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List Of Strongman Competitions
World & continental championship contests *World's Strongest Man *Arnold Strongman Classic *Strongman Champions League *World Strongman Federation *Giants Live *World Muscle Power Classic defunct * WSM Super Series Championship defunct * World Championship (IFSA) defunct *World Open (IFSA) defunct * World Strongman Challenge (IFSA) defunct * World Strongman Cup defunct *Fortissimus defunct *World Strongman Challenge defunct *Pure Strength defunct *Strongbow Superman * Le Defi Mark Ten International *World's Strongest Viking * Liberty Strongman Classic (2003-2012 Philadelphia) defunct *Strongest Man Alive *World's Mightiest Man *Beauty and the Beast *Highlander World Championships *Team Events **IFSA World Team Championships **World's Strongest Team Olympics **Pure Strength **World's Strongest Team (Two men) ** Team World vs. Team USA (Philadelphia 2007) **World's Strongest Nation (Four men) **IFSA World Team Championships **World's Strongest Team Olympics **World Strongman Federat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World's Strongest Man
The World's Strongest Man is an international Strongman competition held every year. Organized by American event management company IMG, a subsidiary of Endeavor, it is broadcast in the US during summers and in the UK around the end of December each year. Competitors qualify based on placing in the top three at the four to eight Giants Live events each year. The current event sponsor is SBD Apparel. Previous sponsors include Tachi Palace, Coregenx, Commerce Hotel and Casino,http://www.ironmind.com/ironmind/opencms/Articles/2014/Mar/Žydrūnas_Savickas_Win_Worldxs_Strongest_Man.html DAF Trucks, Tonka, MET-Rx, and PartyPoker.com. The event has a number of rival and parallel competitions with which it is sometimes confused, including the Strongman Super Series, the now defunct IFSA Strongman World Championships (run from 2005 to 2007 after the International Federation of Strength Athletes parted company with WSM in 2004) and Strongman Champions League. History There are now s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North America's Strongest Man
Strength athletics in the United States refers to the various strongman events throughout United States and North America in the sport of strength athletics in association with the World's Strongest Man ("WSM") contest. America has both an amateur and a professional sanctioning body. Pro/Amateur organizations American Strongman Corporation ("ASC") is the sole sanctioning body for all professional American strength athletes and organizes the annual America's Strongest Man contest, as well as the NAS US Amateur National Championships, the winner of which receives their pro card to compete in professional contests. North American Strongman ("NASM") organizes the majority of the amateur contests in the United States, and holds pro qualifier events and national championship events throughout the year with men's, woman's, teen's and master's divisions as well as lightweight and heavyweight classes similar to ASC. United States Strongman is a relatively new organization. America's Strong ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Britain's Strongest Man
Britain's Strongest Man is an annual strongman event held in the United Kingdom. Competitors qualify for the final through regional heats and the winner is awarded the title of "Britain's Strongest Man". The competition is produced by TWI and serves as a qualifying event for the World's Strongest Man ("WSM") competition, also a TWI production. History In a history that has close parallels with that of the World's Strongest Man competition, the BSM competition has had a number of sponsors and, at different times, has had to vie with rival competitions that also claim to produce the strongest man in Britain as their champion. The inaugural competition was in 1979 and was organised by TWI. It was covered by the BBC. The final contest involved the field athletes Geoff Capes and Jim Whitehead, weightlifter Andy Drzewiecki, powerlifter Ray Nobile, Highland Games specialists Bill Anderson and Grant Anderson, wrestler Big Pat Roach, and Tosher Killingback; it was won by Geoff Cape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Strongest Man In Iceland
Strength athletics in Iceland refers to the participation of Icelandic competitors and the holding of Icelandic events in the modern phenomenon of strength athletics inaugurated by the World's Strongest Man. The sport's roots have a long and ancient history going back many centuries with the legends of Orm Storolfsson and Grettir Ásmundarson to the 19th century traditional strongmen including Snorri Björnsson, Brynjólfur Eggertsson and Gunnar Salómonsson; before the televisation of strongman competitions in the late 1970s. In terms of modern strength athletics, Iceland has held a preeminent position as a nation due to the enormous success of its competitors on the international stage, who between them have won Nine World's Strongest Man titles and numerous other international competitions, and is often regarded as the strongest nation on Earth. History The origin of Icelanders testing each other through feats and tests of strength predates the introduction of strength athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweden's Strongest Man
Strength athletics in Sweden refers to the participation of Swedish competitors and events in the field of strength athletics in association with the World's Strongest Man. History Sweden has a long and rich history of strength athletics dating back to the mid 1900s in the sport of Olympic weightlifting with Bo Johansson in the 1960s and 1970s, and several top ranked International Powerlifting Federation, IPF Powerlifters such as Lars Hedlund and Lars Norén (powerlifter), Lars Norén during the 1980s. Sweden has been at the top international level in World's Strongest Man since the very beginning in the late 1970s with Lars Hedlund achieving numerous podium finishes. Sweden struggled through the 1980s and early 1990s until the arrival of Magnus Samuelsson in 1995. Samuelsson would go on to win the 1998 World's Strongest Man, Sweden's only WSM title. Magnus continued to win major international contests and be a top podium finisher at WSM until his retirement in 2008. In recent years, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norway's Strongest Man
