World Strongman Cup Federation
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The World Strongman Cup Federation ("WSCF") was a worldwide organisation within strength athletics that claimed to be the sport's organising body with the aim of making "the Strongman Sport more popular and accessible for a wide range of the people."[1] Its motto was "be strong". It was also a charity. The Federation organised the World Strongman Cup one of the main competitions in the field of strength athletics boasting participation from some of the foremost strongmen around the globe. It was a separate competition from the World's Strongest Man, the Strongman Super Series (producing a World Champion) and the IFSA World Championship). It has since been replaced by the World Strongman Federation's World Cup.
History
Until completion of the 2004 World's Strongest Man competition, the IFSA managed the annual World's Strongest Man contest. However, that year saw an acrimonious dividing of the sport with the IFSA forming its own competition and with the World's Strongest Man ("WSM") continuing to be organised by TWI, an IMG Media company. The WSM itself was never a federation, but an event organised commercially. When the IFSA formed their own competition and banned their contracted athletes from competing in the WSM, the World Strongman Cup Federation ("WSCF") filled a void and signed up many of the non-IFSA athletes. At the 2005 WSM finals, two thirds of the athletes were under contract with the WSCF.[1] Since its inception the WSMCF has organised events in many countries including: United States of America, Canada, Germany, Austria, Russia, Serbia, Poland and Spain.[1] Its flagship event was the World Strongman Cup.
Following a financial dispute with the World Strongman Cup Federation Vlad Redkin, one of its chief organisers, left to found the World Strongman Federation. Following Vlad's departure, the WSCF ceased to promote events and effectively disappeared from the strength athletics landscape. In September 2007 an event in Khanty-Mansijsk formerly affiliated to WSMC and featuring its athletes was promoted by Vlad Redkin. This event had its name changed at short notice from WSMC to the Grand Prix of Khanty-Mansijsk (Russia) and in effect was the first WSF event. The reason given after the competition by Redkin was that a combination of financial reasons as well as concerns over WSMCF's stated aim of forming closer ties with the International Federation of Strength Athletes led him to part company with WSMCF. He initially planned to cooperate closely with the World Strongman Super Series in 2008, but in fact set up a new federation called the World Strongman Federation.[2]
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World Strongman Cup
The World Strongman Cup has been run since 2004. It is organised as a tour event with many competitions held throughout the globe. The overall winner is ascertained through the cumulation of points scored across the season.
List of Champions
| Year | Athlete | Nationality |
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| 2004 | Raivis Vidzis | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| 2005 | Raivis Vidzis | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| 2006 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Script error: No such module "flag". |
| 2007 | Mariusz Pudzianowski | Script error: No such module "flag". |
2004
| Name and Location | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Date |
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| Template:Flagicon Gran Canaria, Spain Strongman Cup Spain[3] Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Mykhailo Starov | Template:Flagicon Raivis Vidzis | Template:Flagicon Ralf Ber | 28 February 2004 |
| Template:Flagicon Villach, Austria Strongman Cup Kärtnen[4] Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Glenn Ross | Template:Flagicon Raivis Vidzis | Template:Flagicon Ralf Ber | 3 April 2004 |
| Template:Flagicon Immenstadt, Germany Strongman Cup Immenstadt[5] Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Igor Pedan | Template:Flagicon Glenn Ross | Template:Flagicon Raivis Vidzis | 22 May 2004 |
| Template:Flagicon Plattling, Germany Strongman Cup Plattling-Luna Park[6] Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Ralf Ber | Template:Flagicon Mykhailo Starov | Template:Flagicon Raivis Vidzis | 26 June 2004 |
| Template:Flagicon Bad Häring, Austria Strongman Cup Bad Häring[7] Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Igor Pedan | Template:Flagicon Glenn Ross | Template:Flagicon Raivis Vidzis | 10 July 2004 |
| Template:Flagicon Świnoujście, Poland Strongman Cup Poland[8] Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Raivis Vidzis | Template:Flagicon Igor Pedan | Template:Flagicon Ralf Ber | 31 July 2004 |
| Template:Flagicon Subotica, Serbia European Masters Strongman Cup Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Glenn Ross | Template:Flagicon Raivis Vidzis | Template:Flagicon Ralf Ber | 4 September 2004 |
| Template:Flagicon Moscow, Russia Strongman Cup Russia[9] Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Mykhailo Starov | Template:Flagicon Igor Pedan | Template:Flagicon Raivis Vidzis | 2 October 2004 |
| Template:Flagicon Edmonton, Canada Strongman Cup Canada Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Dave Ostlund | Template:Flagicon Raivis Vidzis | Template:Flagicon Ralf Ber | 11 December 2004 |
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Template:Flagicon Raivis Vidzis |
2005
| Name and Location | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Date |
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| Template:Flagicon Minsk, Belarus Strongman Cup Belarus Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Raivis Vidzis | Template:Flagicon Ralf Ber | Template:Flagicon Antanas Abrutis | 7 May 2005 |
| Template:Flagicon Wexford, Ireland Strongman Cup Ireland Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Antanas Abrutis | Template:Flagicon Tarmo Mitt | Template:Flagicon Glenn Ross | 21 May 2005 |
| Template:Flagicon Wakefield, England Strongman Cup England Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Glenn Ross | Template:Flagicon Brian Irwin | Template:Flagicon Jesse Marunde | 5 June 2005 |
| Template:Flagicon Denver, Colorado, United States Strongman Cup USA Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Raivis Vidzis | Template:Flagicon Glenn Ross | Template:Flagicon Ralf Ber | 2 July 2005 |
| Template:Flagicon Bad Häring, Austria Strongman Cup Austria Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pudzianowski | Template:Flagicon Mykhailo Starov | Template:Flagicon Ralf Ber | 6 August 2005 |
| Template:Flagicon Ladysmith, Canada Strongman Cup Canada Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Raivis Vidzis | Template:Flagicon Ralf Ber | Template:Flagicon Ed Brost | 28 August 2005 |
| Template:Flagicon Nuremberg, Germany Strongman Cup Germany Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Franz Beil | Template:Flagicon Ralf Ber | Template:Flagicon Mykhailo Starov | 18 September 2005 |
| Template:Flagicon Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia Strongman Cup Russia Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Raivis Vidzis | Template:Flagicon Jesse Marunde | Template:Flagicon Elbrus Nigmatullin | 17 December 2005 |
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Template:Flagicon Raivis Vidzis | Template:Flagicon Ralf Ber | Template:Flagicon Tarmo Mitt |
2006
| Name and Location | Champion | Runner-Up | 3rd Place | Date |
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| Template:Flagicon Riga, Latvia Strongman Cup Latvia Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pudzianowski | Template:Flagicon Raivis Vidzis | Template:Flagicon Elbrus Nigmatullin | 6 May 2006 |
| Template:Flagicon Armagh, Northern Ireland Strongman Cup Northern Ireland Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Ralf Ber | Template:Flagicon Glenn Ross | Template:Flagicon Tarmo Mitt | 27 May 2006 |
| Template:Flagicon Minsk, Belarus Strongman Cup Belarus Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pudzianowski | Template:Flagicon Raivis Vidzis | Template:Flagicon Elbrus Nigmatullin | 17 June 2006 |
| Template:Flagicon Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany Strongman Cup Germany Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Jarek Dymek | Template:Flagicon Mykhailo Starov | Template:Flagicon Tarmo Mitt | 1 July 2006 |
| Template:Flagicon Moscow, Russia Strongman Cup Moscow Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pudzianowski | Template:Flagicon Janne Virtanen | Template:Flagicon Elbrus Nigmatullin | 31 July 2006 |
| Template:Flagicon Vienna, Austria Strongman Cup Austria Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Stoyan Todorchev | Template:Flagicon Vasyl Virastiuk | Template:Flagicon Ervin Katona | 22 October 2006 |
| Template:Flagicon Grodzisk Mazowiecki, Poland Strongman Cup Poland Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pudzianowski | Template:Flagicon Sebastian Wenta | Template:Flagicon Stoyan Todorchev | 25 November 2006 |
| Template:Flagicon Podolsk, Russia Strongman Cup Russia Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
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Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pudzianowski | Template:Flagicon Elbrus Nigmatullin | Template:Flagicon Stoyan Todorchev | 16 December 2006 |
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Template:Flagicon Mariusz Pudzianowski | Template:Flagicon Tarmo Mitt | Template:Flagicon Elbrus Nigmatullin |
2007
Charity
The charity aims to reduce and tackle obesity in children by helping more children to take part in sporting activities. It is the charity's belief that "As these children become more interested in and able to enjoy sports of their choosing, their physical and emotional conditions show significant improvement. This provides a strong foundation for improved self-confidence and happiness for all participants."[1] The federation believes that their athletes can act as positive examples.
References
- ↑ a b c d World Strongman Cup Federation official site
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