International Federation of Strength Athletes

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "other uses". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The International Federation of Strength Athletes (IFSA or IFSA Strongman) was an international governing body for strongman competition. IFSA operated from 1995 to 2007 and was based in Glasgow, Scotland.[1]

History

Origins

In 1995, David Webster, a Scotsman who later received an OBE for his services to sport and head coordinator of the World's Strongest Man from its inception, and his colleague Dr Douglas Edmunds, seven-times Scottish shot and discus champion and twice world caber champion,[2] along with representatives from the competitors in strength athletics including Jamie Reeves, Ilkka Kinnunen and Marcel Mostert formed a governing body called the International Federation of Strength Athletes ("IFSA"). IFSA ran its own grand prix events from 1995 to 2001 in cooperation with WSM. IFSA began co-producing the Strongman Super Series events from 2001 to 2004, still in cooperation with WSM. IFSA entered an agreement with World Class Events (WCE), headed by Ulf Bengtsson, to run the Strongman Super Series. The Strongman Super Series was designed to award the annual Strongman World Championship title, but also acted as a qualifying vehicle for the World's Strongest Man contest.

Split with WSM

For almost a decade IFSA and WSM worked in full cooperation, but this changed at the end of the 2004 season when IFSA returned to organizing its own grand prix events and World Strongman Championships from 2005 to 2007. The InvestGroup Ventures' sports rights management arm, InvestGroup Sports Management, invested heavily into IFSA and this led to the creation of IFSA Strongman. The strategy was to acquire most of the international assets and properties relating to the strongman sport. In essence this was a new organization[3] with some, such as Magnus Samuelsson describing it as "a new company...with the same name as our old federation".[4] The attempt at dominance was not well received by TWI/WSM and disagreement ensued leading to a split in the sport. When IFSA and WSM split in 2004, the Strongman Super Series sided with TWI/WSM forming a rival federation to the IFSA.[3] With the WSM being a TWI owned event, IFSA Holdings announced its own World Strongman Championships for 2005, to be held in Quebec, and thus from that point had no involvement in the WSM contest. From this point, IFSA continued to organize the annual IFSA World Strongman Championships and a series of Grand Prix events throughout the year. Between 2005 and 2007 IFSA had their own version of other major events such as a rival IFSA version of Europe's Strongest Man, known as Europe's Strongest Man (IFSA).

Thus, the world of strength athletics became fragmented, with a number of individuals being able to lay claim to be the strongest in the world by virtue of having won mutually exclusive events. Athletes affiliated to IFSA Strongman were not allowed to compete in the World's Strongest Man ("WSM"), which is produced by TWI and thus neither WSM and its associated Strongman Super Series nor the IFSA circuit could claim to have a comprehensive field of the top athletes. Some events did exist that bridged the divide between the major organizations, such as the Arnold Strongman Classic and Fortissimus.

Dissolution of IFSA/birth of SCL

After the 2007 IFSA World Championships in South Korea, news began to circulate of athletes not being paid, and equipment shipping costs not being honored.[5] IFSA eventually ended up owing $63,000[5] for shipping their equipment from England to South Korea and finally to Philadelphia. When the money was not paid, the equipment was put up for sale and was eventually purchased by other strongman contest promoters.[6] The 2007 IFSA World Championships would be the final contest run solely by, and under the banner of, IFSA.

In 2008 IFSA executives Ilkka Kinnunen and Marcel Mostert developed the Strongman Champions League and negotiated with IFSA to use its athletes. However, the dissolution of IFSA meant that since the end of 2007, the Strongman Champions League still operated independent of IFSA. Gradually, the last vestiges of IFSA influence began to diminish which led to the breaking down of barriers between the various concurrent circuits. Strength athletes were able to compete in more than one circuit and did so, with a cross over of athletes between the Giants Live circuit, the Strongman Champions League and the Strongman Super Series being apparent. The 2009 World's Strongest Man was therefore anticipated by the strength athletics world as promising to be "the best one yet"[7] because the organisers could ensure invites were made to "every top athlete in the world" regardless of their affiliation to any particular strength athletics body.

