Marc Sidney, 63, helps Britain win silver at European arm wrestling champs
At 63, Marc Sidney powered Britain to Masters silver in Codlea, beating champions from three countries and turning a veteran run into a standout European result.
Marc Sidney, 63, helped Britain secure second place in the Masters competition at the European arm wrestling championships after beating champions from three countries on the way to silver. In a sport where hand control, leverage and endurance can decide as much as raw force, the result stood out because Sidney delivered it against younger rivals and did it at an age when many competitors have long since left the elite table.
The championships took place in Codlea, Brașov, Romania, from June 11 to 15, 2026, under the International Federation of Armwrestling. The federation said the event brought together national bodies from across Europe and published official team scores, placing Sidney’s run inside a fully sanctioned continental championship rather than a novelty event or exhibition.
Britain’s Masters silver was built around Sidney’s consistency at the table. His path to the podium included victories over champions from three different countries, a detail that underlines how technical and disciplined the run was. Arm wrestling rewards tiny advantages in wrist position, hand height and pressure transfer, and Sidney’s result showed that experience can still travel well against younger, harder-hitting opposition.
The performance also fits the wider shape of Sidney’s sporting life. He lives in Whetstone and has previously been described as a property manager with a taste for physical challenges. His background includes sumo wrestling, power lifting and coal running, all of which point to the same mix of strength and stubbornness that has kept him competitive well into his 60s.
That is what makes the silver more than a one-off medal. Sidney has already appeared in British strength-sport records, including a Masters 2 bench-press record earlier in his career, and his latest result extends a long run of competition across different disciplines. In arm wrestling, where the Masters brackets often reward patience and table IQ as much as explosive power, Sidney gave Britain a result that was both valuable on the scoreboard and telling about the depth of the sport’s veteran class.
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