Devon Larratt

Devon Larratt (born 24 April 1975) is a Canadian professional armwrestler, content creator, and a former member of the Canadian Armed Forces.

Considered to be one of the best arm wrestlers in the world and as of the King Of The Table 7 event, considered by many to be the best arm wrestler in North America, he has collaborated to popularize the sport to a wider audience.

Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada to a German mother, Devon could speak German up until he was 2 years old.

His interest in arm wrestling began as an early teenager.

Larratt's first opponent was his grandmother, a farmworker, who claimed to be "the best arm-wrestling woman in Alberta."

From there, Larratt progressed to competing on the oil fields of western Canada.

Larratt joined the Canadian Special Operations Forces Command at the age of 21, where he served with Joint Task Force 2 for sixteen years.

He achieved the rank of master corporal, and was deployed seven times to Afghanistan, where he was wounded in action.

Despite his deployments, Larratt managed to train and compete during his military service, and credits the experience gained at different military bases as a large part of his success.

Larratt also competed in Judo during his youth.

In 1999, Larratt won the Ontario Provincial Championships in left and right handed, Larratt also competed in the Canadian Nationals in left and right handed in the 100 kg competition winning both.

Larratt entered his first international competition, competing at WAF Worlds event in Japan, where he defeated Krister Jonsson and lost to John Brzenk.

Larratt placed third in the left handed and right handed 100 kg competition.

In 2000, Larratt won the Ontario Provincial Championships in the left and right handed in his category.

Larratt placed first at the Canadian Nationals in right handed and second in left handed.

In 2001, Larratt won the Canadian Nationals in left handed and right handed.

In 2002, Larratt won the "All Niagara Armwrestling Championships" as right handed at 199+ lbs competition.

In 2003, at the Central Ontario Championships, Larratt defeated Robert Graham, Garth Carlson and Mike Gould.

In 2004, Devon Larratt once again dominated the Central Ontario Championships, but lost a super match in Chehalis, Washington against John Brzenk.

In 2005, Larratt defeated Tim Bresnan 3-0 in a supermatch, at Battle in the Capital II in Ottawa, Ontario.

In 2006, after returning from a six-month deployment, Larratt defeated Ron Bath 3–1, at a Mike Gould Classic event in Ontario, Canada.

At the time Ron Bath was considered the #3 ranked heavy weight in North America, behind only John Brzenk and Travis Bagent.

Devon Larratt has stated that this was his favorite match, "for a number of reasons", but mostly because of the difficulties and stressors of combat, and the uncertainty of returning to a "normal life".

Larratt was shot, and took shrapnel to the hand while deployed to Afghanistan.

Months later, Laratt faced the Ukrainian champion Taras Ivakin at Professional Armwrestling League (PAL) Vendetta/Armfight #26 and lost, 2-4.

In 2007, Devon Larratt joined Arm Wars, again defeating Ron Bath, this time with a score of 6–0 in the Arm Wars X event at the Trafford Centre in Manchester, England in the right and left arm.

In 2008, Larratt faced Travis Bagent in Arm Wars XI in a right hand match, winning 5-1, although he lost 1-5 in the left hand match.

Later that year Larratt was the first man in twenty five years to beat John Brzenk in a super-match at Arm Wars "Deep Water", on September 13.

After defeating that arm-wrestling legend, 6–0, Larratt became an internationally recognized armwrestler, and was considered the new #1 ranked right handed arm-wrestler in the world.

Later Devon beat Johan Lindholm 6-0 in the same day in the right arm.

In the same event, Larratt also beat Michael Todd 6-0 and Marcio Barboza 5-1 in the left hand to both.

In 2009, Devon Larratt beat super-heavyweight Dave Randall in a supermatch 2-0, at Northeast Armwrestling Challenge VII (NEAC VII).

In 2010, Devon Larratt beat Travis Bagent 4–3, Tim Bresnan 5–1, and Don Underwood 4–3, to become the #1 ranked arm-wrestler in the world (both left and right).

In 2010, Devon Larratt defeated former Arnold Classic champion and number one contender, Don Underwood, to retain the right-hand title.

In 2011, Devon Larratt beat "Monster" Michael Todd and Christophe Ladu.

Devon Larratt lost his left-hand title to Travis Bagent at UAL Backyard Brawl, but beat Bagent 3-0 for the right hand title at the same event.

In 2012, after Arm Wars went into abeyance, Devon Larratt participated in UAL/MLA and PAL Armfight tournaments, where he defeated Tim Bresnan for the Major League Armwrestling (MLA) in the Toronto Pro Super Show for right hand super heavy weight title in Ontario, Canada.

In the same year, Larratt defeated Andrey Pushkar at Professional Armwrestling League (PAL) Armfight #42, winning 5–1 to win the left hand world title.

In 2013, Larratt beat Oleg Zhokh, Wilton Brock, and Eric Woelfel at Ultimate Armwrestling League 4 (UAL 4) to retain his left hand heavyweight title.

He then underwent surgery on both elbows.