April 23, 2026 8:05 am
Camas, Health, Life 
Camas resident Martins Licis, the Latvian-American strongman known worldwide as “The Dragon,” records a livestreaming workout for his followers while joined by the media at his home April 2. Licis is set to return to the World’s Strongest Man competition this week, marking his first appearance since 2022. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Camas resident Martins Licis, the Latvian-American strongman known worldwide as “The Dragon,” records a livestreaming workout for his followers at his home April 2. Licis is set to return to the World’s Strongest Man competition later this week, marking his first appearance since 2022. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Camas resident Martins Licis won the World’s Strongest Man title in 2019. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Martins Licis recently moved to Camas from Los Angeles, where he’d been running a gym. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Camas resident Martins Licis adds more weight as he records a livestreaming workout for his followers at his home April 2. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Camas resident Martins Licis gears up as he records a livestreaming workout for his followers at his home April 2. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Camas resident Martins Licis takes a cookie break while recording a livestreaming workout for his followers at his home. (Photos by Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Camas resident Martins Licis takes a cookie break while recording a livestreaming workout for his followers. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Camas resident Martins Licis, the Latvian-American strongman known worldwide as “The Dragon,” records a livestreaming workout lifting 432 pounds for his followers at his home April 2. Licis is set to return to the World’s Strongest Man competition later this month, marking his first appearance since 2022. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Martins Licis sat on a weight bench in the garage of his Camas home on a drizzly early April morning to take a break from lifting more than 900 pounds overhead.
As he wiped sweat from his brow, he talked to a reporter — and thousands of followers watching via livestream — about his strongman career. Minutes later, the conversation abruptly shifted to another of Licis’ passions: video games, specifically Crimson Desert, an open world fantasy title that recently released to mixed reviews.
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