South Africa's Strongest Man is an annual

strongman Strongman is a competitive strength sport which tests athletes' physical strength and endurance through a variety of heavy lifts and events. Strongman competitions are known for their intensity, pushing athletes to their physical and mental limit ...

competition held in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

and features primarily South African strength athletes.David Horne's World of Grip
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Gerrit Badenhorst Gerrit Badenhorst (born 10 October 1962) is a former WPC world champion powerlifter and professional strongman competitor from South Africa. Powerlifting Badenhorst was born on 10 October 1962 in De Aar, Northern Cape, South Africa.David Web ...

and

Ettiene Smit Ettiene Smit (born 15 June 1974) is a South African strongman (strength athlete), strongman competitor and entrant to the World's Strongest Man competition.continent A continent is any of several large geographical regions. Continents are generally identified by convention (norm), convention rather than any strict criteria. A continent could be a single large landmass, a part of a very large landmass, as ...

National competitions

South Africa's Strongest Man

Regional competitions

Africa's Strongest Man

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