IFSA Strongman World Championships

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2005: IFSA Strongman World Championships

Dates: 25 September 2005

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Position Name Country Points
1. Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon 103
2. Vasyl Virastyuk Template:Flagicon 96
3. Mikhail Koklyaev Template:Flagicon 93.5
4. Andrus Murumets Template:Flagicon 86
5. Raimonds Bergmanis Template:Flagicon 84.5
6. Phil Pfister Template:Flagicon 82.5
7. Vidas Blekaitis Template:Flagicon 81.5
8. Magnus Samuelsson Template:Flagicon 69
9. Robert Szczepanski Template:Flagicon 67
10. Travis Ortmayer Template:Flagicon 64.5
11. Geoff Dolan Template:Flagicon 54.5
12. Karl Gillingham Template:Flagicon 43

2006: IFSA Strongman World Championships

Dates: 24, 25 November 2006

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  • This was the first year that qualifying heats were used. There were 3 heats, with the top 4 from each heat moving on to the finals.
Position Name Country Points
1. Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon 80.5
2. Mikhail Koklyaev Template:Flagicon 78.5
3. Vasyl Virastyuk Template:Flagicon 72
4. Vidas Blekaitis Template:Flagicon 70
5. Andrus Murumets Template:Flagicon 55
6. Robert Szczepanski Template:Flagicon 46.5
7. Benedikt Magnusson Template:Flagicon 44.5
8. Oli Thompson Template:Flagicon 43
9. Nick Best Template:Flagicon 38
10. Travis Ortmayer Template:Flagicon 35
11. Saulius Brusokas Template:Flagicon 33.5
12. Ervin Katona Template:Flagicon 20.5

2007: IFSA Strongman World Championships

Dates: 12–15 September 2007

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  • The 2007 competition included 6 qualifying heats, with the top 2 from each heat moving on to the finals.
Position Name Country Points
1. Vasyl Virastyuk Template:Flagicon 57.5
2. Mikhail Koklyaev Template:Flagicon 52.5
3. Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon 51.5
4. Derek Poundstone Template:Flagicon 50.5
5. Andrus Murumets Template:Flagicon 46.5
6. Vidas Blekaitis Template:Flagicon 41.5
7. Robert Szczepanski Template:Flagicon 40
8. Van Hatfield Template:Flagicon 32.5
9. Saulius Brusokas Template:Flagicon 29.5
10. Tom McClure Template:Flagicon 26
11. Ervin Katona Template:Flagicon 20.5
12. Jarno Hams Template:Flagicon 17.5

Grand Prix events

1995

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
Template:Flagicon Copenhagen, Denmark
World's Strongest Viking[8]
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Template:Flagicon Klaipėda, Lithuania
Lithuania Grand Prix[9]
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Template:Flagicon Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
Manfred Höberl Classic[10]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Magnus Ver Magnusson Template:Flagicon Gary Taylor Template:Flagicon Heinz Ollesch
Scandinavia's Strongest Man
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Flemming Rasmussen

1996

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Template:Flagicon Copenhagen, Denmark
World's Strongest Viking[11]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Flemming Rasmussen Template:Flagicon Magnus Ver Magnusson Template:Flagicon Torfi Olaffson
Template:Flagicon Denmark
Denmark Grand Prix
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Riku Kiri Template:Flagicon Magnus Ver Magnusson Template:Flagicon Flemming Rasmussen
Template:Flagicon Klaipėda, Lithuania
Lithuania Grand Prix[12]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Riku Kiri Template:Flagicon Heinz Ollesch Template:Flagicon Magnus Ver Magnusson 7 July 1996
Scandinavia's Strongest Man
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Flemming Rasmussen

1997

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
Template:Flagicon Meerssen, Netherlands
European Open
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Riku Kiri Template:Flagicon Gerrit Badenhorst Template:Flagicon Magnus Ver Magnusson
Template:Flagicon Copenhagen, Denmark
World's Strongest Viking[13]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Flemming Rasmussen Template:Flagicon Riku Kiri Template:Flagicon Magnus Ver Magnusson
Template:Flagicon Klaipėda, Lithuania
Lithuania Grand Prix[14]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Stasys Mecius Template:Flagicon Raimonds Bergmanis Template:Flagicon Magnus Ver Magnusson
Scandinavia's Strongest Man
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Flemming Rasmussen

1998

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Template:Flagicon Helsinki, Finland
Helsinki Grand Prix[15]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Magnus Samuelsson Template:Flagicon Riku Kiri Template:Flagicon Svend Karlsen 14 March 1998
Template:Flagicon Klaipėda, Lithuania
Lithuania Grand Prix[16]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Jamie Reeves Template:Flagicon Raimunds Kencivikius Template:Flagicon Wayne Price 1 August 1998
Template:Flagicon Budapest, Hungary
Hungary Grand Prix[17]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Riku Kiri Template:Flagicon Flemming Rasmussen Template:Flagicon László Fekete 2 August 1998
Template:Flagicon Arnbruck, Germany
Germany Grand Prix[18]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Riku Kiri Template:Flagicon Jouko Ahola Template:Flagicon Heinz Ollesch 5 September 1998
Template:Flagicon Faroe Islands
Atlantic Giant[19]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Magnus Samuelsson Template:Flagicon Riku Kiri Template:Flagicon Svend Karlsen

1999

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Template:Flagicon Helsinki, Finland
Finland Grand Prix[20]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Jouko Ahola Template:Flagicon Sami Heinonen Template:Flagicon Janne Virtanen 6 March 1999
Template:Flagicon Faroe Islands
Atlantic Giant[21]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Jouko Ahola Template:Flagicon Regin Vagadal Template:Flagicon Magnus Samuelsson 16 May 1999
Template:Flagicon Keszthely. Hungary
Hungary Grand Prix[22]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Berend Veneberg Template:Flagicon Gerrit Badenhorst Template:Flagicon Jouko Ahola 18 July 1999
Template:Flagicon Hardenberg, Netherlands
Holland Grand Prix[23]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Gerrit Badenhorst Template:Flagicon Jouko Ahola Template:Flagicon Berend Veneberg 24 July 1999
Template:Flagicon Prague, Czech Republic
Czech Grand Prix[24]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Magnus Samuelsson Template:Flagicon Jouko Ahola Template:Flagicon Joe Onosai 14 August 1999
Template:Flagicon Iceland
Viking of the North[25]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Hugo Girard Template:Flagicon Magnus Samuelsson Template:Flagicon Janne Virtanen 17 October 1999
Nordic Strongman Championships
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Matti Uppa

2000

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Template:Flagicon Helsinki, Finland
Finland Grand Prix[26]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Janne Virtanen Template:Flagicon Magnus Samuelsson Template:Flagicon Svend Karlsen 18 March 2000
Template:Flagicon Ireland
Ireland Grand Prix[27]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Magnus Samuelsson Template:Flagicon Janne Virtanen Template:Flagicon Svend Karlsen 30 April 2000
Template:Flagicon Sopot, Poland
Poland Grand Prix[28]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Magnus Samuelsson Template:Flagicon Janne Virtanen Template:Flagicon Jarek Dymek 25 June 2000
Template:Flagicon Faroe Islands
Atlantic Giant[29]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Regin Vagadal Template:Flagicon Janne Virtanen Template:Flagicon Magnus Samuelsson 2 September 2000
Template:Flagicon Prague, Czech Republic
Czech Grand Prix[30]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Jan Bártl Template:Flagicon Svend Karlsen Template:Flagicon Martin Muhr 2 September 2000
Template:Flagicon Bucharest, Romania
Romania Grand Prix[31]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Magnus Samuelsson Template:Flagicon Janne Virtanen Template:Flagicon Rene Minkwitz 16 September 2000
Template:Flagicon Panyu, China
China Grand Prix[32]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Magnus Samuelsson Template:Flagicon Hugo Girard Template:Flagicon Janne Virtanen 8 October 2000

2001

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Template:Flagicon Sopot, Poland
Poland Grand Prix[33]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Jarek Dymek Template:Flagicon Janne Virtanen Template:Flagicon Svend Karlsen 10 March 2007
Template:Flagicon Faroe Islands
Atlantic Giant[34]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Regin Vágadal Template:Flagicon Janne Virtanen Template:Flagicon Jarek Dymek 28 July 2007
Template:Flagicon Kokkola, Finland
Strongman World Record Breakers[35]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Svend Karlsen Template:Flagicon Wout Zijlstra Template:Flagicon Rene Minkwitz 26 August 2007

2002

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Template:Flagicon Szczyrk, Poland
Winter Cup International[36]
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Template:Flagicon Vantaa, Finland
Finland Grand Prix[37]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Janne Virtanen Template:Flagicon Svend Karlsen Template:Flagicon Juha-Matti Räsänen 20 April 2002
Template:Flagicon Istanbul, Turkey
Turkey Grand Prix[38]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Janne Virtanen Template:Flagicon Wout Zijlstra Template:Flagicon Bernd Kerschbaumer 18 May 2002
Template:Flagicon Mariehamn, Finland
Åland Grand Prix[39]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Jorma Paananen Template:Flagicon Rene Minkwitz Template:Flagicon Harri Simonen 10 August 2002
Template:Flagicon Imatra, Finland
Nordic Championships[40]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Juha-Matti Räsänen Template:Flagicon Rene Minkwitz Template:Flagicon Anders Johansson 17 August 2002
Template:Flagicon Panyu, China
China Grand Prix[41]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Svend Karlsen Template:Flagicon Juha-Matti Räsänen Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas 20 October 2002

2003

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Template:Flagicon Inowrocław, Poland
Poland Grand Prix[42]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Jarek Dymek Template:Flagicon Robert Szczepański Template:Flagicon Raimonds Bergmanis 12 April 2003
Template:Flagicon Vantaa, Finland
Finland Grand Prix[43]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Janne Virtanen Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pudzianowski Template:Flagicon Juha-Matti Räsänen 17 May 2003
Template:Flagicon Winnipeg, Canada
All Strength Challenge[44]
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Template:Flagicon Ylitornio, Finland
Ylitornio Challenge[45]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pudzianowski Template:Flagicon Janne Virtanen Template:Flagicon Vidas Blekaitis 28 June 2003
Template:Flagicon Gdynia, Poland
Strongman World Record Breakers[46]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pudzianowski Template:Flagicon Jarek Dymek Template:Flagicon Magnus Samuelsson 24 August 2003
Template:Flagicon Sopron, Hungary
Hungarian Strongman Challenge[47]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Ervin Katona Template:Flagicon Ádám Darázs Template:Flagicon Tomi Lotta 15 November 2003

2004

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Template:Flagicon Jūrmala, Latvia
Baltic Strongest Man[48]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Raimonds Bergmanis Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Vilius Petrauskas 22 May 2004
Template:Flagicon Turkey
Turkey Champions Trophy[49]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pudzianowski Template:Flagicon Tomi Lotta Template:Flagicon Svend Karlsen 22 May 2004
Template:Flagicon Doetinchem, Netherlands
Holland Champions Trophy[50]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pudzianowski Template:Flagicon Svend Karlsen Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas 13 June 2004
Template:Flagicon Ukraine
Ukraine Grand Prix[48]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Vasyl Virastyuk Template:Flagicon Magnus Samuelsson Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas 20 June 2004
Template:Flagicon Šiauliai, Lithuania
CEKOL Cup[48]
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Template:Flagicon Riga, Latvia
All Strength Challenge[48]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pudzianowski Template:Flagicon Raimonds Bergmanis Template:Flagicon Vasyl Virastyuk 18 July 2004
Template:Flagicon Szeged, Hungary
International Gold[51]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Ervin Katona Template:Flagicon Saulius Brusokas Template:Flagicon Ettiene Smit 11 September 2004

2005

Beginning in 2005, IFSA cut all ties with World's Strongest Man and Strongman Super Series and began hosting their own grand prix events and world championships from 2005 to 2007.

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Template:Flagicon Szeged, Hungary
Hungary Grand Prix[52]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Rene Minkwitz Template:Flagicon Ettiene Smit 1 May 2005
Template:Flagicon Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dubai Grand Prix[52]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Tomi Lotta Template:Flagicon Robert Szczepański Template:Flagicon Andrus Murumets 19 May 2005
Template:Flagicon Moscow, Russia
Russia Grand Prix[52]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Raimonds Bergmanis Template:Flagicon Mikhail Koklyaev 6 June 2005
Template:Flagicon Doetinchem, Netherlands
Holland Grand Prix[52]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Tomi Lotta Template:Flagicon Jarno Hams Template:Flagicon Rene Minkwitz 12 June 2005
Template:Flagicon Hungary
West European Championships[52]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Jarno Hams Template:Flagicon Ádám Darázs Template:Flagicon Jan Křeháček 25 June 2005
Template:Flagicon Riga, Latvia
European Championships[52]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Tomi Lotta Template:Flagicon Andrus Murumets 17 July 2005
Template:Flagicon Kristiansand, Norway
Nordic Championships[52]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Svend Karlsen Template:Flagicon Magnus Samuelsson Template:Flagicon Juha-Matti Räsänen 6 August 2005
Template:Flagicon São Paulo, Brazil
World Open[53]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Mikhail Koklyaev Template:Flagicon Svend Karlsen Template:Flagicon Robert Szczepański 20 August 2005
Template:Flagicon São Paulo, Brazil
Pan American Championships[54]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Phil Pfister Template:Flagicon Travis Ortmayer Template:Flagicon Karl Gillingham 21 August 2005
Template:Flagicon Šiauliai, Lithuania
CEKOL Cup[55]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Vilius Petrauskas Template:Flagicon Andrus Murumets 27 August 2005
Template:Flagicon Denmark
Denmark Grand Prix[54]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Rene Minkwitz Template:Flagicon Van Hatfield Template:Flagicon Juha-Pekka Aitala 20 November 2005

2006

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Template:Flagicon Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukrainian Open
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Rene Minkwitz Template:Flagicon Ettiene Smit 18 April 2006
Template:Flagicon Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dubai Grand Prix[52]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Geoff Dolan Template:Flagicon Andrus Murumets 24 April 2006
Template:Flagicon Moscow, Russia
Russia Grand Prix[52]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Mikhail Koklyaev Template:Flagicon Andrus Murumets Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas 14 May 2006
Template:Flagicon Tulsa, Oklahoma
World Strongman Challenge[52]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Derek Poundstone Template:Flagicon Jon Andersen 21 May 2006
Template:Flagicon Salou, Spain
Spain Grand Prix[56]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Juha-Pekka Aitala Template:Flagicon Simon Sulaiman Template:Flagicon Jarno Hams 5 June 2006
Template:Flagicon Eger, Hungary
Hungary Grand Prix[52]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Mikhail Koklyaev Template:Flagicon Vasyl Virastyuk Template:Flagicon Travis Ortmayer 5 June 2006
Template:Flagicon Terborg, Netherlands
Holland Grand Prix[52]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Jon Andersen Template:Flagicon Jarno Hams 10 June 2006
Template:Flagicon Riga, Latvia
Latvia World Cup[52]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Raimonds Bergmanis Template:Flagicon Mikhail Koklyaev 18 July 2006
Template:Flagicon Tornio, Finland
Finland Grand Prix[54]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Andrus Murumets Template:Flagicon Robert Szczepanski Template:Flagicon Steve MacDonald 5 August 2006
Template:Flagicon Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukraine Grand Prix
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Vasyl Virastyuk Template:Flagicon Vidas Blekaitis Template:Flagicon Oleksandr Pekanov 29 December 2006

