championships.

[8] During mid 90s, he was widely regarded as one of the top dual threats in Highland Games and strongman, but was sidelined by a career threatening injury, a tear of his pectoral muscle.

[1] In August 1999 he had a podium finish in the Bison Highland Games[10] and during 2000 IFSA Helsinki Grand Prix,[9] recurrence of the pec tear forced him to pull out[1] making it his final strongman competition.

Even though his benchmark was narrowly edged by Canada's Gregg Ernst during 1992 World's Strongest Man, it remained 'convincingly' unbeaten for the next 30 years, until the emergence of Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson.