Mike Burke (born June 14, 1974) is an American strongman and a grip strength specialist from Aurora, Colorado.

He also placed third at 2012 Giants Live Melbourne[4] which qualified Burke for the 2012 World's Strongest Man, though he couldn't reach the finals.

[5] Burke competed in the 2013 World's Strongest Man in Sanya, China and qualified for the finals where he emerged fifth place.

[6] In the same year, Burke delivered arguably the single most dominating performance ever seen in a grip competition by winning the 2013 'Visegrip Viking', defeating a stacked field which included Odd Haugen, Mark Felix and Alexey Tyukalov.

He also broke two World Records in the 12.5 kg (28 lb) Keg toss event in 2014 Strongman Champions League China's Guinness World Records dual with Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson by clearing 7.50 metres (24 ft 7 in) and 7.70 metres (25 ft 3 in).