United Strongman Series

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Template:Flagicon Kyiv, Ukraine
USS Kyiv[54]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Sebastian Wenta Template:Flagicon Igor Pedan Template:Flagicon Viktor Yurchenko 18 April 2006
Template:Flagicon Limassol, Cyprus
USS Cyprus[52]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Travis Ortmayer Template:Flagicon Igor Pedan Template:Flagicon Raimonds Bergmanis 28 May 2006
Template:Flagicon Belgrade, Serbia
USS Belgrade[52]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Ervin Katona Template:Flagicon Geoff Dolan Template:Flagicon Sebastian Wenta 20 June 2006
Template:Flagicon Moscow, Russia
USS Moscow[57]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Sebastian Wenta Template:Flagicon Igor Pedan Template:Flagicon Ervin Katona 1 July 2006
Template:Flagicon Marijampolė, Lithuania
USS Lithuania[54]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Vidas Blekaitis Template:Flagicon Igor Pedan 19 August 2006

2007

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Template:Flagicon Riga, Latvia
Latvia Grand Prix[52][58]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Andrus Murumets Template:Flagicon Vasyl Virastyuk Template:Flagicon Vidas Blekaitis 17 March 2007
Template:Flagicon Ulft, Netherlands
Holland Grand Prix[52][59]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Jarno Hams Template:Flagicon Ettiene Smit Template:Flagicon Georg Ögmundsson 17 June 2007
Template:Flagicon Sofia, Bulgaria
Bulgaria Grand Prix[52]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Robert Szczepanski Template:Flagicon Janne Illikainen Template:Flagicon Ervin Katona 23 June 2007
Template:Flagicon Kyiv, Ukraine
European Championships[52][60]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Vasyl Virastyuk Template:Flagicon Andrus Murumets Template:Flagicon Vidas Blekaitis 22 July 2007
Template:Flagicon Klaipėda, Lithuania
Lithuania Grand Prix[52]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Andrus Murumets Template:Flagicon Janne Illikainen 28 July 2007
Template:Flagicon Oulu, Finland
Finland Grand Prix[52][61]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Andrus Murumets Template:Flagicon Janne Illikainen Template:Flagicon Robert Szczepanski 2 September 2007

Strongman Champions League

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Developed by Ilkka Kinnunen and Marcel Mostert, the Strongman Champions League was launched in 2008 as "a new episode in strongman". It negotiated with IFSA to use its athletes. Since the end of 2008, the Strongman Champions League still operates independently after the dissolution of IFSA:

2008

Name and Location Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place Date
Template:Flagicon Riga, Latvia
SCL Latvia[62]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Travis Ortmayer Template:Flagicon Agris Kazelniks 22 March 2008
Template:Flagicon Subotica, Serbia
SCL Serbia[62]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Ervin Katona Template:Flagicon Andrus Murumets 10 May 2008
Template:Flagicon Varsseveld, Netherlands
SCL Holland[62]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Andrus Murumets Template:Flagicon Travis Ortmayer 1 June 2008
Template:Flagicon Sofia, Bulgaria
SCL Bulgaria[62]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Andrus Murumets Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Ervin Katona 21 June 2008
Template:Flagicon Vilnius, Lithuania
SCL Lithuania[62]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Vidas Blekaitis Template:Flagicon Saulius Brusokas 2 August 2008
Template:Flagicon Constanța, Romania
SCL Romania[62]
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 		Template:Flagicon Žydrūnas Savickas Template:Flagicon Ervin Katona Template:Flagicon Oleksandr Lashyn 16 August 2008
Template:Flagicon Kokkola, Finland
SCL Finland[62]
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Overall placings[62]
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130 points 		Template:Flagicon Ervin Katona
72 points 		Template:Flagicon Agris Kazelniks
60 points

Events were planned in the following locations but cancelled: Dubai, Germany and Hungary

UK Regional Competitions

British Championships (IFSA)

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Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
2005 Template:Flagicon Mark Felix Template:Flagicon Oli Thompson Template:Flagicon Andrew Raynes

UK Championship (IFSA)

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
1997 Template:Flagicon Stuart Murray Template:Flagicon Steve Brooks Template:Flagicon Russ Bradley
1999 Template:Flagicon Glenn Ross Template:Flagicon TBC Template:Flagicon TBC

IFSA England's Strongest Man

Year Champion Runner-Up 3rd Place
2005 Template:Flagicon Eddy Ellwood Template:Flagicon Mark Felix Template:Flagicon Oli Thompson

See also

References

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