Dave Gauder was born in Birmingham and is proud of his roots and growing up as a 'Brummie' Dave has a unique ability to use his mind and body in perfect harmony that has seen him achive amazing world record achieving truck, bus, train pulls as well as manay other other shows of strength that few if any other human beings could match. Dave for example is the only man to have pulled concorde single handedly and has over 1,000 bus pull to his name. He has been recognised in the UK for his ability and now he helps others. As well as teaching the next generation how to stand up to bullies, he has helped other sportsmen to achieve greatness including a boxer who went on to become a world champion in his category.
World Renowned Strongman Dave Gauder is also a motivational speaker, anti bullying activist & an Ambassador for Standing up for Birmingham. Dave has multiple listings in the Guinness Book of records & has presented his Anti Bullying presentation to over 1 million people. This won a prestigious Oyster Award from the Home Secretary.
His incredible story really began when as a young lad he was small in body build and found himself being picked on and bullied by other lads in his school years. To over come this he decided to bulk up his body weight and develop his mental strength to be able manage the situations he found himself in. He started to work hard on weight training and gym fitness workouts and placed a high degree on his nutritional and calorific intake in his diet. He learnt to channel his mind in the gym to overcome the barriers and to stretch himself further than even he could imagine he could do. Through understanding the 'Empowerment Mindset' he went onto become the World Strength Athlete he is today.
Little did he realise where this might lead to one day and how the first decision he made to go to his local gymnasium would shape his physical and mental approach that would take him on journey that no one could have predicted. The life map that has taken in world record strength feats that few if any could ever match and his career as a World Strength Athlete is only matched by his ability as a Community Engagement Champion & Ambassador.
Dave has won many awards over the years and is the proud winner of The Phoenix Newspaper Group Community Engagement Award 2019 which has now led to him to having his own Page in a Global Newspaper (Big Dave's Safe page). This has a vast Audience of Online and Offline readers that can be viewed by millions of people across the Commonwealth and has now launched into the African Continent. This is indeed an honour to be able to address so many people and has been recognised as an Ambassador to help facilitate trade with Ghana.
