Europe's Strongest Man

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Template:Short description Template:Infobox sport tournament 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 holds the record for most wins with six titles.

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 Template:Flagicon Geoff Capes Template:Flagicon Richard Slaney[1] Template:Flagicon Vincenz Hortnagl Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom[2]
1981 Template:Flagicon Lars Hedlund Template:Flagicon Geoff Capes Un­known Template:Flagicon Sweden
1982 Template:Flagicon Geoff Capes Template:Flagicon Simon Wulfse Template:Flagicon Roger Ekstrom Template:Flagicon Amsterdam, Netherlands[2]
1983 Template:Flagicon Simon Wulfse Template:Flagicon Geoff Capes Template:Flagicon Jón Páll Sigmarsson Template:Flagicon Arnhem, Netherlands
1984 Template:Flagicon Geoff Capes Template:Flagicon Ab Wolders Template:Flagicon Rudolf Kuster Template:Flagicon Marken, Netherlands
1985 Template:Flagicon Jón Páll Sigmarsson Un­known Template:Flagicon Iceland
1986 Template:Flagicon Jón Páll Sigmarsson Un­known Template:Flagicon Portugal
1987 Template:Flagicon Ab Wolders Template:Flagicon Geoff Capes Template:Flagicon Jón Páll Sigmarsson Template:Flagicon Netherlands
1988 Template:Flagicon Jamie Reeves Template:Flagicon Jón Páll Sigmarsson Template:Flagicon Mark Higgins Template:Flagicon Netherlands
1989 Template:Flagicon Jamie Reeves Template:Flagicon Mark Higgins Template:Flagicon Jón Páll Sigmarsson Template:Flagicon Iceland
1990 Template:Flagicon Henning Thorsen Template:Flagicon Ted Van Der Parre Template:Flagicon Mark Higgins Template:Flagicon Denmark
1991 Template:Flagicon Gary Taylor & Template:Flagicon Forbes Cowan Template:Flagicon Jamie Reeves Template:Flagicon United Kingdom
1992[3] Template:Flagicon László Fekete Template:Flagicon Ilkka Nummisto Template:Flagicon Markku Suonenvirta Template:Flagicon Budapest, Hungary
1992 Template:Flagicon Ted van der Parre Template:Flagicon Magnús Ver Magnússon & Template:Flagicon Jamie Reeves Template:Flagicon Denmark
1993 Template:Flagicon Manfred Hoeberl Template:Flagicon Gary Taylor Template:Flagicon Magnús Ver Magnússon Template:Flagicon Norway
1994 Template:Flagicon Manfred Hoeberl Template:Flagicon Magnús Ver Magnússon Template:Flagicon Gary Taylor Template:Flagicon France
1995 Template:Flagicon Riku Kiri Template:Flagicon Jouko Ahola Template:Flagicon Magnús Ver Magnússon Template:Flagicon Heide, Germany
1996 Template:Flagicon Riku Kiri Template:Flagicon Heinz Ollesch Template:Flagicon Magnús Ver Magnússon Template:Flagicon Helsinki, Finland
1997 Template:Flagicon Riku Kiri Template:Flagicon Magnús Ver Magnússon Template:Flagicon Berend Veneberg Template:Flagicon Hardenburg, Netherlands
1998 Template:Flagicon Jouko Ahola Template:Flagicon Magnús Ver Magnússon Template:Flagicon Svend Karlsen Template:Flagicon Finland
1999 Template:Flagicon Jouko Ahola Template:Flagicon Regin Vagadal Template:Flagicon Magnus Samuelsson Template:Flagicon Faroe Islands
2000 Template:Flagicon Berend Veneberg Template:Flagicon Magnus Samuelsson Template:Flagicon Jarek Dymek Template:Flagicon Sevenum, Netherlands
2001 Template:Flagicon Svend Karlsen Template:Flagicon Janne Virtanen Template:Flagicon Magnus Samuelsson Template:Flagicon Helsinki, Finland
2002 Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pudzianowski Template:Flagicon Jarek Dymek Template:Flagicon Svend Karlsen Template:Flagicon Gdynia, Poland
2003 Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pudzianowski Template:Flagicon Jarek Dymek Template:Flagicon Raimonds Bergmanis Template:Flagicon Sandomierz, Poland
2004 Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pudzianowski Template:Flagicon Tomasz NowotniakNote 1 Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas SavickasNote 1 Template:Flagicon Jelenia Góra, Poland
2005 Template:Flagicon Jarek Dymek Template:Flagicon Janne Virtanen Template:Flagicon Mykhailo Starov Template:Flagicon Płock, Poland
2006 Event not held
2007 Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pudzianowski Template:Flagicon Stoyan Todorchev Template:Flagicon Sebastian Wenta Template:Flagicon Łódź, Poland
2008 Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pudzianowski Template:Flagicon Grzegorz Szymański Template:Flagicon Sławomir Toczek Template:Flagicon Szczecinek, Poland
2009 Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pudzianowski Template:Flagicon Krzysztof Radzikowski Template:Flagicon Mateusz Baron Template:Flagicon Bartoszyce, Poland
2010 Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Terry Hollands Template:Flagicon Mark Felix Template:Flagicon London, United Kingdom
2011 Event not held
2012[4] Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Vytautas Lalas Template:Flagicon Laurence Shahlaei Template:Flagicon Leeds, United Kingdom
2013[5] Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Vytautas Lalas Template:Flagicon Krzysztof Radzikowski
2014[6] Template:Flagicon Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Template:Flagicon Johannes Arsjo Template:Flagicon Graham Hicks
2015[7] Template:Flagicon Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Template:Flagicon Krzysztof Radzikowski Template:Flagicon Mark Felix & Template:Flagicon Dainis Zageris
2016[8] Template:Flagicon Laurence Shahlaei Template:Flagicon Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson & Template:Flagicon Johannes Arsjo
2017[9] Template:Flagicon Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Template:Flagicon Eddie Hall Template:Flagicon Terry Hollands
2018[10] Template:Flagicon Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Template:Flagicon Konstantine Janashia Template:Flagicon Mateusz Kieliszkowski
2019[11] Template:Flagicon Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Template:Flagicon Mateusz Kieliszkowski Template:Flagicon Konstantine Janashia
2020[12] Template:Flagicon Luke Richardson Template:Flagicon Adam Bishop Template:Flagicon Ervin Toots Template:Flagicon Harrogate, United Kingdom
2021[13] Template:Flagicon Luke Stoltman Template:Flagicon Oleksii Novikov Template:Flagicon Graham Hicks Template:Flagicon Leeds, United Kingdom
2022[14] Template:Flagicon Oleksii Novikov Template:Flagicon Luke Stoltman Template:Flagicon Konstantine Janashia
2023[15] Template:Flagicon Pavlo Kordiyaka Template:Flagicon Oleksii Novikov Template:Flagicon Aivars Šmaukstelis
2024[16] Template:Flagicon Luke Stoltman Template:Flagicon Aivars Šmaukstelis Template:Flagicon Oleksii Novikov
2025[17] Template:Flagicon Luke Richardson Template:Flagicon Paddy Haynes Template:Flagicon Mateusz Kieliszkowski

Multiple champions

Name Country Times Years
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Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson Script error: No such module "flag". 5 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
Geoff Capes Script error: No such module "flag". 3 1980, 1982, 1984
Riku Kiri Script error: No such module "flag". 3 1995, 1996, 1997
Žydrūnas Savickas Script error: No such module "flag". 3 2010, 2012, 2013
Jón Páll Sigmarsson Script error: No such module "flag". 2 1985, 1986
Jamie Reeves Script error: No such module "flag". 2 1988, 1989
Manfred Hoeberl Script error: No such module "flag". 2 1993, 1994
Jouko Ahola Script error: No such module "flag". 2 1998, 1999
Luke Stoltman Script error: No such module "flag". 2 2021, 2024
Luke Richardson Script error: No such module "flag". 2 2020, 2025

Championships by country

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
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References

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  1. Body.Builder.hu Template:Webarchive suggests that Lars Hedlund came second in 1980 whereas Dave Horne's world of grip names Richard Slaney
  2. a b David Webster, Sons of Samson Volume 2 Profiles, page 78 (Ironmind Enterprises), Template:ISBN
  3. David Horne's World of Grip names two tournaments in both 1992 and 1994
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External links

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