Strength athletics in Norway refers to the participation of Norwegian competitors in the field of strength athletics in association with the World's Strongest Man. History The sport's roots have a long history going back many centuries before modern strongman competitions in the 1970s. However, Norway did not come onto the international scene in modern times until the mid-1990s. Norway has had mixed success on the international stage, with Svend Karlsen winning the 2001 World's Strongest Man title, Norway's only WSM title. In recent years, Norway has had several top international competitors in WSM, including Arild Haugen, Richard Skog, Odd Haugen and Espen Aune. National Competitions Norway's Strongest Man Norway's Strongest Man ( no, Norges Sterkeste Mann) is an annual strongman competition held in Norway. The event was established in 1998. Kurt Kvikkstad won in 1998 & 1999, with Roy Holte winning the next 3 years. Svend Karlsen took the 2003, 2005, and 2006 titles. Arild Haug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland's Strongest Viking
Strength athletics in Iceland refers to the participation of Icelandic competitors and the holding of Icelandic events in the modern phenomenon of strength athletics inaugurated by the World's Strongest Man. The sport's roots have a long and ancient history going back many centuries with the legends of Orm Storolfsson and Grettir Ásmundarson to the 19th century traditional strongmen including Snorri Björnsson, Brynjólfur Eggertsson and Gunnar Salómonsson; before the televisation of strongman competitions in the late 1970s. In terms of modern strength athletics, Iceland has held a preeminent position as a nation due to the enormous success of its competitors on the international stage, who between them have won Nine World's Strongest Man titles and numerous other international competitions, and is often regarded as the strongest nation on Earth. History The origin of Icelanders testing each other through feats and tests of strength predates the introduction of strength athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland's Strongest Man (IFSA)
Strength athletics in Iceland refers to the participation of Icelandic competitors and the holding of Icelandic events in the modern phenomenon of strength athletics inaugurated by the World's Strongest Man. The sport's roots have a long and ancient history going back many centuries with the legends of Orm Storolfsson and Grettir Ásmundarson to the 19th century traditional strongmen including Snorri Björnsson, Brynjólfur Eggertsson and Gunnar Salómonsson; before the televisation of strongman competitions in the late 1970s. In terms of modern strength athletics, Iceland has held a preeminent position as a nation due to the enormous success of its competitors on the international stage, who between them have won Nine World's Strongest Man titles and numerous other international competitions, and is often regarded as the strongest nation on Earth. History The origin of Icelanders testing each other through feats and tests of strength predates the introduction of strength athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iceland's Strongest Man
Strength athletics in Iceland refers to the participation of Icelandic competitors and the holding of Icelandic events in the modern phenomenon of strength athletics inaugurated by the World's Strongest Man. The sport's roots have a long and ancient history going back many centuries with the legends of Orm Storolfsson and Grettir Ásmundarson to the 19th century traditional strongmen including Snorri Björnsson, Brynjólfur Eggertsson and Gunnar Salómonsson; before the televisation of strongman competitions in the late 1970s. In terms of modern strength athletics, Iceland has held a preeminent position as a nation due to the enormous success of its competitors on the international stage, who between them have won Nine World's Strongest Man titles and numerous other international competitions, and is often regarded as the strongest nation on Earth. History The origin of Icelanders testing each other through feats and tests of strength predates the introduction of strength athlet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Germany's Strongest Man
Germany's Strongest Man (german: Stärkster Mann Deutschlands) is an annual strongman competition held in Germany and featuring exclusively German athletes. Heinz Ollesch holds the record for most wins with 12 wins. Top 3 placings {, class="wikitable" !Year !Champion !Runner-Up !3rd Place , - , 1994 , , Heinz Ollesch , , , , , - , 1995 , , Heinz Ollesch , , , , , - , 1996 , , Heinz Ollesch , , , , , - , 1997 , , Heinz Ollesch , , , , , - , 1998 , , Heinz Ollesch , , , , , - , 1999 , , Heinz Ollesch , , , , , - , 2000 , , Heinz Ollesch , , , , , - , 2001 , , Heinz Ollesch , , Martin Muhr , , Carsten Kühn , - , 2002 , , Heinz Ollesch , , , , , - , 2003 , , Heinz Ollesch , , , , , - , 2004 , , Heinz Ollesch , , , , , - , 2005 , , Dieter Seidenkranz , , Franz Müllner , , Dietmar Zint , - , 2006 , , Heinz Ollesch , , Florian Trimpl , , Knut Handke , - , 2007 , , Igor Werner , , Florian Trimpl , , Raik Seume , - , 2008 , , Tobias Ide , , ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland's Strongest Man
Strength athletics in Finland refers to the participation of Finnish competitors and events in the field of strength athletics in association with the World's Strongest Man. History Finland had enormous success on the international stage in the 1990s and early 2000s, having won 3 World's Strongest Man titles, and numerous major European and international competitions. In particular, Jouko Ahola was the 1997 World's Strongest Man & 1999 World's Strongest Man champion, Janne Virtanen won the 2000 World's Strongest Man, and Riku Kiri was a 3 time consecutive Europe's Strongest Man champion from 1995-1997. In recent years Finland has struggled in the major international scene, having not made the finals of WSM since 2002, and not having any major international victories. National competitions Finland's Strongest Man Finland's Strongest Man is an annual strongman held every year in Finland since 1987. Jón Páll Sigmarsson, Bill Kazmaier and Hjalti Arnason were guests in the compe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |