Europe's Strongest Man

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Europe's Strongest Man
2020
Tournament information
LocationLeeds, England
Established1980
FormatMulti-event competition
Pursevaries
Current champion
Scotland Luke Stoltman

Europe's Strongest Man is an annual strength athletics competition which began in 1980. The event is held in various locations throughout Europe, and features exclusively European strongman competitors. Mariusz Pudzianowski currently holds the record for most wins with 6 titles. Zydrunas Savickas, Geoff Capes, Riku Kiri each hold three titles, while Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson holds 5 titles.[1] As of 2010, the Europe's Strongest Man contest has become a part of the Giants Live season of annual grand prix events. The contest serves as a qualifying event for the World's Strongest Man contest, with the top 3 placings qualifying for that year's WSM contest.

Championship breakdown[]

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Location
1980 England Geoff Capes England Richard Slaney[2] Austria England London[3]
1981 Sweden Lars Hedlund England Geoff Capes Sweden Sweden
1982 England Geoff Capes Netherlands Simon Wulfse Sweden Netherlands Amsterdam[3]
1983 Netherlands Simon Wulfse England Geoff Capes Iceland Jón Páll Sigmarsson Netherlands Holland
1984 England Geoff Capes Netherlands Ab Wolders Germany Netherlands Marken[3]
1985 Iceland Jón Páll Sigmarsson Iceland Iceland
1986 Iceland Jón Páll Sigmarsson Portugal Portugal
1987 Netherlands Ab Wolders England Geoff Capes Iceland Jón Páll Sigmarsson Netherlands Holland
1988 England Jamie Reeves Iceland Jón Páll Sigmarsson England Mark Higgins Netherlands Holland
1989 England Jamie Reeves England Mark Higgins Iceland Jón Páll Sigmarsson Iceland Iceland
1990 Denmark Henning Thorsen Netherlands Ted Van Der Parre England Mark Higgins Denmark Denmark
1991 Wales Gary Taylor/Scotland Forbes Cowan England Jamie Reeves Netherlands Ted Van Der Parre England England
1992[4] Hungary László Fekete Finland Ilkka Nummisto Finland
1992 Netherlands Ted van der Parre Iceland Magnús Ver Magnússon & England Jamie Reeves (tied) Wales Gary Taylor Denmark Denmark
1993 Austria Manfred Hoeberl Wales Gary Taylor Iceland Magnús Ver Magnússon Norway Norway
1994[4] Iceland Magnús Ver Magnússon
1994 Austria Manfred Hoeberl Iceland Magnús Ver Magnússon Wales Gary Taylor France France
1995 Finland Riku Kiri Finland Jouko Ahola Iceland Magnús Ver Magnússon Germany Germany
1996 Finland Riku Kiri Germany Heinz Ollesch Iceland Magnús Ver Magnússon Finland Finland
1997 Finland Riku Kiri Iceland Magnús Ver Magnússon Netherlands Berend Veneberg Netherlands Holland
1998 Finland Jouko Ahola Iceland Magnús Ver Magnússon Norway Svend Karlsen Finland Finland
1999 Finland Jouko Ahola Faroe Islands Regin Vagadal Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Faroe Islands Faroe Islands
2000 Netherlands Berend Veneberg Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Poland Jarek Dymek Netherlands Sevenum
2001 Norway Svend Karlsen Finland Janne Virtanen Sweden Magnus Samuelsson Finland Helsinki
2002 Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Poland Jarek Dymek Norway Svend Karlsen Poland Gdynia
2003 Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Poland Jarek Dymek Latvia Raimonds Bergmanis Poland Sandomierz
2004 Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Poland Note 1 Lithuania Žydrūnas SavickasNote 1 Poland Jelenia Góra
2005 Poland Jarek Dymek Finland Janne Virtanen Ukraine Poland Płock
2006 Event not held
2007 Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Bulgaria Stoyan Todorchev Poland Sebastian Wenta Poland Łódź
2008 Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Poland Poland Poland Szczecinek
2009 Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski Poland Poland Bartoszyce
2010
Giants Live tour
Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas England Terry Hollands England Mark Felix England Wembley Arena, London
2011 Event not held
2012
Giants Live tour[5]
Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Lithuania Vytautas Lalas England Laurence Shahlaei England Leeds, England
2013
Giants Live tour[6]
Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas Lithuania Vytautas Lalas Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski England Leeds, England
2014 Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Sweden Johannes Arsjo England Graham Hicks England Leeds, England
2015 Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Poland Krzysztof Radzikowski England Mark Felix & Latvia (tied) England Leeds, England
2016 England Laurence Shahlaei Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson

/ Sweden Johannes Arsjo

England Leeds, England
2017 Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson England Eddie Hall England Terry Hollands England Leeds, England
2018 Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Georgia (country) Konstantine Janashia Poland Mateusz Kieliszkowski England Leeds, England
2019 Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson[7] Poland Mateusz Kieliszkowski Georgia (country) Konstantine Janashia England Leeds, England
2020 England Luke Richardson[8] England Adam Bishop Estonia England Harrogate, England
2021 Scotland Luke Stoltman Ukraine Oleksii Novikov England Graham Hicks England Leeds, England
Notes
  1. All names from either Dave Horne's world of grip or Body.Builder.hu except those specified by Note 1

Championships by country[]

Country Titles
 Iceland 8
 Poland 7
 England 7
 Finland 5
 Netherlands 4
 Lithuania 3
 Austria 2
 Scotland 2
 Wales 1
 Hungary 1
 Norway 1
 Denmark 1
 Sweden 1

Repeat champions[]

Champion Times
Poland Mariusz Pudzianowski 6
Iceland Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson 5
Lithuania Zydrunas Savickas 3
England Geoff Capes 3
Finland Riku Kiri 3
England Jamie Reeves 2
Finland Jouko Ahola 2
Iceland Jón Páll Sigmarsson 2
Austria Manfred Hoeberl 2

References[]

  1. ^ David Horne (May 7, 2010). "David Horne's World of Grip". David Horne. Retrieved May 7, 2010.
  2. ^ Body.Builder.hu suggests that Lars Hedlund came second in 1980 whereas Dave Horne's world of grip names Richard Slaney
  3. ^ a b c David Webster, Sons of Samson Volume 2 Profiles, page 78 (Ironmind Enterprises), ISBN 0-926888-06-4
  4. ^ a b David Horne's World of Grip names two tournaments in both 1992 and 1994
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-04. Retrieved 2012-06-25.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-07-10. Retrieved 2013-07-08.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "The Mountain Wins Europe's Strongest Man". Fitness Volt. 2019-04-07. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  8. ^ "Luke Richardson Wins Europe's Strongest Man 2020". Fitness Volt. 2020-09-06. Retrieved 2019-09-07.

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