Pavlo Kordiyaka (Ukrainian: Павло Кордіяка, born 2 July 1995) is a Ukrainian strongman competitor from Lviv, Ukraine[1] and the 2023 Europe's Strongest Man.
[1] Having competed in 22 international strongman competitions and winning 5 of them, Kordiyaka is among the 50 most decorated strongmen of all time.
[4] Kordiyaka was an avid sportsman during his younger days, having taken part in football, acrobatics, boxing, wrestling and mixed martial arts.
[5] He was introduced to strongman at the age of 18 by former World's Strongest Man winner Vasyl Virastyuk.
He often trains together with fellow Ukrainian world champions Oleksiy Novikov and Olga Liashchuk.